Sweet About Me Digital Spy positively reviewed "Sweet About Me," giving it four out of five stars. Levine comended Xenomania's production on the track, calling it "authentic" and "fresh". He also praised Gabriella Cilmi's vocals on the song, "Most impressive of all is Cilmi's voice, which manages to be sweet and coarse all at the same time, much like a drizzling of honey on a slice of toast." Jake Taylor of Sputnikmusic deemed "Sweet About Me" as one of the best songs released by an Australian artist on debut. He wrote, "A lot of songs focus on the chorus as the returning point
He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) may not have seen "Liliom", it is possible that they were familiar with the successful 1956 film version of "Carousel", which contains essentially the same line. However, King has stated that their friend who inspired the song had used that exact phrase. Carole King, in that same radio interview, said that she was sorry she had ever had anything to do with the song. She was a survivor of repeated domestic abuse (but not from Goffin, who had been her husband from 1959 to 1969). He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) "He Hit Me (And It Felt