Marisa Fox from "Entertainment Weekly" commented, "'La-da-dee/la-dee-da.' You just can't escape this summer's runaway hit song, the jazz-house hybrid 'Gypsy Woman' by Crystal Waters. She hums in an airy, scat-like fashion about a woman 'who's just like you and me but she's homeless…and she stands there singing for money.'" Dave Sholin from the "Gavin Report" commented, "Exciting and totally fresh, this track broke out of the New York club scene and found its way onto HOT 97. APD/MD Kevin McCabe reports out of the fifty 12-inches he researches each week, it debuted at #3! Kevin says response is across-the-board with teens requesting it, as well as women 30+ who call in Middays, asking for the song that goes, 'Dah dah dee dah dah dah.' It charts at #16, getting eight plays a day. Also debuted at #29 on KMEL and POWER 106 with adds at WTIC/FM, WIOQ/FM, and Z100 New York. 'Do I love it? YEAH!'" "Lennox Herald" wrote that "Gypsy Woman" is "a detailed account of the day-to-day life of a homeless woman in Washington, DC".