One Thirty BPM described the track as "the beating heart of
High Violet and most alarming insight into the psyche of the album."
Pitchfork called it "a tense, drawn-out build with Matt Berninger's weathered
baritone lording all over everything." On January 26, 2011, the song was voted at number 31 on the
Triple J Hottest 100 of 2010, making it their highest entry on the countdown ever. In 2019, Pitchfork ranked the song at number 76 on its list of the 200 Best Songs of the 2010s. In
Rolling Stone,
Rob Sheffield stated that the song is "about money", emphasizing that its chorus is the phrase "I still owe money, to the money, to the money I owe", and speculating that Ohio is "mentioned only because it sounds like 'I owe'". Sheffield further observed that the song's lyrics are "full of throwaway clues that never add up to any coherent storyline", but that it is nonetheless "sickeningly great" and has "undeniable emotional punch". ==Music video==