[5] "Ode to the Bouncer" is an energetic electropop dance-pop track[6][7] with influences of Giorgio Moroder, Vince Clarke, Daft Punk and ABBA.

[9] Lyrically, the song depicts a woman trying to get into a nightclub by claiming that it's her birthday, that she has friends inside, and that she's not wearing any underwear or proper shoes for the cold temperature outside, only for the bouncer to continue to refuse her entrance.

[8][10][11] The production includes "skipping break beats" and "synth loops",[8] and Scandipop.co.uk described it as "a cross between PWL or Pete Hammond back in the 80′s [sic], and modern day Scandinavian electro acts like Eva & The Heartmaker or Electric Lady Lab.

[28] Artists who have remixed the song include Bobby Rock and Pablo Rindt, Feng Shui, Niels van Gogh and Daniel Strauss, M-3ox, Lee Mortimer, Fear of Tigers, and Xilent.

[10] Federico Antonioni of the Italian online publication concertionline.com labeled the song as an "excellent example of catchy dance music..."[32] The Irish Times's Jim Carroll called "Ode to the Bouncer" a "Smashing pop humdinger from mysterious combo with Danish, Finnish and UK members who prefer to hide (for now) behind cartoon characters,"[33] and a PopJustice writer said that it was a great track "that instantly sounds like something you've known forever.

"[34] A staff member from the magazine FHM wrote that "The track’s great with lyrical gems like “you’re just another prick at the door” and the sound being some sort of mutant mash-up of Madonna and Gorillaz.

"[35] Writing for the official site of The Jace Hall Show, Jeff Nau said that "At first, the song is cringingly annoying, but the 3rd time it’s in your head like a chunk of infected code.