Generally well received by music critics, the single entered the Billboard Alternative Songs chart in September 2009.

"[3] Emily Kendrick of This Is Fake DIY noted the song's exuberance and compared it vocally to the Bee Gees.

[4] Louise Brailey of NME said the song's opening "sounds weirdly like an old-school hardcore breakdown, before collapsing into starry disco-pop.

"[6] Matthew Cole of Slant Magazine credits the song's ability, along with album track "Moth's Wings," to combine decades worth of "party music" genres, including disco, house, rave, and 1980s rock.

[7] Zach Kelly of Pitchfork Media described the song as sweet and earnest, adding that listeners "won't remember it the next morning, but it probably earned a grin the night before.