Critical Reception
Critical reviews of the song were mostly positive. Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly described it as "not bad", and commented that Bart's high voice "echoes the beats nicely". The Daily Vault's Benny Balneg liked that the song disengaged itself from the album's "blues tag" and incorporated more "contemporary elements" into its sound. He added that he thought the song had a "catchy beat" and an "infectious chorus". Long Beach Press-Telegram's Patricia Smith called "Do the Bartman" a "surprisingly funky tune". Monika Bartyzel of Cinematical, however, thought the song was a "cheesy number". "Do the Bartman" and its music video have become study material for sociology courses at University of California Berkeley, where it is used to "examine issues of the production and reception of cultural objects, in this case, a satirical cartoon show", and to figure out what it is "trying to tell audiences about aspects primarily of American society, and, to a lesser extent, about other societies."
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