Critical Reception
"Nothing Really Matters" received generally positive reviews from many music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic highlighted the song as an album standout. However, on a solo rating, the song received two-and-a-half stars out of five. In the review, Jose F. Promis said the song is somewhat "tepid" and called it an "interesting single." She however praised the remixes calling them "amazing." Bryan Lark from The Michigan Daily did neither give it a positive or negative review, and stated because "Ray of Light" was about confronting the past, he stated that "Nothing Really Matters" is "moving in onward."
David Browne from Entertainment Weekly said that along with album track "Skin", it was a "Hard-step beats and synth washes make the romantic-physical yearnings". the A.V. Club describe the song as "chugging" and said that it would " ring across dance floors for years to come". Wordpress.com said the song "s a breathtaking visual interpretation of the song and makes you see the song in a new light." However, Enio Chiola from PopMatters was critical towards the song release, and stated that "Skin" (which is a song of "Ray of Light") would have been a better release stating it "looked over for the much worse “The Power of Goodbye” and “Nothing Really Matters” (the latter of which became Madonna’s worst single ever in the US).
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