[8][9][10] AllMusic reviewer Donald Guarisco wrote that "Simon Le Bon croons the lyrics in a lascivious fashion against a purely electronic soundscape composed of icy synthesisers and throbbing drum machines" and that the song "avoids conventional pop song structure in favour of staccato phrases that meander high and low in a dreamy fashion".

"[4] Ewing also highlights other unusual elements in the track, including "the skronky sound of a guitar pretending to crack" at 0:15, the bass (which "rears, buzzes [and] purrs" throughout) glitching at 1:00 and 1:08, and the synth flute solo at 2:15 that switches the song into an art rock-styled march.

"[4] The accompanying music video for "The Chauffeur" was directed by Ian Emes and draws inspiration from the 1974 film The Night Porter.

[11][12][13] The video features a woman in an erotic costume driven in an Austin Princess limousine by a uniformed chauffeur.

Elsewhere, another woman dresses herself carefully in lingerie and walks through the streets of London towards a rendezvous in an abandoned multi-storey car park.