AllMusic editor David Jeffries called this song "completely unsurprising, with a rock-solid hook."[2] Ken Copabianco described the song: "His sex talk is good-natured and slyly insightful about love".[3]XXL wrote a mixed review: "Elsewhere, he’s just straight reaching—“What Them Girls Like,” for instance, where, despite taking a cue from 2000’sMel Gibson chick flickWhat Women Want, there’s no real solid connection established between the film and the actual song."[4]
The music video premiered onYahoo Music on September 11.[5] The video takes cues from the filmWhat Women Want.[6] The music video premiered onBET and later appeared at number 80 on the Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2008 countdown. Comfort Fedoke,DeRay Davis,Tyrese Gibson,Teairra Mari, Kristia Krueger, Suelyn Medeiros,Amber Rose, Joe and Gavin Maloof, andLa La Anthony made cameo appearances in the video. There is a 40-second intro before the music starts in the video.
