"First" is a song by American actress and singer-songwriter Lindsay Lohan, taken from her debut studio album, Speak (2004). It was released as the album's third and final single on May 10, 2005 (see 2005 in music). The song was released to help promote Lohan's film, Herbie: Fully Loaded, in which it appears on the soundtrack. The song failed to chart in the United States, but it performed well in other countries such as Taiwan.

The song is about wanting to come first in her boyfriend's life. The song incorporates high pop punk oriented instrumental sounds, but it also conserves her typical teen pop touch. The song was the least successful single from its parent album.

"First" was written and produced by hit-makers Kara DioGuardi and John Shanks, who would later produce her second album A Little More Personal (Raw). The song was recorded in Lohan's trailer on the set of Herbie: Fully Loaded in September 2004. She had been recording and filming the movie back-to-back. Kara DioGuardi and Cory Rooney, who wrote and produced Lohan's first single, provided background vocals for the song.

"Speak", the title track from her album, was originally going to be released as the third single. Angela Robinson, director of Herbie, looked at Lohan's album to see if she could find a track that could be incorporated in the film. She enjoyed listening to "First" and approached Lohan about it being released as the next single. Even though the song is about wanting to be the first person in a boyfriends life, in the context of the film, however, it is taken as wanting to finish first in a car race.

Stylus Magazine called the song and the second track "promising", while criticizing the other songs on the album. The song was noted for its ending line in the chorus: I wanna come first. Some bloggers have interpreted the meaning of the song as Lohan announcing, in a double entendre to adult listeners, that she wanted to orgasm before her male partners during sex.

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