[4] Outside the United States, "Ransom" peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

[3] Sheldon Pearce of Pitchfork said Lil Tecca's "bounce in his singsong flows owes a lot to" AutoTune, and his "bittersweet melodies are as indebted to local hero A Boogie wit da Hoodie as they are sourpuss king Juice Wrld".

Although finding that the lyrics follow the "traditional rapper playbook practically to the letter, Pearce said "even now he's capable of making the profound seem simple".

[2] The music video was released on May 22, 2019, and was directed and edited by Cole Bennett.

[7] The remix later got added to his debut mixtape We Love You Tecca alongside the original version.