[1][2] It was also the final single released by the Moody Blues prior to their five-year hiatus, which was agreed upon so each of the band members could pursue their own solo careers.

[3] Music critic Maury Dean said that the song "combined a Byrds or Neil Young flavor with Jazz vocalics (complex chords) and a kicky, jiffy beat.

[5] Cash Box predicted that it was "likely to turn gold," saying that "all indications are that it will head straight for the very top" of the charts.

[6] Record World called it an "uptempo rocker" that will give the group "a lock on the top of the charts.

"[3] AllMusic critic Lindsay Planer said that "Even though this is an uptempo rocker, Lodge delves headlong into an introspective space equal to that of another significant side, 'Isn't Life Strange.