Do IT - Critical Reception

Critical Reception

Do It received mixed to positive reviews from critics. It is one of the album's most criticized song due to its prominent 1980's beat and its sexually suggestive lyrics. The song received a positive review from Billboard magazine, which said " again demonstrates Furtado's striking versatility Missy Elliott is stripped onto the single version, with a midsection breakdown . . . amusing, but hardly necessary in scoring yet another essential moment from ".Taylor, Chuck. "Do It". Billboard. Stylus magazine cited the track and "No Hay Igual" as the album's "undisputed highlights The two songs couldn't possibly be more different, yet the duo manages to convincingly pull off both of them." Slant Magazine said the song is "a deliciously uptempo 80's cut", and The Guardian wrote that Furtado "delivers irresistible hooks of Maneater, Promiscuous and Do It with punchy, playful charisma rather than breathy cooing." Blogcritics published a more negative assessment of the song:

The Village Voice wrote that the song "weakly evokes J.J. Fad" and exemplified why Loose "isn't a love child, but a bump-and-grind that never finds a groove". The Northern Light editorialised, "Although "Do It" fits well after "Say It Right", there is something very D+ about the song. As cute as it is, it sounds like something that was just better than a filler track." MTV News summarised "Do It" as a "roller-skating jam is all percolating, bubblegum keyboards", and said it contained "one of Timbaland's best beats since he put the snakey whistle on Ludacris' "The Potion"". Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times wrote of the album and song, "Ms. Furtado and Timbaland love unexpected details, and this secretly meticulous CD is full of them in "Do It", Ms. Furtado mutters a casual "Yeah"; Timbaland samples it and turns it into a rhythm instrument that returns at the end of the song, to reward everyone who's paying attention." Billboard magazine wrote that the song contains "breezy uptempo rhythmic instrumentation alongside a sensual lyric that requests a suitor to deliver the physical goods", and that it is one of the tracks on Loose on which "she extorts Gwen Stefani's '80s vibe and schoolgirl chants". Hope, Clover. Other critics have identified a 1980s influence in the song. Stylus magazine described "Do It" as an "undeniable 80s dance-pop" song on which "she conjures the ghost of Vanity, weaving her wickedly mischievous falsetto through Timbaland's synth splashes." According to The Northern Light, Furtado "sings on a bouncy '80s-style track—complete with the keyboard solo—about something reminiscent of a night of high school romance. The track echoes Gwen Stefani's "Crash", but with less of a dance groove." The Observer said that the song "drops an early Eighties Street Sounds electro-pop motif into some frisky footwork from Timbaland", and Slant Magazine characterised the song as an "'80s uptempo cut that imagines what The Jets would've sounded like if they'd been singing about getting some instead of just having crushes". The website Okayplayer called "Do It" and the Loose tracks "Maneater" and "Glow" "electronic-influenced dance songs" similar to another track, "Promiscuous", with "a club-friendly '80s-influenced synthesizer melody." The Sun Media described it as "'80s-era Madonna-reminiscent", and a writer for the blog MTV Buzzworthy said it sounds like "a mash-up of old-school Madonna".