The song managed to enter single charts in multiple countries due to strong digital sales following the album's release.
"Get on Your Knees" is a trap-pop song with Nicki Minaj rapping the verses and Ariana Grande singing the chorus and bridge.
In an album review, Muhammad Tariq from The California Aggie describes the song as "the empowering, boost of personal-confidence and gym anthem", noting the explicit lyrics with messages of "confidence, self-love and recognizing our self-worth".
[10] Kim Osorio from NPR commented that Nicki's verses on the song "can be a bit too much to stomach" but that the "beats and the catchy choruses will keep you sucking on that crackpipe".
[12] Randall Roberts from the Los Angeles Times delineates Minaj as a "hardened lover uninterested in emotion" in the song.