[3] In a 2004 interview, guitarist Sébastien Lefebvre revealed the song is "about how in high school you've got a crush on [a] girl, but she doesn't know you even exist.

"[4] "I'd Do Anything" was one of the first songs singer Pierre Bouvier and drummer Chuck Comeau wrote as Simple Plan; the two had previously collaborated in Reset, an earlier iteration of the band.

As a fan, Comeau would travel to where Blink was playing and would wait by their tour bus to get Hoppus' attention and share the band's demo tape.

Eventually, Hoppus acquiesced and the two began communicating by email in 2001;[7] he thought "Anything" was a particularly strong demo, and the band offered him a spot on the song.

[8] Lava was prepared to compensate Hoppus but he declined the payment, offering the feature as a gesture of goodwill to the upstart band.