Reception The Time (Dirty Bit)
1 reception 1.1 critical response 1.2 comparisons deadmau5 1.3 commercial performance reception critical response simon vozick-levinson of entertainment weekly praised song s catchiness, felt failed meet standards of previous singles boom boom pow , gotta feeling . franke previte, won academy award co-writing (i ve had) time of life , complimented black eyed peas sample usage, saying, reconfirms me song cross-generational. song has crossed on next generation in huge way. willa paskin of new york, however, criticized choice of sample , disappointed chorus, feeling shoehorned rest of song . todd martens of los angeles times called time (dirty bit) assertive party song of year . digital spy s nick levine gave review of 3 stars out of five, disliking many elements constituted song. independent s simon price criticized sampling on track, calling low quality attempt satisfy listeners. comparisons deadmau5 after receiving twitter messages song similarity own work, deadmau5 compared