"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"; boyz ii men would later match houston's record with "i'll make love to you", which spent 14 weeks at number one in 1994, and then reclaim the record with "one sweet day" (a duet with mariah carey), which spent 16 weeks at number one from 1995 to 1996.