"The Wire" wrote that the song sounds as if it were purposely crafted as power pop to appeal to fans of a boy band, but an "infinitesimally edgier" boy band than One Direction. "Billboard" called the song "school rock" and described it as a "slick crowd pleaser" performed live for the 2014 "Billboard" Music Awards show. In 2018, the song was ranked twentieth by "Billboard" in their compilation of the 100 Greatest Boyband Songs of All Time.