Head of music Liz Elliott at Metro Radio Group/Newcastle said, "Because she mostly only cuts original material, at first nobody realised it was a cover. Then we all admitted how cleverly she has adjusted the song to her own style." John Kilgo from "The Network Forty" said that "it shouldn't take more than one listen to know this mass-appeal song is a total smash." He added that Lennox' "displays incredibly polished vocals". Pop Rescue noted in their review, that the song is "a fantastic showcase for her vocals". Elizabeth Morse from "The Stanford Daily" called it "bittersweet" and "a cheerful melody intertwined with devastatingly disconsolate lyrics".