
The verse of the song that appears in this theme was sung by Lori Perry. The song became the theme to the American television drama of the same name that aired on the cable channel Lifetime, starring Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint.As a result, Milsap recorded it in a different key and sang it softly. Milsap's producer, Tom Collins, encouraged Milsap to make the song sound different from the original by Chuck Jackson. 1 on the Canadian Country and Adult Contemporary Chart for three weeks. 1 on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart (for one week) as well as the Hot Adult Contemporary Singles chart (for five weeks). 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, spending nine weeks in the Top 40. It was the lead single from his 1982 album Inside, and it peaked at No. Milsap, a popular country / pop singer, recorded the most widely known version of the song. " I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World" 3 US pop hit " In the Ghetto", which appeared on the same album.

Although not released as a single in its own right, the song appeared as the B-side to Presley's No. This version appeared on his acclaimed album of that year, From Elvis in Memphis.

Presley recorded a cover version of "Any Day Now" on 20 February 1969 at American Sound studios, Memphis, Tennessee. The track, which featured an entirely new Hilliard lyric and a partially re-written melody, was not released until 1986. Jackson's original backing track was recycled by Scepter for the song "Lover", which was recorded in the early 1960s by Scepter artist Tommy Hunt. Jackson's recording of the song was used over the closing credits of the film Inherent Vice.

The song was Jackson's highest charting hit on the US pop chart, and also peaked at number two for three weeks on the Hot Black Sides chart. Jackson's version appeared on his album, which was also titled Any Day Now. Jackson, an R&B singer born in South Carolina in 1937, recorded the first version of the song to hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart it reached number twenty-three in 1962 with the title "Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)" and spent six weeks in the Top 40.
