Saving All My Love for You Kelley L. Carter of MTV also listed the track on their "Whitney Houston's Top 10 Songs", complimenting the singer for taking an already-recorded song and giving it new life." 'On "The New York Daily News"'s "The 100 Greatest Love Songs", "Saving All My Love for You" was placed at number 79. The song was also on "The Telegraph",s "The 50 Best Love Songs of the 80's", with the authors wrote that, "The song that launched Whitney, invented a newly minted variety of globe-storming soul diva", picking the line, "Though I try to resist, being last on your list/But no other
If You Had My Love fear" that she feels. Jocelyn Vena of MTV News noted that "If You Had My Love" marked the beginning of Lopez exploring the topic of love, which she has continued throughout her career. "If You Had My Love" was received positively by music critics. In a review of "On the 6," "NME" noted that Lopez "really comes into her own" on the song, describing it as one of the album's "street-smart swingbeat winners". Chuck Taylor of "Billboard" spoke favorably of the song's production, calling it "contemporary and edgy, straight down the Faith Evans pathway," but noted that its melody was