 About.com placed the song at number 1 in their ranking of "Top 10 Celine Dion Songs", noting it as a "big midtempo ballad".AllMusic senior editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine picked it as one of standout songs together with "Beauty and the Beast" and "Love Can Move Mountains".Larry Flick from "Billboard" wrote that Dion reinterprets Patti LaBelle's hit "with highly positive results".