The video premiered on MTV's "Total Request Live" on May 9, 2001. Upon the premiere, critics gave the music video mixed reviews. "People" magazine called the video "humptastic", referring to Simpson's progressive sexual image from her previous videos, while an editor for "The Irish Independent" wrote that Simpson looked "incredibly sexy" in the video. "Billboard"s Chuck Taylor also reviewed the video positively, writing the video will "add to the allure" of Simpson becoming a "sex-symbol". Similarly, Melissa Ruggeri of "The Richmond Times-Dispatch" also gave a positive review, writing that the term "Irresistible" fitted the video. However, Siobhan Grogan of "NME" magazine wrote that Simpson has no apprehension "about 'forgetting' most of her clothes for the video". Craig Seymour of "The Buffalo News" criticized Simpson's ungraceful performance on the video, which was echoed by Jon Bream and Chris Riemenschneider of "The Star Tribune" who felt Simpson was trying too hard to be a in the video. The video reached number two on MTV's "Total Request Live" (TRL) countdown, and number seventeen on MuchMusic Canada's "Top 30 Countdown". In the So So Def remix music video, which featured additional direction from Cameron Casey and followed the same plot as the unmixed version, scenes of Lil' Bow Wow and Dupri rapping are intercut with scenes of Simpson performing the song. The So So Def remix version of the video premiered on BET's "106 & Park" in July 2001.