"She Says" was initially released as the second single from Stop All the World Now on January 26, 2004, to adult album alternative radio.

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").

"[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.

"She Says" is also Day's highest-charting single on the Adult Pop Airplay chart, peaking at number 6 on December 24, 2005.