Sweet About Me its own, rather than stiffly wearing its '60s influences like a pair of slightly-too-small cuban heeled boots [similar to that of Duffy]." Mark Reid of "The New Zealand Herald" described the track as "incredibly catchy". The song was classed as an obvious highlight on "Lessons to Be Learned" by Colin Polonowski of The Digital Fix. Andrew Cock of The Dwarf said that "Sweet About Me" is as catchy as ever and will continue to receive wide public acclaim. Cock noted, "At times this song seems so sweet it oozes honey, feeling deliberately boppy." Cilmi's vocal performance on the song was
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