Day would gain his biggest success on the adult album alternative charts with "Perfect Time of Day", topping the US Billboard Adult Alternative Airplay chart for one week on December 27, 2003.

Laurence J. Freedman of The Michigan Daily said it recalled the sound of U2 writing, "Its sweeping sound punctuated by the pounding of a bass drum under textured guitars.

"[3] Nate Gibb of the Lewiston Morning Tribune described the track as a "driving ballad".

[4] Chris Mills directed the music video for "Perfect Time of Day".

It was released on October 5, 2003, to MTV2,[6] and was shown on MTV's Buzzworthy and VH-1's "Inside Track" programs.