In 2015 Grehan received a SOCAN Classic Award based on the song having been played more than 100,000 times on Canadian radio.
[4] Derry Grehan said he had just ended a relationship and moved to college, so the song was partly based on fact.
[6] After driving all night from a gig in Elliot Lake to their producer's house in Toronto, the band recorded a sleep-deprived demo of "New Girl Now" the next morning, and entered it in a local contest.
They booked Phase One Studios in Toronto, and were so excited to finally play their own music that they dashed out their whole album in two weeks.
Grehan and singer Johnnie Dee said the band's nervousness and energy can be heard on the vocals in the final recording.