[2] Craig McLean from The Guardian wrote that the song is "terrific kiddie boogie destined for a slot on CBeebies.

[5] Alex Fletcher from Digital Spy was direct, writing that "with candyfloss-sweet pop melodies and more high-pitched Mika vocal action than should be allowed by Government law, the song is intensely irritating".

It is a parody of Little Red Riding Hood, and features the "Lollipop Girl" walking around a colourful land based around the album art of Life in Cartoon Motion.

Passion Pictures’ Paris based studio gathered 5 young French animators under the name Bonzom to create the video.

"Lollipop" became on 11 February 2007 the first track from a newly released album that wasn't a single to register enough sales to enter the Top 75.

The song was featured in the 16 February 2019 episode of Saturday Night Live, in a sketch performed by Don Cheadle and Beck Bennett as two men who want to start a bar fight with Lollipop playing on the jukebox.