Philip Sherburne of Pitchfork Media commented that "it's the way that Butler and his collaborators mold formalist fidelity into something stranger that makes the track really sing," and that the "chords give it the quality of an exploding rainbow."[1]NME said that the song "is superb, but it’s essentially just an old Chicago house tune given a digital spit’n’polish."[2]
Slant Magazine placed "You Belong" at #9 on the Top 25 Singles of 2008.[3]
Music video
The music video for "You Belong" features Nomi Ruiz singing to the lyrics while several background dancers are voguing. Andrew Butler appears as a monk who plays with futuristic hand toys while Kim Ann Foxman is seen playing glass harmonicas.[4]
