 John Walshe from "Hot Press" commented that the track "goes some way towards justifying the fact that it is the biggest selling single so far this year".Simon Evans writing in the "Birmingham Post" described the song as a "beautiful slice of haunting, hypnotic pop".Russell Bailler from "The New Zealand Herald" highlighted the song along with "Black Coffee" and "Surrender", saying it is "a great single which is also the best thing here [on the album]".