ody ▁Rosen ▁of ▁Rol ling ▁Stone . ▁Thomas ▁Con ner ▁of ▁Chicago ▁Sun - Times ▁wrote ▁that , ▁lyr ically , ▁" Hand s ▁All ▁Over " ▁together ▁with ▁" N ever ▁G onna ▁Le ave ▁This ▁Bed " ▁speak ▁of ▁sex iness . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Crit ical ▁The ▁song ▁received ▁generally ▁positive ▁reviews ▁from ▁music ▁critics . ▁Jakob ▁Dor of ▁of ▁Sl ant ▁Magazine ▁wrote ▁that ▁" Hand s ▁All ▁Over " ▁is ▁" the ▁one ▁real ▁gam ble "; ▁despite ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁it ▁tries ▁to ▁hard ▁to ▁find ▁a ▁missing ▁connection ▁between ▁the ▁works ▁of ▁Prince , ▁Queen ▁and ▁N ine ▁In ch ▁N ails , ▁" it ' s ▁certainly ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁interesting ▁things ▁the ▁band ▁has ▁ever ▁recorded ." ▁Similarly , ▁Mc Al pine ▁of ▁BBC ▁Music ▁wrote ▁that ▁on ▁songs ▁like ▁" Hand s ▁All ▁Over " ▁and ▁" St utter ", ▁the ▁Mar oon ▁ 5 ▁shows ▁a ▁band ▁" who ▁are ▁really ▁at ▁their ▁best ▁when ▁they ▁play ▁pop ▁music ▁like ▁the ▁sle azy ▁rock ers ▁they ▁clearly ▁are ." ▁Contact music ' s ▁Ban ima er ▁stated ▁that ▁although ▁the ▁track ▁is ▁a ▁little ▁repet itive , ▁it ▁shows ▁what ▁kind ▁of ▁band ▁Mar oon ▁ 5 ▁wants ▁to ▁be . ▁ ▁Rosen ▁of ▁Rol ling ▁Stone ▁magazine ▁wrote ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁" big , ▁silly ▁ar ena - rock ▁song ▁rem in is cent ▁of ▁Def ▁Le pp ard ". ▁She ▁further ▁noted , ▁" but ▁Mar oon