Editing I Just Can't Stop It (section)

== Critical reception ==
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-just-cant-stop-it-mw0000189815 |title=I Just Can't Stop It – The English Beat |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=12 May 2004 |last=Greene |first=Jo-Ann}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
| rev2Score = A−<ref>{{cite book |chapter=The English Beat: I Just Can't Stop It |chapter-url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=3594 |access-date=4 May 2009 |title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s |title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |publisher=Pantheon Books |year=1990 |isbn=0-679-73015-X}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|publisher=Omnibus Press|edition=5th concise|year=2011|last=Larkin|first=Colin|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|authorlink=Colin Larkin (writer)}}</ref>
| rev4      = ''[[Record Mirror]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Albums|journal=Record Mirror|date=24 May 1980|page=20|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/80/Record-Mirror-1980-05-24.pdf|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
| rev5      = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=English Beat |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA277 |access-date=17 March 2010 |last=Considine |first=J. D. |author-link=J. D. Considine |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |publisher=Fireside Books |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/277 277–278]}}</ref>
| rev6      = ''[[Smash Hits]]''
| rev6Score = 9/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Beat: I Just Can't Stop It |magazine=Smash Hits |volume=2 |issue=11 |date=29 May – 11 June 1980 |last=Cranna |first=Ian |page=30}}</ref>
| rev7      = ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]''
| rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/the-beat-ii-just-cant-stop-iti-go-feet- |title=The Beat: I Just Can't Stop It (Go Feet) |magazine=Sounds |date=24 May 1980 |access-date=19 November 2020 |last=Silverton |first=Peter |url-access=subscription |via=Rock's Backpages}}</ref>
| rev8      = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
| rev8Score = 10/10<ref>{{cite book |chapter=English Beat |last=Hermes |first=Will |author-link=Will Hermes |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor1-link=Eric Weisbard |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=Vintage Books |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |page=127}}</ref>
| rev9      = ''[[Tom Hull – on the Web]]''
| rev9Score = A−<ref>{{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|authorlink=Tom Hull (critic)|date=26 April 2021|url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/2939-Music-Week.html|title=Music Week|website=Tom Hull – on the Web|accessdate=27 April 2021}}</ref>
}}
At the end of 1980, ''I Just Can't Stop It'' appeared in numerous lists of the best albums of the year: ''[[NME]]'' ranked it third,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1980-2-1045402 |title=1980 Best Albums And Tracks Of The Year |website=NME |date=10 October 2016 |access-date=30 October 2016}}</ref> ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'' ranked it 13th,{{CN|date=December 2023}} ''[[The Village Voice]]'' ranked it 21st{{CN|date=December 2023}} and ''[[OOR]]'' ranked it 41st.{{CN|date=December 2023}} In 1995, ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' ranked the album at No. 94 in its list of the "Top 100 Alternative Albums".<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |date=1995 |publisher=Vintage Books |location=New York |isbn=0679755748 |page=454 |chapter=Top 100 Alternative Albums}}</ref> ''Fast 'n' Bulbous'' ranked the album at number 283 in its list of "The 500 Best Albums Since 1965".<ref>[http://fastnbulbous.com/best-albums-since-1965/ Best Albums Since 1965 | Fast 'n' Bulbous<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> A 2002 poll of [[KCPR]] DJs ranked it at No. 40 in a list of the "Top 100 Records of the 80s".{{CN|date=December 2023}} ''[[Les Inrockuptibles]]'' included it in its list of "50 Years of Rock 'n' Roll."{{CN|date=December 2023}} Music journalist [[Simon Reynolds]] lists it as one of the five most important albums of "[[Two-tone (music genre)|2-Tone]] and the [[Ska]] Resurrection" in his 2005 book ''[[Rip It Up and Start Again|Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984 |title-link=Rip It Up and Start Again |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Reynolds |publisher=Faber and Faber |year=2005 |isbn=0-571-21569-6}}</ref> In 2016, ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' ranked ''I Just Can't Stop It'' at No. 48 on its list of the 50 best [[new wave music|new wave]] albums.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/new-wave/the-best-new-wave-albums/ |title=The 50 Best New Wave Albums |website=Paste |date=8 September 2016 |access-date=19 November 2020}}</ref>

"[[Mirror in the Bathroom]]" was ranked at No. 3 in the ''NME'' "Singles of the Year" list{{CN|date=December 2023}} and at No. 24 in ''Sounds''' "Singles of the Year" list.{{CN|date=December 2023}} In 2003, ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' ranked the song at No. 517 in its list of the "1001 Best Songs Ever".<ref>[http://www.muzieklijstjes.nl/Q1001bestsongsever.htm Q - 1001 best songs ever (2003)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 2002, Gary Mulholland included the song in his list ''This Is Uncool: The 500 Best Singles Since Punk Rock''.{{CN|date=December 2023}} In 2001, Michaelangelo Matos included it in his list of "The Top 100 Singles of the 80s."{{CN|date=December 2023}} In 2006, [[WSUN (FM)|97x]] ranked it at No. 186 in its list of "The 500 Best Modern Rock Songs of All Time."{{CN|date=December 2023}} In 1990, [[Robert Christgau]] ranked "Twist & Crawl" at No. 10 in his list of the best songs of the 1980s.<ref>[http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/list/decade80.php Robert Christgau: Decade Personal Best: '80s<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>