[2] Reviewing the song for Record Mirror, Dylan Jones wrote "through the mesh, through the ferns, behind the mask and out on his own we find the reluctant pop-star David Sylvian, taking yet another MOODIST pose on the single sleeve.

Not a stunning debut by any means, but an adept performance, even if it has got too many atmospherics and Aladdin Sane piano fills".

[3] Dave Rimmer for Smash Hits made it Single of the Fortnight and wrote "by all accounts one of the least weird tracks on the forthcoming solo LP, this is quiet, un-Japan-like, almost jazzy".

There's no great change in style, but it's still all a bit self-consciously arty and angst-ridden" and that "Sylvian's voice is a Ferry derivative, and tends to drone on in a melancholy fashion without ever really getting anywhere".

[5] The music video was directed by Anton Corbijn, whose work on Propaganda's "Dr. Mabuse" led Sylvian to approach him.