Davis's funky sax ad-lib during the middle eight. Critical reception Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian felt that Heather Small is best "when backed by gospel-esque singers", as she is on "Love Rendezvous", "who create a lush, regal ambience." Pan-European magazine Music & Media described it as a "craftily-arranged number featuring Heather Small's dramatic vocals soaring out over a head-bobbing track, geared to attract instant EHR/dance airplay." British magazine Music Weeks RM Dance Update deemed it a "very classy tune". An editor, Brad Beatnik, gave it three out of five, calling it "a typical M People pop soul track". Another editor, James Hamilton, viewed it as a "piano and sax-nagged catchy 126bpm inevitable crossover smash". Andrew Harrison from Select declared it as a "spry house bouncer with Wigan Casino tang". Chart performance The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 33 with sales of 21,000 copies in its first week and 23,000 copies in its second, causing it to climb one place to peak at number 32. Although it was the fourth consecutive M People single to climb the chart in its second week, it did break the band's eight consecutive Top 10 single run. In the third and fourth week it slid down the chart to number 52 and then to 70, spending just 4 weeks on the chart. This was the lowest selling single from the album Bizarre Fruit and the lowest chart position since "Colour My Life" charted at number 35 some three years prior, in 1992. Airplay Airplay for the song began on 25 September 1995, at which time "Search for the Hero" had become an airplay staple across Europe, but in The UK, it was still in the lower echelons of Top 75 some four months on. In the four weeks prior to airplay "Love Rendezvous" entered the chart at No. 75, scaling to number 36 and then moving to number 23 and then to 15. After its physical release, the single's airplay stalled and peaked at number 9, despite heavy support from Dance stations Kiss and Galaxy, who were heavily rotating the K-Klass Klub Mix (Radio Edit). UK radio stations' indifference to the song was compounded by the lower Sales chart placing which meant it spent another four weeks falling swiftly out of the chart. It however continued the band's run of nine consecutive top ten airplay hits. Formats and remixes This single was