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" Stop " was generally well received by music critics.

For Sylvia Patterson of the NME, the song is an " obscenely catchy Motown swinger ", she added that it is " the proper pop genius destined to be number one until Japan falls into the sea ".

Rolling Stone magazine's David Wild called it " a retro, Supremes-lite confection that's as undeniable as it is unoriginal.

" David Browne of Entertainment Weekly characterized it as a " delicious re-creation of Motown-era bop packed with skipping-down-the-street good vibrations ".

Larry Flick of Billboard magazine said that it has " a bouncy, Supremes-like retro vibe ", and called its hook " irresistible ".

Flick also praised the David Morales remix of the song, calling it " a vibrant, time-sensitive disco ditty ", while Howard Scripps from The Press of Atlantic City called it " an obvious girl-group ditty ", and added that it " is another potential hit ".

Conversely, in a review of Spiceworld, Andy Gill of The Independent, called the album a " perky but charmless parade of pop pastiches ", and described " Stop " as a " pseudo-Motown stomp ".