My First Night Without You
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{{short description|1989 single by Cyndi Lauper}}
{{Infobox song
| name = My First Night Without You
| cover = Ps mfn5.jpg
| alt =
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = Cyndi Lauper
| album = A Night To Remember
| B-side = Unabbreviated Love
| released = July 24, 1989
| format =
| recorded = 1989
| studio = The Hit Factory (New York, NY)
| venue =
| genre = Pop
| length = 3:03
| label = Epic Records
| writer = {{hlist|Cyndi Lauper|Billy Steinberg|Tom Kelly}}
| producer = {{hlist|Cyndi Lauper|Lennie Petze}}
| prev_title = I Drove All Night
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = Heading West
| next_year = 1989
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|OY5oh9h3YTw|"My First Night Without You"}}}}
}}
"My First Night Without You" is the second single released from Cyndi Lauper's third album A Night To Remember (1989).
Song information
The ballad is about coming home for the first time without a partner being there after a break up. The video clip is also about this, with Lauper coming home after a long day at work to an empty room after a separation. The song was written by Lauper, Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg. The latter two also wrote "True Colors" and "I Drove All Night".
Its B-side was "Unabbreviated Love". The song is a fan favorite; Lauper performed it many times on her A Night to Remember tour in 1989.{{cn|date=December 2020}}
To promote the single, promotional posters were sent to different malls and music stores that sold the single when it was originally released.
The single failed to make a big impact on most global charts. It did do moderately well in Chile however. And also, it achieved #1 in the Radio Cidade from São Paulo, Brazil. In Colombia, the single was #1 for 10 weeks.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}
Reception
The song received a positive review from the pan-European magazine Music & Media, which named it one of their "singles of the week" and noted both the intro, reminiscent of "the classic Arthur Brown track Fire", and the overall song which was described as "passionate and dramatic".{{cite magazine|magazine=Music & Media|date=August 12, 1989|volume=6|number=32|title=Previews|pages=14-15|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-08-12.pdf|access-date=December 28, 2024}}
Music video
The video for "My First Night Without You", released in 1989, was one of the first to be closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.{{cite web | url=http://www.thisdayinrock.com/index.php/general/1989-cyndi-laupers-video-for-my-first-night-without/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717055225/http://www.thisdayinrock.com/index.php/general/1989-cyndi-laupers-video-for-my-first-night-without/ | url-status=usurped | archive-date=July 17, 2011 | title=1989 – Cyndi Lauper's video for "My First Night Without… | website=Thisdayinrock.com | access-date=2010-05-19}}
Chart performance
Track listing
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;7" / Cassette / Europe 3" CD single / Japan 3" CD single
- "My First Night Without You" (edited remix) – 2:58
- "Unabbreviated Love" – 4:18
;UK Limited Edition 7" (with poster)
- "My First Night Without You" (edited remix) – 2:58
- "True Colors" – 3:47
;12" / Europe 5" CD maxi-single
- "My First Night Without You" (edited remix) – 2:58
- "Unabbreviated Love" – 4:18
- "True Colors" – 3:46
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;UK 12" / UK 5" CD single
- "My First Night Without You" (edited remix) – 2:58
- "Unabbreviated Love" – 4:18
- "True Colors" – 3:47
- "All Through the Night" – 4:32
;UK Limited Edition Picture Disc CD single
- "My First Night Without You" (edited remix) – 2:58
- "Unabbreviated Love" – 4:18
- "Iko Iko" – 2:05
- "When You Were Mine" – 5:01
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References
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{{Cyndi Lauper singles}}
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Category:Songs written by Tom Kelly (musician)
Category:Songs written by Billy Steinberg