[3] Women's music writer Lucy O'Brien described the song as "a full-tilt rollercoaster ... a masterly analysis of rejection.

"[4] Critic Wilfrid Mellers, in his book Angels of the Night, praised the song's "jazz intensity", achieved he says, through its "triplet cross-rhythms".

"Down to Zero" was re-released in July 1990 as a live version on the B-side of the single "Promise Land" (AM 567) from the album Hearts and Flowers.

[9] She used "Down to Zero" to open her seminal concert for German TV (Studio L in Cologne) on 15 February 1979, accompanied by a band especially put together for the tour.

The band featured Red Young on keyboards, Rick Hirsch on guitar, Art Rodriguez on drums, Bill Bodine on bass and Lon Price on saxophone.