Critical Reception
"Not Gonna Get Us" received favorable reviews from critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic highlighted the track on the album saying it was a "exhaustling offering hit". But continued saying; "Well, it's easy not to be into it when Julia and Lena appear to have been run through a marketing processor so they could become two Sapphic tarts who sing songs with suggestive titles like "Not Gonna Get Us," "Show Me Love," and "All the Things She Said" (it's likely a coincidence that the latter two share titles with songs by Robyn and Simple Minds, respectively, but perhaps not) ." Popdirt commented that the "high-pitched helium voices" on the song work at "complimenting the sensitivity they feel for each other and the reckless abandonment of the outside world perfectly". A reviewer from Dusk411 said commented against their image by saying ""Not Gonna Get Us" could work if t.A.T.u. weren't a gimmick" which was introduced by their single "All The Things She Said". Furthermore, Pitchfork listed this as the 33rd best single of 2003.
The song was nominated "Best Russian Act" in 2003 on MTV Europe Music Awards.
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