He thought that the verses were well written and said that McGraw "ably conveys the excitement of attraction" on them, but criticized the chorus.

[2] Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave it three and a half stars and thought that the chorus is "catchy with repeatable lyrics and a progressive melody."

[3] Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe gave it a C−, saying that "the production sank this record before the song had any chance to win me over.

It is included on a compilation album titled Number One Hits, which comprises all of McGraw's number-one singles as well as "Felt Good on My Lips" and a remix of "Indian Outlaw".

It is the second-highest debuting single of his career, behind only "Grown Men Don't Cry", which entered the same chart at number 30.