Despite the favorable impression the track had made on Davis, "Fire in the Morning" was passed over for lead single with "Pretty Girls" being released three weeks prior in advance of the album.

Although Manchester would have her biggest hit with the dance track "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" in 1982, her first foray into disco music with "Pretty Girls" barely translated into Top 40 success, as the single peaked at #39 on the Billboard Hot 100.

"Fire in the Morning" was released as the second single and fared well in the easy listening market which had been the mainstay of Manchester's support.

The track - featuring Paul Davis on harmony vocals - reached #8 on the A/C without significantly boosting Manchester's Top 40 profile, as its Hot 100 peak was #32.

The 2007 reissue of the Melissa Manchester album by Wounded Bird Records augmented the original track listing with three bonus tracks: the single mix of "O Heaven (How You've Changed Me)" (which was later re-recorded in a different style for the singer's 1974 album Bright Eyes), "We Had This Time" which was the B-side of the "Don't Cry Out Loud" single, and "Nice Girls" a Steve Buckingham composition introduced on Manchester's 1983 Greatest Hits album ("Nice Girls" had charted at #41).