"The First Time" | ||||
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Single by Matt Fishel | ||||
from the album Not Thinking Straight | ||||
Released | November 7, 2011 | |||
Format | Music download | |||
Recorded | 2011 | |||
Length | 3:15 | |||
Label | Young Lust | |||
Songwriter(s) | Matt Fishel | |||
Producer(s) | Matt Fishel, Mark Crew | |||
Matt Fishel singles chronology | ||||
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"The First Time" is a song written and performed by British recording artist Matt Fishel. The song was released as a single on 7 November 2011 and appears on Fishel's 2013 debut album Not Thinking Straight.
"The First Time" was released on 7 November 2011 as Matt Fishel's second single, taken from his debut album Not Thinking Straight. The single was released worldwide on Fishel's own record label Young Lust Records as a three-track digital download.
Fishel is openly gay and the lyrics of "The First Time" deal with sexual awakenings and his first experience with another boy. In an interview with Jon Roth of Out magazine, Fishel said of the song: "The first time I kissed another boy was an amazing, life-changing moment for me. I can remember the day it happened really vividly and I [wanted] to write a song about all those feelings of warmth and nostalgia that come from that first special moment."]]
The single release of "The First Time" includes two club remixes by Amsterdam remixer/producer Matt Pop. The 'Matt Pop '80s Club Mix' and 'Matt Pop '80s Radio Edit' of "The First Time" are both musical reworkings of the song, incorporating Matt Pop's signature 1980s hi-NRG throwback dance-pop sound. The 'Matt Pop '80s Club Mix' of the song also appears as the first track on Almighty Records' 2013 3-disc compilation album We Love Matt Pop, released in May 2013 on both CD and digital download.
An official music video for "The First Time" was released on Fishel's YouTube channel on 30 October 2011. The video was shot in Buenos Aires, Argentina and is directed by Argentinian movie director Alexis Dos Santos (Glue, Unmade Beds, Random Strangers). The video was filmed on location in Argentina and tells the story of the first kiss between two teenage boys. The boys are played by Argentinian actors Juan Gabriel Miño and Ronan Nuñez. Fishel does not appear in the video in person, but his image is displayed on one of the boys' T-shirts.