In Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau called the song "an instant folk extravaganza worthy of Phil Spector". Beatle biographer John Blaney found the song to be "unadventurous" and "little more than an extended jam", but redeemed by Spector's "layers of echo that lend it an eerie texture" and by Curtis' saxophone.
In Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau praised the song as a "folk extravaganza worthy of Phil Spector".  Beatle biographer John Blaney found it lacking in adventurousness, but considered it redeemed by Spector's use of echo and Curtis' saxophone.