 Upon release, "Record Mirror" said the song was one of the band's best, describing it as a "slow, heavy rocker", with "rude words" and "some deliciously lascivious guitar".Caroline Coon of "Melody Maker" felt the song showed Holder in "marvelous, raucous form".She described the song as a "laidback, slow-rocking number", but added it was "much weaker" than the band's previous work.