"[2] AllMusic critic Johnny Loftus considers it Diamond's "signature late-career ballad.

"[8] Billboard critic Vicki Pipkin wrote that Diamond's performance of the song in The Jazz Singer is "poignant.

"[9] Record World said that "Diamond's deep tenor resonates to maximum dramatic intensity, with a monumental string/piano arrangement backdrop.

"[10] Pittsburgh Press music editor Carl Apone said that Diamond was at his best in The Jazz Singer in the songs "Hello Again" and "Love on the Rocks.

It has been covered by several artists and orchestras, including Celtic Thunder, Donny Osmond, Regine Velasquez and Steve Cherelle.