Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song contains "feathery vocals", a "buoyant melody", and "tasty guitar playing."

The ebullient guitars of 1960's rock and folk-rock and 1970's power pop echo in the songs of the Smithereens, which often harness buoyant melodies to sing about disappointments and regret.

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that the song "boasts a buoyant melody and positive lyric that captures all the excitement and emotional energy of a burgeoning relationship."

Seemingly trying to levitate, he never quite succeeded, but he did add lift to Mozart's buoyant melodies.

Here's one more Mr. Nice Guy picking up the Dave Matthews crowd: Mason Jennings, whose optimistic songs have buoyant melodies that span folk-rock and country-rock.

The music is sumptuous yet intimate and filled with buoyant melody that sweeps the dancers along with it.

In contrast with the buoyant, lively melody, Beck adds his own Gram Parsons-style hard luck lyrics about gambling, Las Vegas, and loneliness.

The three had a knack for writing buoyant melodies that only hinted at melancholy and lyrics that emphasized a particular sort of heartache: not the feeling of love's absence but the feeling of its overabundance.

Mason Jennings's songs are more optimistic, with buoyant melodies that span folk-rock and country-rock.

They still come up with Beatles-loving pop songs that enfold personal tensions in buoyant melodies.