It was also used in the comedy films After the Sunset, Date Night, The Benchwarmers, Employee of the Month, College Road Trip, Don't Hang Up, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Man of the Year, Rise, Shamlet, the video game FIFA 06, FIFA 23 and Forza Motorsport 2,[6] the trailers for Epic Movie, G-Force and Megamind.

The song was also featured in the 2024 young adult romantic drama film Your Fault (Culpa Tuya) based on the trilogy book series by Mercedes Ron.

[15][16] Daniel Rivera of PopMatters called Robyn's version "a damn near perfect Teddy Bears cover (easily surpassing the original)",[17] while LA Music Blog thought the song was "futuristic and brilliant".

"[12] The New Yorker described "Cobrastyle" as a "fast, chattering electronic track that runs at a punk tempo, except for the moments when it drops in fragments of dancehall rhythms", feeling that Robyn's lyrical delivery was "a mash of language from everywhere and nowhere, and sound decidedly un-Swedish".

[13] Stephen M. Deusner of Pitchfork felt her delivery was Robyn "playfully [turning] Mad Cobra's Jamaican patois into a dance nursery rhyme".

[20] In a mixed review by for GayCalgary Magazine, Rob Diaz-Marino found "Cobrastyle" melodically likable, but "felt like something was being held back".