Composition
"I Do Not Hook Up" is a melodic dance-rock song with a length of 3:20 (3 minutes and 20 seconds). The song is built around a muscular rock arrangement that is accompanied by danceable beats, guitar riff and strong vocals. According to the digital music sheet published at Musicnotes.com by EMI Music Publishing, it is written in the key of E major. The song is set in common time a follows a moderately fast tempo of 144 beats per minute. Clarkson's vocals ranged from B3 to an E5. Chuck Campbell of Boulder Daily Camera describes the song as "another flurry of almost desperate, albeit effective, rock/dance mania." Lyrically, "I Do Not Hook Up" is about keeping a healthy and romantic relationship alive. It has been viewed as a feisty independent-woman anthem by music critics. Other critics have found the lyris to be representative of an anthem promoting chastity. Jon Caramanica of New York Times defines the song's lyrics to be about falling for an addict and dangling love as a tool for recovery.
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