"[7] Dave Ling of Number One felt the song was "stunningly average" and "hardly an obvious hit for Blancmange".

"[8] John Lee of the Huddersfield Daily Examiner described it as "fairly meritorious" but added that it "lacks the bite to change things for the better for this downward spiralling duo".

[9] Paul Benbow of the Reading Evening Post noted Walsh's "lavish production" but added that the "tedious vocals add up to hot air only used well to get a natty break from a trumpet".

[10] In a review of the 2017 deluxe edition of Believe You Me (1985), Paul Scott-Bates of Louder Than War described the original version as a "medium paced tune about the state of the World".

[11] The Electricity Club commented that the song was one of the album's "finer moments", adding that "the use of cello and flute lends the finished piece a quiet quality".