In an interview on the official Yazoo website Moyet explained: "We left out stuff that translated less well to live work.

[5] John Shearlaw of Record Mirror considered it to be a "subtle grower and wonderfully skilful dive back into a smoky, twilit nightclub world".

[6] Charles Shaar Murray of NME called it a "fast, sexy dance tune that gives Moyet a chance to show off her soul chops".

He noted that she "naturally does [this] to exceptionally good effect", but was critical of Clarke's backing track for "let[ting] the project down to a certain extent".

He believed that it sounds "too fast, too tinny and too lightweight, and the end result is music of insufficient power to support the amount of energy being pumped in Alfwise".