Mike Joyce of The Washington Post wrote "Some rock bands don't attract radio airplay so much as provoke it. Marcy Playground pulled off the trick...with 'Sex and Candy,' a titillating hit single that contained the sure-fire refrain, 'I smell sex and candy.'"
Marcy Playground managed to attract significant radio airplay by employing a provocative strategy, as seen in their popular single "Sex and Candy," which included the memorable phrase "I smell sex and candy."