Written by the two and produced by the latter, the song was released worldwide as the second single from the former's second studio album Exclusive on September 10, 2007.

[3] In an interview with Shaheem Reed from MTV News, Brown stated that the first version, which he intended to make a little more adult, was rejected.

[3] Fabian Marasciullo mixed the track with assistance from Chad Jolley at Hit Factory Criteria in Miami, Florida.

Nick Levine of Digital Spy said the song features braggadocio, citing the lyric "I got paper girl, the Lamborghini - with the spider seats, you never seen it" as an example.

[10] Mark Edward Nero, also a writer for Digital Spy, praised the song as a "fun, infectuous [sic] collaboration" but cited T-Pain's "elementary school-level" rap verses as its weak point.

[11] Erinn V. Westbrook of The Harvard Crimson expressed approval of the song, asking the question "Who can resist a bouncy beat–or Nappy Boy, for that matter?

"[12] Andy Kellman of Allmusic named it one of the album's highlights, commenting that Brown could get away with the lyric "And I get a little mannish, and you see the bandanna hangin'/That means I'm like a bandit.

"[13] Jorge Castillo of Yale Daily News called the song catchy and wrote that it was the epitome of Exclusive's "star-studded supporting cast of performers and producers".

[6] Nick Levine of Digital Spy gave the song a two star rating, calling it a "fairly lacklustre late-noughties R&B track" and commenting that "It's safe to presume he saves his best chat-up lines for Rihanna.

[18][19] One week later, in the issue dated November 10, 2007, "Kiss Kiss" topped the Billboard Hot 100 while earning the biggest airplay and digital sales gainer and ending the seven-week streak held by Soulja Boy's "Crank That (Soulja Boy)".

[20][21] The song remained atop the Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks and earned the airplay gainer title during that period.

[23] On August 23, 2019, the single was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for sales of over four million copies in the United States.

[28] The song slowly ascended the chart for fifteen weeks until the issue dated March 9, 2008, when it peaked at number eight.

It received a nomination at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards for"Best Choreography, but lost to Gnarls Barkley's "Run".

[37] In the video, Brown plays two different versions of himself, a nerd and a jock, both trying to get the attention of a pretty girl who also attends the college.