Writer Josh Tyrangiel, while criticizing the band's lack of originality, and the derivativeness of the song, praised the "unapologetically glammed up, eight ball of a rock song", which he called "a high-energy ode to the thrill of stupidity, thus its prominent place on the Hot Fuzz soundtrack."
The critic Josh Tyrangiel commended the band's flashy and attention-grabbing style, which he viewed as a thrilling expression of recklessness.