However, Siobhan Grogan of "NME" magazine stated "to the delight of lonely men everywhere, she tells us she's 'weak with desire' and knows 'I'm meant to say no'—and the mind boggles at how she'd have turned out if she'd spent her teens glugging cider on a street corner." Chuck Campbell of "Daily News" viewed the song as "gurgling" and noted that Simpson was singing it breathlessly. An editor of "The Advocate" remarked that the track sounded more manufactured than composed. Craig Seymour of "The Buffalo News" wrote that he felt "Irresistible" was a "limp seduction tune". Similarly, David Browne of "Entertainment Weekly" wrote that the single could have been easily reprocessed for a "new virginity ad campaign." "The Northern Echo"s Hayley Gyllenspetz dismissed the song, elaborating that it sounded similar to the works of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. She added, "If only this 21- year-old songbird had done something original she may indeed have been irresistible." An editor of "The Malay Mail" echoed Gyllenspetz's comment, writing that the track sounded like a typical Aguilera pop-Latino piece. In 2003, "Irresistible" won a Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) "Pop Music Award".