▁b ang in ’ ▁drum ▁skills , ▁to ▁make ▁for ▁one ▁fairly ▁anth em ic ▁effort ". ▁SP IN ' s ▁critic ▁Marc ▁Hog an ▁said : ▁" It ' s ▁a ▁bit ters weet ▁mid tem po ▁ro cker , ▁and ▁the ▁most ▁cont empl ative ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁songs ▁B link ▁has ▁un ve iled ▁so ▁far . ▁' Th ese ▁night s ▁go ▁on ▁and ▁on ' ▁goes ▁the ▁ch orus , ▁perfect ▁for ▁b ored ▁te en agers ▁shout ing ▁outside ▁car ▁windows ". ▁Thomas ▁N ass iff ▁from ▁Ab solute P unk ▁said : ▁" After ▁Mid night " ▁is ▁instantly ▁a ▁classic ▁B link - 1 8 2 ▁song . ▁Scott ▁He is el ▁from ▁the ▁US ▁magazine ▁Altern ative ▁Press ▁wrote : ▁" Is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁fin est ▁moments ▁of ▁B link ' s ▁career , ▁a ▁song ▁so ▁simple , ▁catch y ▁and ▁gen i une ▁that ▁it ' s ▁amaz ing ▁it ▁took ▁them ▁nearly ▁two ▁dec ades ▁to ▁write ▁it ". ▁ ▁In ▁contrast , ▁J ody ▁Rosen ▁of ▁Rol ling ▁Stone ▁felt ▁the ▁track ▁lack ed ▁" the ▁spark le ▁and ▁f izz ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁B link ," ▁but ▁non eth eless ▁felt ▁" com fort ingly ▁familiar ." ▁ ▁Music ▁video ▁ ▁The ▁music ▁video ▁for ▁" After ▁Mid night " ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁January ▁ 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁The ▁clip ▁revol ves ▁around ▁a ▁male ▁( G ar ret ▁Cam iller i )