It was written by band members Keisha Buchanan and Heidi Range in collaboration with the songwriting and production team Xenomania, who produced the song.

"My Love Is Pink" was written by Sugababes members Keisha Buchanan and Heidi Range in collaboration with the British songwriting and production team Xenomania, consisting of Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Tim Powell, Lisa Cowling and Nick Coler.

[1] Nick Levine of Digital Spy described it as a "slightly unhinged handbag anthem operating at the point where nineties dance and noughties electro collide".

[10] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian labelled the track as "propulsive" and regarded it as a classy example of the group's "trademark clever, referential pop".

Andy Gill of The Independent dismissed it as a "euphemism too far",[15] while Keith Bruce of The Sunday Herald called the song "lyrically awful".

[4] Hot Press magazine's Pete Murphy felt that the song was a let-down and called it "standard dancefloor fodder veneered with a patina of urban and/or Afro-Caribbean sophistication".