"End of the Road" achieved overwhelming domestic and international success and is considered one of the most successful songs of all time.
In the United States, "End of the Road" spent a then record breaking 13 weeks at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, a record broken later in the year by Whitney Houston's 14-week number one hit "I Will Always Love You".
"End of the Road" was the number one single of 1992 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 Singles of 1992.
It is ranked by Billboard as the sixth most successful song of the decade 1990-1999.
"End of the Road" reached number one in Australia, United Kingdom and the Hot 100 Eurochart, among others.