In a public poll conducted by Channel 4 in 2003, "I'd Rather Jack" was voted number 91 in a list of the 100 Worst Pop Records of All Time,[11] and has been called "the beginning of the end for Stock Aitken Waterman.

"[3] In 2014, Matt Dunn of WhatCulture ranked the song at number 15 in his "15 unforgettable Stock Aitken Waterman singles" list, adding: "What a load of silly old dross this was!...

", adding: "Not a great record, but as a mad act of provocation designed to upset as many people as possible in three minutes, "I'd Rather Jack"... is unbeatable.

The girls self-released a second single, "Get Real", funded by their parents remortgaging their family house, but the song failed to chart.

[1] In a documentary about PWL that aired in 2012, the people interviewed admitted that the single was indeed a tongue-in-cheek response to the critics, and in part did ruin the siblings' career after they'd recorded it.