David Stubbs from
Melody Maker described the song as "balmy". Another
Melody Maker editor, Paul Mathur, stated that it "could easily be played on
Radio 2. Maybe it already is. And it's got a chorus about dancing through the fire to catch a flame that wouldn't necessarily find it too hard to fit in at a
Bryan Adams Metaphors Convention. And there's a guitar solo that bunked off from
Eric Clapton's residency at the
Albert Hall."
Music & Media wrote, "All new hip bands name Weller as their main man and have the same '60s flowerpot hairdo. Isn't it time you took some time from your oasis of new releases for this melancholic
ballad?" Johnny Dee from
NME commented, "You might as well start buying
Chris De Burgh if 'You Do Something to Me' does something to you, since it sounds like 'You Look Wonderful Tonight' anyway. It is the very essence of dullness, all guitar noodles, cod cool, meaningful vocals and a rock of ages arrangement." Leesa Daniels from
Smash Hits was negative and gave it one out of five in her review of the single. ==Charts==