Upon its release,
Jon Hotten of
Kerrang! wrote, "Never thought I'd find myself saying this after giving the boyz' last album a bit of a slag, but I like it! Especially the 12" Noize remix with the Noddy rap proving they've got the measure of those nasty Beasties, who could learn a lesson or two from the original rabble rousers." Jim Whiteford of
The Kilmarnock Standard commented, "They've been mis-spelling their song titles since 1971 and still manage to grab chart positions all these years later. Happy pop with no airs and graces and just enough melody to succeed again." Paul Benbow of the
Reading Evening Post stated, "Talking of bad English, these boyz are masters at it. They take on the beasties with the Wolverhampton version." Selina Webb of the
Bucks Advertiser awarded three out of five stars and wrote, "Here Slade are doing a Beastie Boys bit which could well get them another hit. But number one? No way." Phil Trow of
Signal Radio, writing for the
Evening Sentinel, was critical, "Imagine a group of O.A.P.'s waiting outside the post office launching into a chorus of Beastie Boys music and you've got Noddy Holder and the Boyz' latest release. No chance of being a hit." John Gibson of the
Edinburgh Evening News remarked that, with the track, "desperate Slade really do sound like the oldest rock teenagers in the business". ==Formats==