Larry Flick from Billboard described the song as a "warm and fuzzy ballad", adding that "finger-poppin' rhythms give motion to a virtual mountain of slick synths.

"[3] Troy J. Augusto from Cash Box named it Pick of the Week, describing it as "a down-tempo soul burner", that "actually brings Toni closer to the style of Whitney Houston, her closest R&B competitor.

"[4] Alan Jones from Music Week declared it "a typically tuneful, intelligent and pleasing LA and BabyFace creation, custom-built for Braxton's soulful scale-sliding.

"[5] Dele Fadele from NME wrote, "Toni Braxton is gifted with a gospel-tinged voice, but the big-money LA & Babyface production smothers her in molasses.

Vocally, the track gives Toni another opportunity to showcase one of the best set of tonsils about and forces the shuffling midtempo pace and production to take a back seat.

The video shows a sequence of Braxton playing the piano in a mansion intercut with scenes with her love interest (portrayed by German-born Michael Calvin Bacon, who later starred as J.B. Reese on Saban's syndicated television series VR Troopers).