 Upon its release, "Riddle" received a mixed to positive reception from music critics.In his reviews of parent album "Masterpiece Theater", Michael Paoletta from "Billboard" declared the song a "percolating single which unfolds like a direct descendant of the trio's past hits.His colleague Chuck Taylor felt that "Riddle" was another smash track from the band, thought he noted that while it "does have the group's signature sound, it also seems dated."