[7] In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton noted that the song, being in "a soul/dance vein", "certainly [is] one of the most credible records to be a British Eurovision entry for years".

[8] Tim Jeffery from Music Week's RM Dance Update wrote, "A very pleasant mid-tempo groove with great vocals and a bit of rapping that swings along beautifully in quite old-fashioned jazz funk way and it really gets on your brain.

"[9] Iestyn George from NME praised it as an "impossibly sunny soulful hip-hop groove", noting that it features Saint Etienne collaborator QT, RPM's Jay Williams and Dina Carroll backing vocalist Paul Hardy.

Jay called the decision a "scam," and Watkins refused to participate in the contest again, saying, "People might say I've got sour grapes, but I'm in third place anyway so I'm out of the running.

"[12] On the night of the Eurovision Song Contest, "Love City Groove" was performed 15th in the running order, following Belgium's Frédéric Etherlinck with "La voix est libre" and preceding Portugal's Tó Cruz with "Baunilha e chocolate".