De Larochelière explained that eight months passed between the single's release in France and the moment he started promoting it in the country, which led him to come regularly after his concerts in Quebec; however, he said he felt then he was used as a commercial product and disliked the fact that the marketing plan was out of his control.

[1] Lyrically, "Cash City" describes with irony a society marked by ostensible consumerism, insatiable search for money and importance of appearances.

[2] Agnès Gaudet of Le Journal de Montréal considers "Cash City" and "Sauvez mon âme" as songs "both joyful and engaged".

[3] A review in Pan-European magazine Music & Media describes "Cash City" as "the kind of song that could have easily fit in the folky repertoire of John Mellencamp in his Lonesome Jubilee period" and added that "the use of accordion gives it the right atmosphere for both the EHR and AC formats".

[7] In 2006, De Larochellière recorded a new version of "Cash City" as a duet with French singer Francis Cabrel for his album Voix croisées.