The core guitar riff that "Dangerous Type" is centered on resembles the T. Rex song, "Bang a Gong".
It has appeared on numerous compilation albums, among them Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology and Complete Greatest Hits.
"[1] Classic Rock History critic Brian Kachejian rated it as the Cars' 9th greatest song, praising the way "the sound of the drums, bass, keyboards, and guitar all blend together so nicely without losing their distinctive sounds.
"[3] In the Just What I Needed: The Cars Anthology liner notes, Brett Milano said, "'Let's Go' and 'Dangerous Type' [stood] out as the best of [Ric] Ocasek's enigmatic-woman songs.
"[4] Rolling Stone rated it as one of the Cars' 17 essential songs, with critic Elias Leight saying that "Ocasek uses repetition for maximum impact" and "runs through the four-line hook 10 different times in four and a half minutes.