"She Says" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Howie Day. It was initially recorded for his debut studio album Australia (2000), which was re-issued in 2002. It was initially produced by Day and Mike Denneen. The track was then re-recorded for his second studio album and major label debut album Stop All the World Now (2003). The album version of "She Says" featured on Stop All the World Now was produced by Youth. "She Says" was initially released as the second single from Stop All the World Now on January 26, 2004, to adult album alternative radio. It was later re-released over a year later to pop and adult contemporary radio in a radio version produced by Mike Flynn and Warren Huart.
The version of "She Says" featured on Australia received favorable reviews from music critics. Louis Miller of CMJ New Music Report called the track "lonesome sounding".[3] Sergio Burstein of the Spanish magazine La Opinión had this to say, writing "Mas alla de la presencia de cortes acusticos como "She Says" y "Kristina" (donde la voz sigue con esmero las inflexiones de Bono), Australia es una produccion con un sonido medianamente rockero, en la linea melodica pero melancolica de artistas como Richard Ashcroft y Jeff Buckley (escuchen "Sorry So Sorry" y "She Says")."[4] In his review of the version of "She Says" featured on Stop All the World Now, Johnny Loftus said that the re-recorded version "now has the full grandeur of U2's most plaintive moments."[5]
Unlike "Collide", "She Says" failed to enter the US Billboard Hot 100 but did reach number 73 on the Pop 100 the week of December 3, 2005.[6] It also peaked at number three on the Bubbling Under Hot 100, which represents the 25 most popular songs that have yet to enter the main Hot 100. "She Says" is also Day's highest-charting single on the Adult Pop Airplay chart, peaking at number 6 on December 24, 2005.
