Yasmin originally wrote and composed the whole song acoustically before Labrinth begun production work on it.

[4] The song resulted in Yasmin becoming Level Entertainment's first signed artist after she played "Finish Line" to the label's co-director and BBC Radio 1Xtra presenter, Twin B.

[2] In mid February 2011, a snippet of the final studio version of "Finish Line" was released onto the internet after Yasmin performed the song live at various gigs.

This remix has some of the most beautiful and evoking production I've heard in a long time, reminds me so much of Massive Attack and Portishead, they just really nailed it.

[11] Cameron Rawson from Sound Of The Day was impressed by Yasmin's "soft tone" and "vibrant voice" on the song.

"[12] Nyasha Edwards of Urban Development felt that "Finish Line" shows a more softer, mildly sentimental side to Yasmin than her previous single, "On My Own", did.

"Finish Line" spent only a single week at the summit of the independent chart, with Adele returning to the top spot on 22 May with "Someone Like You".