"[4] Paul Mathur from Melody Maker wrote, "This sounds like nobody's business, has voices to turn nightingales green and according to the press release is, "as hard and stunning as a barren stepmother's slap".

A reviewer from Music Week called it "excellent", adding that it "mates well-crafted lyrics with some of this year's most essential samples and breaks".

[6] James Hamilton from the Record Mirror Dance Update stated that the track is "featuring some soaring support by D'borah Asher but made most exciting by its rippling vibes breaks, husky pop singer Peter Cunnah and DJ Al McKenzie's thumping and surging jangly house bounder".

[7] In 1993, Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "The element that sets this record apart from the pack of wolves vying for recognition is that there is a real song tucked beneath the barrage of studio tricks and house beats.

"[9] In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton said, "More dance crossover only it is hard to describe it as such this time, with such a strong pop chorus and vocal.

[12] Roger Morton from NME stated, "No doubt this one, which falls somewhere between Inner City and The Tyrrel Corporation, with its marshmallow groove and flyaway female vocal, will also have both suits and longhairs piling onto the polished bit of the ballroom.

[14] Tim Southwell from Smash Hits gave the '93 version three out of five, noting that it "brings together flutes, piano and a drumbeat that shuffles along, creating a wobbly wah-wah effect."

[16] Ian Gittens from Melody Maker stated, "D:Ream are the best E-shaped pop band to emerge from the dance explosion to date.

"[21] Paul Moody from NME commented, "Peter Cunnah has come up with something here that will assail you in supermarkets, unnerve you when it bursts from car stereos and scare the charts rigid.

"[23] Tim Jeffery from the Record Mirror Dance Update said, "These new Perfecto mixes keep the attractive flute part while adding strings and a distictive [sic] piano sound to make the song an anthem once again.