[7] The song has since been covered by a number of artists, including The Chipmunks, Ben Folds, The Chubbies, and The McRackins.

[10] "Good Girls Don't" begins with Fieger playing the harmonica, in a part which authors Michael Uslan and Bruce Solomon liken to The Beatles' song "I Should Have Known Better.

[20] Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times called it the highlight of Get the Knack and suggested had similar flavor to early songs by Sweet.

"[24][25] Cash Box said that it is "in the same quick, slick mode of immensely infectious pop-rock geared directly to the teenage market both musically and lyrically" as "My Sharona.

[29] However, they also go on to note that the lyric "portrays a character more doggedly bent on sex than naturally aroused" and represents a "leering, postpubescent sales pitch by a dirty young man.

[8] "Frustrated", written by Fieger and Knack guitarist Berton Averre, was the B-side of "Good Girls Don't".

[38] Billboard described "Frustrated" as "The Rolling Stones' answer to Sharona", and called it one of the album's "best tracks".

[25][42][43] Ken Tucker of Rolling Stone called "Frustrated" a "neck breaker" and considered the song an "artfully veiled metaphor for their leader's professional ambitions", which describes Fieger as "an ingenious overreacher just now closing in on his real goal of securing power by whipping up a pop-rock treat that'll have kids begging to rot their minds on it.

[45] Author John Borack described "Frustrated" like "Good Girls Don't" as a "mean pop tune" in which Fieger comes off "like a leering, sexist twit with hormones a-raging.

praised the song's "huge backbeat", "lively bass line" and "thick slab of guitar riffs" as well as Fieger's "impishly sung lyrics".

[47] Aaron summed up "Frustrated" as a "perfect danceable tough rocker for any party" and noted that it got significant airplay on AOR radio stations.

"[49] The Knack bassist Prescott Niles described the song as "catchy" and noted that it was "a big crowd favorite".