Writing in "Melody Maker", E.J. Thribb identified the track among the three most enjoyable songs on an album that reflected the singer's happier approach to life, relative to much of his past work. Thribb grouped it with "Blow Away" and "Not Guilty", saying: "The chords roll and tumble, the melodies are good to chant, and the lyrics are simple to tell their story." "Billboard"s reviewer considered it to be the album's "best cut" and admired the track for "Harrison's vintage guitar strumming, a guitar intro by Eric Clapton and vocal harmonies by Stevie Winwood". In "Rolling Stone", Stephen Holden found the album "refreshingly lighthearted" and admired the "prettiness" of the song's melody. Writing in 1981, Bob Woffinden of the "NME" described the track as "joyous" and an example of how, thanks to its creator's happiness as a husband and father, "George Harrison" was "characterised by many of the positive qualities (consistency, professionalism, confidence, ebullience)" that had distinguished the Beatles' work throughout the 1960s.