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"New Girl Now"
Single by Honeymoon Suite
from the album Honeymoon Suite
Released1984
Recorded1983
GenreHard rock, glam metal
Length3:37
LabelWEA Canada
Songwriter(s)Dermot Grehan
Producer(s)Tom Treumuth
Honeymoon Suite singles chronology
"New Girl Now"
(1984)
"Bad Attitude"
(1985)

"New Girl Now" is a song by the Canadian rock band Honeymoon Suite. It was written by Derry Grehan, and released as a single in 1984, from the album Honeymoon Suite. The single reached No. 23 in Canada and No. 57 in the United States.

The song is played in the episode of The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town "The Stages of Grief" during the bar scene where Death is trying to order a drink. It also features in the Bones episode "The Woman in Limbo". Also played in the Miami Vice episode "One Eyed Jack".[1]

The song is part of the opening scene in the 2008 horror film Gutterballs.

In 2015 Grehan received a SOCAN Classic Award based on the song having been played more than 100,000 times on Canadian radio.[2]

Background

Derry Grahan said he had just ended a relationship and moved to college, so the song was partly based on fact.[3]

References

  1. ^ Bones music season 1
  2. ^ "SOCAN Awards Gala: A Night To Remember". FYI Music News, June 23, 2015
  3. ^ Beaudin, John (January 14, 2021). "Honeymoon Suite's Derry Grehan, The Story Behind, "New Girl Now" & That debut LP". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved August 16, 2021.