Larry Flick from "Billboard" described the song as a "shuffling, hip-hop-flavored pop ditty". The Ditty Bops have covered Boswell Sisters songs in concert. Larry Flick from "Billboard" described the song as a "bright'n'bouncy ditty" and a "youth-driven smash". I even warbled a Mae West type ditty. The Irish lyrics were about a man being cuckolded, a bawdy and humorous ditty. Lydon called "Chant" an "old English ditty with a string synthesizer". These are aptly phrased in a small ditty composed by his students. AMommyStory described it as " a cute little ditty ". Bill Ramsey of the "San Antonio Current", noted how the lyrics were an "innocuous ditty". Its single "Ditty" is Paperboy's most successful single. A "boastful Irish ditty" of that title is recorded as early as the 1880s. This "death ditty" was cleverly promoted by Leyton's manager, expatriate Australian entrepreneur Robert Stigwood. The band consisted of Connolly, vocalist Aaron Ditty, Dave Magee and Peter Comfort. Facenda wrote and recorded a 1960 followup single, "Bubba Ditty", which failed to chart. She has also recorded a French ditty for a Malayalam film.