Critical Reception
Bill Lamb of About.com gave the song 3 out 5 stars favoring the "touch of Middle Eastern music" but criticized the song for following the same formula as the previous songs. Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine described the song along with "Beep" as "degrading material" while noted that " are a bit easier to swallow thanks, in part, to the group's cartoonish image." Spence D. of IGN wrote that "it's familiar and funky, but it doesn't present anything new to the realm of female soul pop." Sputnikmusic's Nick Butler in a review for PCD wrote that along with "Bite The Dust" and "Flirt", "none of them work as well as the singles." Miriam Zendle of Digital Spy described the song as "horrible" awarding it 1 out 5 stars. Bill Lamb ranked the song at 92 on his list of the Top 100 Pop Songs of 2006, commenting "it's not among the best songs from their string of huge pop hits, but 'Buttons' is still listenable." Rolling Stone ranked the song on its list of 100 Best Songs of 2006.
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