The First Time (Surface song)

"The First Time"
Single by Surface
from the album 3 Deep
B-side	"Closer Than Friends"
Released	October 1990; October 11, 1990; December 6, 1990
Recorded	1989
Genre	R&B
Length	4:16
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Brian Simpson; Bernard Jackson
Producer(s)	Surface

"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 song also spent one week at number one on the U.S. R&B chart[1] and two weeks atop the adult contemporary chart.[2]

Chart history

Chart (1990-91)	Peak position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[3]	1
Canada RPM Top Singles[4]	18
New Zealand Singles Chart [5]	7
UK Singles Chart	60
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard R&B Singles[1]	1
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[2]	1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[6]	1

Year-end chart (1991)	Position
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[7]	9
U.S. Cash Box [8]	21

Chart (1958-2018)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100[9]	278

Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 559.
Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 237.
"Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1991-02-16. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
"Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1991-03-02. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
Charts.nz
Cash Box Top 100 Singles, February 2, 1991
Nielsen Business Media, Inc (December 21, 1991). "1991 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 103 (51): YE-14.
Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 28, 1991
"Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.

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