 " Kiss You " was well received by contemporary music critics , who centred on its quality of production . Both Rolling Stone 's Jon Dolan , who praised its effectiveness , and Chris Payne of Billboard , who appreciated the melody , described " Kiss You " as one of the album 's highlights . Alexis <unk> for The Guardian commended the track 's chorus as " hard to <unk> from your brain " . Robert Copsey of Digital Spy noted the song 's possibility to become an international hit , <unk> it <unk> . A reviewer for MTV News described the track 's <unk> as " butterflies @-@ inducing " , and Sam <unk> of Idolator wrote that " Kiss You " is noticeably a stand @-@ out track on its parent album . Melinda Newman , writing for HitFix , regarded the song as " a <unk> , electronic infectious ditty , " while Chris <unk> , a critic from <unk> , deemed it an " amazing pop song " , lauding the group 's falsetto and its " head @-@ <unk> <unk> " chorus . 
