"(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie" reached number 50 in the UK Singles Chart and remained in the top 100 for seven weeks.

[3][4] As the song was not the big UK hit that both the band and RCA hoped for, the new album The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome would not be released until December 1983.

Asked to choose a track from the band's new compilation album The Very Best of Slade, Holder chose "(And Now the Waltz) C'est La Vie".

remarked, "'C'est La Vie' sees Slade returning to the balladic format of 'Everyday', with a swaying, soothing tune that immediately buries itself in the wallet.

He called "C'est La Vie" a "highly dramatic ballad", with its "sweeping, over-produced grandeur superbly counterbalanced by Nod's gruff vocal sensitivity", and the live version of "Merry Xmas Everybody" on the B-side as "festive fury at its finest".