"She Makes My Day" | ||||
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Single by Robert Palmer | ||||
from the album Heavy Nova | ||||
B-side | "Disturbing Behaviour" | |||
Released | October 1988 (UK)[1] | |||
Recorded | 1987 | |||
Length | 4:21 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Songwriter(s) | Robert Palmer | |||
Producer(s) | Robert Palmer | |||
Robert Palmer singles chronology | ||||
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"She Makes My Day" is a song by British vocalist Robert Palmer, which was released in 1988 as the third single from his ninth studio album Heavy Nova.[2] The song was written and produced by Palmer.[3] "She Makes My Day" reached No. 6 in both the UK and Ireland.[4][5]
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."[6]
"She Makes My Day" was released by EMI on 7" vinyl in the UK, Europe, Australia and the US. A 12" vinyl version was released in the UK and Spain, while a CD edition was also issued in the UK and Japan.[7] 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.[2]
A music video was filmed to promote the single. It received medium rotation on MTV.[8]
Upon release, Billboard listed the song as a recommended single under the "Pop" category and described it as a "lilting, easy-paced rock ballad".[9] James Masterton, in his 2015 book The Top 40 Annual 1988, described the song as a "smouldering Sinatra-esque slow jazz single".[10] In a retrospective review of Heavy Nova, Terry Staunton of Record Collector felt the song was an "intricately layered ballad" and "arguably the sweetest few minutes in his entire catalogue".[11]
Chart (1988–89) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[12] | 9 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[13] | 57 |
Ireland (IRMA)[14] | 6 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[15] | 47 |
UK Singles (OCC)[16] | 6 |