The song received mixed to negative reviews from several critics. Billy Dukes of
Taste of Country rated the song 2.5 stars out of 5, praising Bryan's performance of the song and describing the production of the song as "corny-cool." He also called it "an eye-roller from start to finish", but stated that "Bryan’s absolute commitment makes it tolerable, if not enjoyable in the right setting." Ben Foster of
Country Universe gave the song a "D−" grade, praising Bryan's vocal performance but added that "Unfortunately, it also has unabashedly dumb, mind-numbing lyrics that insult the history of the country genre and the intelligence of its fans, shamelessly recycling cliché after cliché right from the opening verse..." In a September 2013 interview,
Zac Brown stated that the song was "the worst song [he’s] ever heard." He later clarified on
Twitter that he did not dislike Bryan as an artist. In Bryan's defense, artist
Jason Aldean posted on
Instagram, and one of the song's co-writers,
Dallas Davidson, spoke out as well. ==Music videos==