Pitchfork Media placed "When I Grow Up" at number 36 on the website's list of The Top 100 Tracks of 2009.

[1] The music video for "When I Grow Up" was directed by Martin de Thurah.

He said of the video's visual statement: "That initial idea was something about something coming out of water—something which was about to take form – a state turning into something new.

I remembered a photo I took in Croatia two years ago, a swimming pool with its shining blue color in a grey foggy autumn landscape.

[4] The song was used as part of the soundtrack for the video game Pro Evolution Soccer 2011.