Morning Call also expressed a similar view of the song, stating that the song "is loaded with platitudes, but [it's] easy on the ears." However, Siobhan Grogan of NME magazine stated "to the delight of lonely men everywhere, she tells us she's 'weak with desire' and knows 'I'm meant to say no'—and the mind boggles at how she'd have turned out if she'd spent her teens glugging cider on a street corner." Chuck Campbell of Daily News viewed the song as "gurgling" and noted that Simpson was singing it breathlessly. An editor of The Advocate remarked that the track sounded more manufactured than composed. Craig Seymour of The Buffalo News wrote that he felt "Irresistible" was a "limp seduction tune". Similarly, David Browne of Entertainment Weekly wrote that the single could have been easily reprocessed for a "new virginity ad campaign." The Northern Echos Hayley Gyllenspetz dismissed the song, elaborating that it sounded similar to the works of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. She added, "If only this 21- year-old songbird had done something original she may indeed have been irresistible." An editor of The Malay Mail echoed Gyllenspetz's comment, writing that the track sounded like a typical Aguilera pop-Latino piece. In 2003, "Irresistible" won a Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) "Pop Music Award". Irresistible ranked at number 87 on Top 100 Pop Songs of 2001 by About.com. Chart performance North America "Irresistible" experienced moderate commercial success worldwide, reaching the top forty of the charts in eleven countries. In the United States, the song initially debuted at number five on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, on the issue dated May 5, 2001. Three weeks later, it debuted at number sixty-nine on the Billboard Hot 100. In mid-July the single reached its peak position of number fifteen on the Hot 100 and stayed on the chart for twenty weeks. Its peak position in the chart was thanks to the airplay, largely due to its release as a radio-only single rather than the traditional CD single. "Irresistible" became Simpson's second top-twenty single in the US, following "I Wanna Love You Forever" (1999). The song also reached number three on Billboard Pop Songs chart, her highest peak at the time, and her second single to reach the top five. Although it did not chart on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, "Irresistible" reached number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles