Ace of Base performed the song on the first ever MTV Europe Music Awards in Berlin, Germany in 1994.

And it also hit number-one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and number ten on the Cash Box Top 100.

[5] Upon the single release, Larry Flick from Billboard stated that the Swedish pop phenomenon "shows no sign of loosening its hypnotic hold over top 40 programmers and pop-minded consumers."

He added that the song "sticks pretty close to the formula of previous hits: Galloping pop/reggae beats are covered with fluttering synths, a contagious hook, and somewhat disconnected vocal.

"[6] British columnist James Masterton felt that "Living in Danger" "is typical Ace Of Base, pop-driven dub-reggae yet with a somehow dark, almost gothic feel.

[9] Ace of Base performed "Living in Danger" on the first MTV Europe Music Awards held in Germany in 1994.

The accompanying music video for "Living in Danger" was directed by Swedish-based director Matt Broadley and shot in Kungsträdgårdens tunnelbana, an underground metro station in Stockholm, Sweden in September 1994.

The video of "Living in Danger" opens with the four members of Ace of Base, each of them following one of four people into the underground metro.