The song debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 35 from album downloads alone and has so far peaked at number eighteen. In Canada it made a ' Hot Shot Debut' at #8 on the Canadian Hot 100. The song made a jump to number seven in its sixth week on the chart, selling 127,000 downloads, a 61% increase from the previous week and eventually reached a peak position of #5. 'Sugar' made a ' Hot Shot Debut' at number twenty-five on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Flo Rida's highest debut on the chart. The music video was uploaded to YouTube on as part of the 10 year anniversary of Flo Rida's album R.O.O.T.S. Flo Rida looks at the camera, smiles and closes the door as the video comes to a close. The final vision incorporates Flo Rida woken up by the doctor in the operation room & being escorted out, yet she then raises her arm and directs him to follow her back into the room by seductively holding up a bunch of grapes. He then turns her way and once again, she doesn't appear.

The next scene displays the pair with the doctor seducing Flo Rida then comforting him with food. He turns around, confused again as the doctor doesn't appear anywhere in sight. They walk to a store in the shape of another hut where Flo Rida purchases ice cream for the both of them. Next Flo Rida and the doctor are seen to be next to each other on the same beach, she following with her arms on him as he raps. Flo Rida moves out of his seat and progresses forward to greet the doctor but then confusingly realises that she is not actually there. The next primary scene showcases Flo Rida in front of other men each seated in a hut on the beach as they spot the doctor in a white bikini walking out from the water. It then cuts to Wynter performing set choreography interspersed with female dancers then her dancing solo with flashes of Flo Rida in the operation room with the same female doctor spotted earlier in the music video. It opens with a female doctor followed by Flo Rida walking into an operation room with a quick shot of Wynter then Wynter and Flo Rida standing beside one another. Music video ДЄ music video for the song was filmed on Apin South Beach, Florida. Meanwhile, in the UK, noted urban writer Pete Lewis of the award-winning Blues & Soul stated 'Flo Rida finally proves once-and-for-all that he's no one-trick-pony, with the melodic uptempo single 'Sugar' effectively relying on a familiar Euro-dance sample to bring the party'. His second single off R.O.O.T.S., вЂњSugar,вЂќ samples Eiffel 65's вЂњBlue (Da Ba Dee).вЂќ Flo's Atlantic Records labelmate Wynter Gordon gets her first major feature singing the hook.

Rap-Up said, 'Hate him or love him, you gotta hand it to Flo Rida for mastering the hit-making formula. However, AllMusic said that the song is 'shameless enough to incorporate elements of Eiffel 65's Euro-trash earworm 'Blue (Da Ba Dee)'', but chose it as a track pick. Billboard magazine reviewed the single positively, said ''Sugar', rides an unlikely interpolation of ' Blue (Da Ba Dee)' by Eiffel 65', but consider it one of the highlights of the album. On reviews for the album, the song received a mixed reception, due to criticism on the use of the sample of ' Blue (Da Ba Dee)'. This could be good for you.'' Critical reception 'It sounded really good when I did it,' she told Billboard. She matched the song very well, so we went along with it.' Wynter was originally hired by the song's writers as a female vocalist to reference the song for them. Speaking to MTV News, Flo Rida said, 'Wynter is a brand-new artist coming off of Atlantic Records.

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