As of May 2012, it has sold over 6 million digital copies in the US alone. 'Dynamite' charted on the Billboard Hot 100 for 47 weeks, making it the longest run for a single since 's ', which stayed on that chart for 54 weeks. It also became Cruz's second consecutive number one single on Billboard 's chart in its 21 August 2010 issue. The song kept this position for three consecutive weeks, blocked from the top position by 's ' featuring.
The single rose to number 14 on the week ending 10 July 2010 and on the week ending 21 August 2010, the single climbed to a peak of #2, giving Cruz his second Top 3 single in the US.
Critic named the song as his second favorite of 2010.Ĭhart performance 'Dynamite' debuted at number 26 on the and at number 13 on the Digital Songs chart, selling 83,000 copies in its opening week. Nick Levine from rated the song 4 out of 5 stars and gave it a positive review, naming it 'a suitably Eurohousey club pumper' and saying that it's 'essentially a cheap, tasty, and entirely satisfying banger'. “I hit the floor cause that’s my plans, plans, plans, plans / I’m wearing all my favorite brands, brands, brands, brands”) but they don’t disrupt the mood, which is emphatic and rarely sensual'. While reviewing 'Rokstarr', Jon Caramanica from gave a mixed review, saying that the song has 'vapid lyrics to navigate (e.g. The song has met with mixed to positive reviews from contemporary music critics. And I actually think it was biggest song I have written so far.” Release and reception The song was released in the UK on 23 August 2010. McKee only met Cruz months after the song's release, and later said that “I thought was the dumbest song I had ever written and thought it was going nowhere. ' and had written the melody, and asked to write lyrics. You got to feel like, 'I'm just gonna explode.'