Sweet About Me for the listener's attention, but 'Sweet About Me' dumps that for a well rounded mix of brilliant singing and layered pop production on all levels." Contactmusic.com complimented "Sweet About Me" saying it brings a little fun back to pop. The song received a four out of five star rating from Fraser McAlpine of the BBC who compared Cilmi to British singers Amy Winehouse and Duffy, "Perky song, this. Well suited to grabbing your attention even in the middle of the sudden run of post-[Amy Winehouse] soul sirens, largely because it swings a bit, and seems to have some spark of
Sweet About Me Be" episode of the NBC series "Lipstick Jungle" and in an episode of the VH1 reality television series "". There are two versions of the song: the album version and the radio edit. The first verse is cut in half in the radio edit and the song opens up with the lyrics: ""Oh, watching me hanging by a string this time"" followed by ""Oh, easily climax of a perfect lie"". In the album version, there is a repetition of the first line followed by the line: ""Don't, easily a smile worth a hundred lies""; the radio edit omits these two