""Herald-Journal" picked "When The Heartache Is Over" as one of the "highlights" of the "Twenty Four Seven" album and added that it "is reminiscent of Cher's "Believe", both musically and lyrically.A hit throughout Europe, "Heartache" is posed to repeat the process in the U.S." Gustavo Rivas from "The Ithacan" said that the producers "do a great job at adding her voice to a mixture of disco and rock rhythms."