Critical A number of commentators enjoyed "Jizz in My Pants". Jennifer Maerz of
SF Weekly felt the video was "funny in a totally moronic way", describing it as "pure electro-trash" with "
douchebag clothes, attitudes, and beats". Mickey O'Connor of
TV Guide liked the song's "clever lyrics" which "brilliantly satirize the pompous chill of '90s synth rock.'"
The New York Observer writer Christopher Rosen described the video as "awesomely catchy", in contrast to the rest of the
SNL episode, which he felt was not very good. "Jizz in My Pants" reception was not all positive, however. Jerry Portwood of
New York Press compared the video unfavorably to the work of
"Weird Al" Yankovic. The video did not satisfy him "beyond a few chuckles." Portwood preferred Yankovic's ability to parody current events and pop culture, dissecting "what was actually manipulative and mind-numbing about popular music and the market as a whole". He wrote that Samberg, in contrast, sticks to "safe and, ultimately, ineffective parody."
Commercial The track sold 76,000 downloads in its first two weeks of availability. The song has gone
Gold in
Australia with sales in excess of 35,000. The video was published first on
YouTube along with most of Lonely Island's works. , "Jizz in My Pants" has been watched over 263 million times, making it
Lonely Island's second-most popular video ever, after "
I Just Had Sex". The video was actually uploaded to The Lonely Island's official YouTube channel twice, although it is unclear why, as the HD version was uploaded first. The HD version has 176 million views, while the SD version has about 104 million views. == Charts ==