[citation needed] The B-Side called "The Good Life" is bassist Barry Fratelli's first published song.

Alex Fletcher of Digital Spy called it "a four-minute arm-swaying belter that The Kooks would have loved for their recent album".

[1] AllMusic's Heather Phares put it alongside "Babydoll" as the album's "bright, lively songs" being "not as catchy as they could be.

"[2] Jon Young of Spin felt the track could "pass for early Bowie in bubblegum mode", but was critical of the "cautiously calculated" performance.

[3] Martin Robinson of NME wrote that it was "basically [just] one big chorus, complete with a rabble-rousing key change for wedding discos.