The Singles Jukebox

“The first time I heard this song I thought she said, ‘I got food’. because uhm.. I think I was hungry or something”…

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[4.60]

Katie Gill: Man, Bebe Rexha really deserves some better songs. Out of the current crop of interchangeable twenty-something female singers who are sporadically credited on despite singing the hook on EDM songs by twenty-something white dudes, Bebe Rexha has become one of my favorites. But even my like of her can’t save a song that sounds so wonderfully generic. That wonderful treatment of the chorus and the way she lilts “I got you” can only take you so far, especially when the song doesn’t provide anything of substance to back poor Rexha up.
[6]

Ryo Miyauchi: “I Got You” unfolds like a ploy in a teen sitcom with Rexha doing a not-so-great job at hiding her intentions. She sincerely offers a shoulder to lean on, only for her to grow impatiently tired of playing nice because damn it, it was never really about your feelings. “Let me be your friend” sounds blatantly try-hard, I find it kinda funny. What’s not funny, though, is her singing “oh na na.” Leave that to Rihanna.
[5]

Micha Cavaseno: Why does she always end up sounding like someone mocking Betty Boop? She needed a new shtick yesterday.
[2]

Ramzi Awn: Bebe Rexha’s remarkably bland verses on “I Got You” make the chorus all the more surprising, which is ultimately more annoying than if the song were completely dull.
[2]

Lilly Gray: If I’m grading in relation to the only other song of hers that I’m familiar with, “No Broken Hearts,” then this is a [10]. Rexha is extremely competent at meat and potatoes pop. Songs that are fun, lightweight, and fuel a solidly non-negative 3 minutes in your car, the kebab shop, pharmacy, or wherever. Do I remember what this song sounds like after I’ve heard it? No. Would I change the station if it came on KISS-FM as I was driving home from work and needed something to prevent me from falling asleep and killing a pedestrian at that weird crossing by the department store? No. I’d call that a win. 
[5]

David Sheffieck: I’ve heard this on the radio without ever realizing — much less wondering — who was singing it. This seems to be the ultimate trajectory required by the effort of making Rexha a star, and I suppose that’s relatively normal, but it’s still shitty. She’s been scrubbed of all the vocal mannerisms and distinctiveness that made her first few songs work, and we’re left with generic songwriting and even more generic singing, all brightly polished to a moderately-catchy sheen.
[4]

Leonel Manzanares de la Rosa: Sun-kissed synths, clean vocal performance, humdrum everything. 
[5]

Katherine St Asaph: Bebe Rexha was ahead of the troubled-girl pop trend. Now she’s right in the middle of the trend of blatant Rihanna pastiches — in this case, “Needed Me” and “What’s My Name.” I’d be more upset about this if today’s Rihanna pastiches weren’t generally good.
[6]

Will Adams: Still rooting for Rexha, which is becoming easier thanks to “In the Name of Love” and this. “I Got You” is of-the-moment midtempo stompa-stomp, but it skews much sunnier than its contemporaries and thus manages to differentiate itself. The Rihanna references wear thin towards the end, but Rexha does her damnedest to sell it.
[6]

Mo Kim: “Bebe Rexha’s ‘I Got You’ but every time she repeats a syllable it gets faster.”
[5]