Reviewing for Record Mirror, Michelle Nicholasen wrote that "Ben Volpierre [sic] comes across as being a bit more daring than usual – stretching those chords in all directions – but alas, the uninspiring lyrics negate his vocal ambitions. Overall it's a strawberry-flavoured melange of thick drums and stringy spurts of trumpets, left to froth into a hard-to-swallow fluff".[3] For Smash Hits, Barry McIlheney wrote that "Ordinary Day" "is actually more like the sort of insipid funk music that Curiosity Killed The Cat have been playing around the London clubs for the last couple of years, suggesting that "Down To Earth" was a bit of brilliant pop diversion from the norm. It does move along at a fair pace, however, and young Volauvent will no doubt leap around to it with enough style to take it well into the flingaway charts".[4] However, Karen Swayne for Number One was more positive, writing that "it's clear they [Curiosity Killed the Cat] were born to be pop stars" and that "this single will certainly establish them as more than one-hit wonders".[5]
^"Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Singoli". Then, in the "Artista" field, search "Curiosity Killed The Cat".
