In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton wrote, "The follow-up has been a long time in coming but has been well worth the wait, belying the soap origins of the singer.

Radio loves it to death, hence this high entry and I would be very surprised if this does not scrape a Top 10 placing.

"[3] Alan Jones from Music Week wrote, "Penned by Narada Michael Walden and Preston Glass, it's quite odd with some ill-advised spoken segments alongside the better sung parts.

[5] Female pop-punk music duo Shampoo reviewed the song for Smash Hits, giving it two out of five.

[6] Rob Pendry of Swansea Sound called it "excellent" and concluded that "Sweetness" set a "great future" for Gayle, proving she could branch out from her acting career.