"[3] Billboard said that after the band had released two ballads from Agent Provocateur ("I Want to Know What Love Is" and "That Was Yesterday"), Foreigner "now reclaims its alternate identity as ultimate headbangers.

"[4] Courier Journal staff writer Michael Quinlan called it a "tough-minded, energetic" song that he thought should have been released as the first single from Agent Provocateur over "I Want to Know What Love Is.

"[5] Billings Gazette writer Chris Rubich called it a "typical heavy-metal anthem" with "heavy, choppy guitar chording" that serves as "counterpoint to [lead singer] Gramm's insistence that his lover respond.

"[13] Chilliwack Progress critic Matt Rogalsky felt John Cougar Mellencamp was a heavy influence, with the song's "choppy guitar lines and scratchy vocals.

"[14] Muncie Evening News critic Rick Shefchik felt that it "sounds like the kind of hard rock they play in Third World countries where Led Zeppelin's first album just hit the stores.