Larry Flick of Billboard felt that it should have been released as the follow-up single to "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)". He added, "Paired with Babyface, Houston is positively luminous on [this] heartbreak ballad, performing with a perfect blend of theatrical melodrama and guttural soul".
Larry Flick of Billboard proposed that it be released as the next single following "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)", and he praised Houston's performance, describing her as "positively luminous" on this heartbreak ballad.