 Shaheem Reid of MTV News compared the performance with Michael Buffer further adding that "Beyoncé acknowledged Shakira by shaking her hips rapidly".While reviewing Beyoncé's performance of the song in Saskatoon on September 14, 2007, a writer of "The StarPhoenix" noted that it was one of the musical surprises during the evening.Jim Harrington from the "San Jose Mercury News" noted that Beyoncé's all-female band provided "plenty of punch" to the live performance of the song in Fresno on August 28, 2007 further noting that the singer looked like a "sex kitten purring through" the song.