Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An saki waƙar "Secret Love" a ranar 9 ga Oktoba, 1953 - makonni uku kafin farkon fim ɗin "Calamity Jane" - ta hanyar lakabin rikodin ta na dogon lokaci, Columbia Records a duka nau'ikan 45 da 78 rpm (cat. no.40108). The guda shiga Top 20 bestselling singles binciken a lamba 17 a kan "Billboard" mujallar kwanan wata 9 Janairu 1954 tare da guda kai lamba 1 a kan Top 20 binciken ga mako kawo karshen 17 Fabrairu 1954, mako a cikin abin da song ta Academy Award ga Best Song aka sanar, da gabatarwa ga
An sanar da lambar yabo ta 26 ta Academy don fim din shekara ta 1953 kwanaki biyu da suka gabata. Ranar "Secret Love", bayan da ya shafe makonni uku a matsayin lambar 1 mafi kyawun sayar da "Billboard", har yanzu an sanya shi a matsayin lambar 4 mafi kyawun mako a makon watsa shirye-shiryen Academy Awards na 26 wanda ya faru a ranar 25 ga Maris 1954. Koyaya, Day ya ƙi yin takaddama (kuma a ƙarshe ya ci nasara) "Secret Love" a bikin Academy Awards, daga baya ya ce: "Lokacin da suka nemi in raira waƙa 'Secret Love' a daren Academy Awards na gaya musu ba zan iya ba a gaban waɗancan mutane". Maimakon haka, Ann Blyth ta yi waƙar a bikin. Rashin amincewa da Ranar don yin "Secret Love" a kan Academy Awards watsa shirye-shirye ya haifar da Hollywood Women's Press Club "girmamawa" Ranar da lambar yabo ta Sour Apple a matsayin mafi yawan shahararrun mashahuran da ba su da haɗin kai na 1953: wannan sa-sa-sa-sa ya haifar da rikicewar damuwa wanda ya kiyaye Ranar kusan gida don makonni da yawa, kuma wanda Ranar ƙarshe ya cancanci ta Kimiyyar Kiristanci don magance, tuntuɓar likita.