The_First_Time_(Surface_song)

The First Time (Surface song)

The First Time (Surface song)

1990 single by 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 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]

Quick Facts Single by Surface, from the album 3 Deep ...

Charts

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    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. [2]
    Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 559.
  3. [3]
    Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 237.
  4. [4]
    "Bubbling Down Under: Week commencing 11 February 1991". Retrieved February 20, 2022.
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    "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. February 16, 1991. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
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    "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. March 2, 1991. Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  7. [7]
    Charts.nz
  8. [8]
    Cash Box Top 100 Singles, February 2, 1991
  9. [9]
    "1991 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. 103 (51). Nielsen Business Media Inc.: YE-14 December 21, 1991.
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    "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 28, 1991". Archived from the original on December 28, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
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    "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved December 10, 2018.


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