Reception
Ned Raggett of Allmusic called the song "two and a half minutes of pure heavy metal rampage" and "a masterpiece of arrangement and production."
Bill Adams of Ground Control Magazine praised the title track in his review of the EP writing "the EP's title track opens the proceedings with a great big thud" also writing "Killing Yourself opens with Staley howling like an ape before Cantrell does his best impression of Gilby Clarke for every note he plays during the song." Giving the EP an overall mixed review he wrote "Without overstating the point, it goes without saying that the We Die Young EP wasn't the single greatest start for Alice in Chains. Simply said, it sounded like everything else on the radio playlists of the day".
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