[2] The song tells the fictional story of "Stevie," whom Simon Donohue from Manchester Evening News described as "some dodgy drug dealing fella [sic] who falls foul of the people he thought were his mates.

"[1] Simon Donohue of Manchester Evening News opened his review by saying: "If The Streets' Mike Skinner was the amiable southern geezer, then [Audio Bullys] sound like the scoundrels who nick his mobile phone on the last tube home."

Despite stating that the song is not the "best piece of bait" for their album, the writer still called it "strangely endearing.

"[1] Adrien Begrand of PopMatters disagreed, he praised the song for being "spectacular" despite its only over two minutes length.

[3] The music video of "Way Too Long" was directed by British director Jake Nava.