"[4]Some media reports incorrectly asserted that Hot Chip had originally written the song "Ready for the Floor" for Australian singer Kylie Minogue.

[7] Drowned in Sound gave the single a score of 9/10 and described it as one that "might not sell a million records" but that it could make "'household name' an achievable status".

[8] Drowned in Sound said that it had "a chord change that uplifts the soul" and that the song was "a slice of sweetly insistent ‘80s Italo-house lite" but also said it could also be described "as a piece of sophisticated mainstream pop".

[8] MusicOMH said that "Ready for the Floor" bore an "undoubted resemblance [...] at first glance" to "Boy from School" but said it was "more subtle in its use of brushed electro beats and clever countermelodies".

"[8][9] Boomkat.com said that "Ready for the Floor (Smoothed Out on an R&B Tip version)", sounds "more in line with Morr-ish poptronica than R. Kelly" and was "undoubtedly tinted with a slightly more downbeat hue than the album and radio edits."

[12] The music video for "Ready for the Floor", directed by Nima Nourizadeh, was described by Pitchfork Media as being "all about duality", showing Alexis Taylor "going back and forth (and sometimes split down the middle) between mild-mannered tech wiz and, basically, the Joker.