


It was named the fifth "worst ever summer song" in a survey conducted by Tony Blackburn and music e-tailer AllMusic editor William Cooper wrote that "the campy approach can be overbearing, but the upbeat, tuneful material on this release is difficult to dislike." Andrew Cowen from the Birmingham Post described the song as being "as daft as the title".

The song received mixed reviews, though most were generally positive. It has sold over 620,000 copies in the UK as of July 2014. The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending 20 June 1999. In the United Kingdom, Positiva Records issued the song as two CD single. It was released to radio in the United States in June 1999 and re-released to US radio in June 2017. The song was written by Vengaboys producers Danski and Delmundo, with the first verse interpolating the ABBA song " Lay All Your Love on Me" written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.
