In a review of the "Imagine" album, music critic Robert Christgau said that the song "unites Lennon unmasked with the Lennon of wordplay as it provides a rationale for 'Jealous Guy,' which doesn't need one, and 'How Do You Sleep?,' which may". Lisa Wright of the "NME" ranked "Gimme Some Truth" as Lennon's fifth greatest solo song, stating that in the song Lennon "tried to sift through the maelstrom of media bullshit to find the light at the end of the tunnel" and concluding that "scorn never sounded so good".