The First Time (Surface song)

"The First Time" is a single by American R&B/pop music trio Surface that hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1991 for two weeks, the trio's only chart-topper. The song also spent one week at number one on the U.S. R&B chart[2] and two weeks atop the adult contemporary chart.[3]

"The First Time"
Single by Surface
from the album 3 Deep
B-side"Closer Than Friends"
ReleasedUnited Kingdom October 1990

United States October 11, 1990

Germany December 6, 1990
Recorded1989
Genre
Length4:16
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Brian Simpson
Bernard Jackson
Producer(s)Surface
Surface singles chronology
"Can We Spend Some Time"
(1990)
"The First Time"
(1990)
"All I Want Is You"
(1991)

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ a b Breihan, Tom (November 3, 2021). "The Number Ones: Surface's "The First Time". Stereogum. Retrieved December 19, 2023. Consider the chorus of "The First Time," a tender R&B ballad that was the only #1 hit for the group known as Surface...and "The First Time" sounded like a relic of the smoothed-out quiet storm '80s.
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 559.
  3. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 237.
  4. ^ "Bubbling Down Under: Week commencing 11 February 1991". Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  5. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. February 16, 1991. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  6. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. March 2, 1991. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  7. ^ Charts.nz
  8. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, February 2, 1991
  9. ^ "1991 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 103 (51). Nielsen Business Media Inc.: YE-14 December 21, 1991.
  10. ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 28, 1991". Archived from the original on December 28, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  11. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
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