She Makes My Day

In Michael Luckman's book Alien Rock: The Rock 'n' Roll Extraterrestrial Connection, Palmer said of writing the track, "I didn't give much thought to it at all. It was like automatic writing."^[2]

"She Makes My Day" was released by EMI on 7-inch vinyl in the UK, Europe, Australia and the US. A 12-inch vinyl version was released in the UK and Spain, while a CD edition was also issued in the UK and Japan. All editions featured the B-side "Disturbing Behaviour", except the US and Japanese releases. The US release featured "Casting a Spell" as the B-side, and "Change His Ways" for the Japanese release. All three B-sides appeared on Heavy Nova.^[1]

A music video was filmed to promote the single. It received medium rotation on MTV.^[3]

Upon release, Billboard listed the song as a recommended single under the "Pop" category and described it as a "lilting, easy-paced rock ballad".^[4] James Masterton, in his 2015 book The Top 40 Annual 1988, described the song as a "smouldering Sinatra-esque slow jazz single".^[5] In a retrospective review of Heavy Nova, Terry Staunton of Record Collector believed the song was an "intricately layered ballad" and "arguably the sweetest few minutes in his entire catalogue".^[6]

7-inch single

1. "She Makes My Day" – 4:21
2. "Disturbing Behaviour" – 3:43

7-inch single (US release)

1. "She Makes My Day" – 4:21
2. "Casting a Spell" – 3:55

12-inch single

1. "She Makes My Day" – 4:21
2. "Disturbing Behaviour" – 3:43
3. "Simply Irresistible (E.T. Remix)" – 6:33

CD single (UK release)

1. "She Makes My Day" – 4:23
2. "Disturbing Behaviour" – 3:45
3. "Simply Irresistible (E.T. Remix)" – 6:33

CD single (Japanese release)

1. "She Makes My Day" – 4:23
2. "Change His Ways" – 2:56

• Robert Palmer – vocals, producer
• Eric "E.T." Thorngren – mixing
• David Harper – executive producer
• The Artful Dodgers Ltd – sleeve design
• Neil Matthews – photography