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."
Writer Josh Tyrangiel commended the band's flamboyant and attention-grabbing composition, which he described as "a high-energy tribute to the excitement of recklessness."