Reception
Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine said, ", the catchy tune, penned by Diane Warren, is a glossy, ever-so-slightly over-produced affair." Clem Bastow of Stylus Magazine noticed the song "is concerned with 'a picture of perfection... your skin upon my skin'." Abbey Goodman of MTV said Simpson "maintains the good-girl image that made her popular" with the song, while Joe D'Angelo, also of MTV, called it "the ode to booty knocking." The song was also a Track Pick from the Allmusic review of In This Skin by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, along with "Be", "I Had To Love You" and "With You". On August 9, 2003, the song debuted at number forty on Billboard Pop Songs, reaching number thirty-seven two weeks later. "Sweetest Sin" failed to make into the Hot 100 chart, peaking at number twenty-four on Bubbling Under Hot 100.
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