The B side of the single is "Lock You Up N' Love Fa Days", which was previously unreleased and also written and produced by Musze.

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that the song continues to revisit the classic soul ground first mined by legends like Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson.

He remarked, "Cruising at a chilled midtempo pace, Maxwell flexes his voice to falsetto heights while also displaying a rich lower register that's so sexy.

"[4] A reviewer from Music Week gave it three out of five, describing it as a "dreamy soul offering", that "could see him making inroads into the charts.

If ethereal tracks like "Ascension", "Whenever, Wherever" and "...Til the Cops Keep Knockin'" don't raise body temperatures, you're in serious "shagadelic" trouble my friend.

"[7] Damien Mendis from the RM Dance Update praised the track, writing, "The class just oozes out of the speakers.

[16] At the beginning, Maxwell stands alone, dancing in the dark in a room that is a large stage surrounded by white screens.

[17] The video for "Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)" was later made available on Maxwell's official YouTube channel in 2009 and had generated more than 90 million views as of November 2023.