'"[3] Upon its release, Music Week stated, "While many may cringe at the sound of Tikaram's deep dark tones, there's still a fanbase out there and this slow, atmospheric track could go some way to winning new fans.

He commented, "Perhaps the most exquisite pop song released so far this year, 'I Might Be Crying' combines a brooding drum/keyboard pulse and luxurious string arrangement with an ethereal vocal chant and Tikaram's own breathy delivery.

"[3] Holly Hernandez of Melody Maker wrote, "Now, Elvis Herselvis seems to have shuffled off her apocalyptic coil and gone all Paul Simon/Billy Joel on us, the spine of 'I Might Be Crying' being the chorus of Third World, basket-on-the-head, washer woman backing vocals.

"[5] Andrew Balkin of the Kingston Informer gave a one star rating and remarked, "The woman with the humour bypass has excelled herself with an even more drab and dreary offering than usual.

"[6] In a review of Lovers in the City, Len Righi of The Morning Call praised the song as "an effective meditation on loss and regret", with Tikaram "pairing her crushed-but-not-quite-broken voice with a primitive hip-hop rhythm in a chat-like African spiritual".