In 2010, Neil McCormick, a writer for The Daily Telegraph, analysed "Intro" to have "become a TV favourite", and has helped the xx develop enough media presence to garner "over half a million sales around the world without ever having anything as vulgar as a hit".
Rihanna's song "Drunk on Love", from her sixth studio album Talk That Talk, samples the melody of "Intro",[REF] and because of the sample, all members of The xx earned writing credits on Talk That Talk [REF].