Kelefa Sanneh from The New York Times named it amongst some of the excellent songs on the album, calling it "[...] loud [and] melancholy[...]".

[1] Preston Jones from Slant Magazine stated that it felt "[...] like the estrogenically inclined counterparts to the boy-toy confection that is the Click Five's Greetings From Imrie House.

"[2] Ryan Dombal from Entertainment Weekly reviewed the remix version of "Everything I'm Not", stating that the track might finally break them into the US mainstream.

[8] The Veronicas performed "Everything I'm Not" on television shows such as Dancing With the Stars,[9] The Panel,[10] Sunrise,[11] Live at the Chapel[12] and the 2006 ARIA Music Awards.

In the end, it seems like the police catch them doing it and they slam down the camera, smashing the ex-boyfriend's chances of seeing his car for the final time.