The song has been very well received by pop critics.

Here are the favorites of the two other pop critics of The Times: Stephen Holden's Top 10 1.

It is important to stress, though, that a pop critic's power is limited.

Still, who but a grinch - or a pop critic - would complain about a song that will raise so much money for such an unimpeachable cause?

Although it was not a huge commercial success, it gained praise from pop critics; Jamie Gill, in a review for Yahoo!

The album received average critical reception from pop critics.

Those who pay attention will notice that pop critics don't share anything close to the unanimity that movie critics often have in their selections.

No other pop critic has ever seemed so unbiddable.

It was clear that her experience as a pop critic was a distant episode, and her interest in that body of work was minor at best.

Though some pop critics granted cultural legitimacy to subway spray painters, most riders considered the renegade "art" nothing more than offensive vandalism.