Rose Riggins of Gannett wrote “Boogie Wonderland is the hit. However it’s extra than simply a mean pop music. The music is an exploration of instances spent at home events and at discos, once you needed to be disco queen or king and the highlight simply wouldn’t concentrate on you. You surprise why and look into the mirror and it says, Uh, Uh, child it don’t work you dance to shake the damage. Like so a lot of EWFs hits, Boogie Wonderland, is bolstered by the blazing horns which have develop into the teams trademark. Teamed up with the proficient vocal group the Feelings, EWF has created a music that may be part of the ranks of such previous hits as Mighty Mighty, Getaway, Fantasy and September.”Dave Marshof Rolling Stone mentioned Maurice White “takes easy dance formulation like ‘Boogie Wonderland’ and finds recent potentialities inside them.”
James Johnson of the Night Customary known as it a music “couched in a extra down-to-earth, dance-floor dialogue.” Matthew Greenwald of AllMusic said: “one of many few data that paired two full-fledged teams efficiently, the mixture of EWF and the Feelings labored wonders right here and it stays a basic of the interval.” Allen Weiner of Morning Name wrote: “Boogie Wonderland is the LP’s most industrial tune, a tribute to each jazz/soul and disco followers that’s pulsating and pleasing.” Ace Adams of the New York Every day Information additionally discovered that “The Feelings’ Boogie Wonderland will get Earth, Wind & Hearth off to a flying begin on this album”. Money Field known as it a “a standout pop dance observe,” saying that “sharp, slamming horn intro segues into vivid backup singing by the Feelings, mixing in completely with E, W & F chief Maurice White’s vocal.”
