In the US, where the band was known as Yaz, the song was their second big hit on the American dance chart, where it spent two weeks at number one in October 1982.

He added that, as the "first full exposition of their talent" following the "delightful" "Only You", "Don't Go" "builds busily to a strident crescendo as Clarke juggles with a shrill synth motif that jostles with Alf's booming, swelling vocals".

He commented: "Vince coaxes a sterling song out of his synthesizer while Alf balances its metallic clip with a deep, emotion-packed vocal that gets better with every hearing.

"[8] Mark Cooper of Record Mirror described it as "a rather slight blues belter dignified by the singing and the synth break in the middle".

He continued: "The combination of the voice and the machine is truly original and the B-side, 'Winter Kills', shows that Yazoo are capable of moods of substance.