Critical Reception
"Chewing Gum" received very positive reviews from music critics. Pitchfork Media ranked the track at number eleven on its list of the "Top 50 Singles of 2004". Stylus Magazine listed it tenth on its list of the top 40 singles of 2004. The song was listed thirty-first on the 2004 Pazz & Jop list, a survey of several hundred music critics conducted by Robert Christgau.
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