Go ahead, make my day make my day"" just before shooting Mick the rapist, who aims his stolen shotgun at Harry's lover, Jennifer Spencer. When speaking out against taxes at the 1985 American Business Conference, President Ronald Reagan, himself a former actor, stated "I have my veto pen drawn and ready for any tax increase that Congress might even think of sending up. And I have only one thing to say to the tax increasers. Go ahead—make my day." The movie "Sudden Impact" became popular in Kenya in the early 1990s. Kenyan kids pronounced 'make my day' as "Makmende" probably due to influence of the
Go Ahead and Break My Heart you just to get me through" and "You know I'm broken, I don't trust anymore / Last thing I needed was to fall in love". "Go Ahead and Break My Heart" was generally well received by music critics. Janine Schaults from "Consequence of Sound" enjoyed the track, claiming that the "rousing duet [was] destined for hitsville", with her thanking Stefani for "com[ing] in to save the day" with her "pouty vocals". Erlewine from AllMusic thought the song would qualify as "an adult contemporary hit". Scott Stroud from "The National" favored it for being "the least subtle" of the "hard-to-miss observations