The song has consistently received positive reviews. Upon its release,
The Washington Informer called it a "
TGIF anthem", with its chief virtues being Cheatham's voice and its beat — "not too fast, not too slow, just right for eight minutes on the dance floor."
James Hamilton of
Record Mirror called it a "superb quietly stated jauntily tripping 116½
bpm chunky finger snappin’ killer of a cut." Retrospectively,
Music Week called it a "blinky-blonky delight" and a "storming feelgood tune," while
Billboard′s Michael Paoletta described it as "dancefloor anthem." Mark Olsen of the
Los Angeles Times called it a "swirling, silky" piece of
R&B.
The Guardian's Dorian Lynskey wrote that it "has a far more alluring New York swagger" than "
Make Luv." Tom Bromley noted that while it was a minor hit in 1983, following the success of "Make Luv" it was retroactively talked up as a "lost disco classic." ==Remixes and samples==