Andy Greene (4. januar 2022). «‘People Probably Want to Kill Us’: The Oral History of Aqua’s ‘Barbie Girl’». Rolling Stone. Besøkt 28. januar 2023. «When we were writing songs for the first album, I went to an art exhibition at a store in Copenhagen. They’d taken a bunch of Barbie dolls and made a planet out of them. It looked like a big, round ball. It made me think of, “Life in plastic, it’s fantastic.” I thought that was a great line. Then I wrote, “Come on, Barbie, let’s go party.”»
Tim Peacock (18. februar 2022). «Aqua’s ‘Barbie Girl’ Hits One Billion Views On YouTube». uDiscoverMusic. Besøkt 28. januar 2023. «In the UK, it was No. 1 for four weeks and remains one of the best-selling singles of all time.»