 AllMusic editor Bryan Buss wrote that "Lucky Love" is a "pretty" song.Larry Flick from "Billboard" noted that "this is the single that the act's diehard fans have been screaming for since the launch of the album ""The Bridge"".He added that the song is "far more substantial and satisfying than" the previous "Beautiful Life" and it "rides a brainseeping chorus that you will be singing to yourself whether you want to or not."