 "My Plague" received mixed reviews from critics.Tom Dunne of "Hot Press" magazine hailed the song as "stupid, staged, ridiculous and laughably over the top", which he claimed made it "essential listening".Playlouder writer William Ruff and Dotmusic writer John Mulvey both praised the song's lyric "You fucking touch me I will rip you apart/I'll reach in and take a bite out of that shit you call a heart", however this line was criticised by Tom Sinclair of "Entertainment Weekly" as uninventive.