The First Word in Memory Is Me

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| name = The First Word in Memory Is Me

| cover =

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| type = single

| artist = Janie Fricke

| album = The First Word in Memory

| B-side = One Way Ticket

| released = December 1984

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| genre = Country

| length = 3:33

| label = Columbia

| writer = Pat Bunch, Pam Rose, Mary Ann Kennedy

| producer = Bob Montgomery

| prev_title = A Place to Fall Apart

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = She's Single Again

| next_year = 1985

}}

"The First Word in Memory Is Me" is a song written by Pat Bunch, Pam Rose and Mary Ann Kennedy, and recorded by American country music artist Janie Fricke. It was released in December 1984 as the second single from the album The First Word in Memory. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=128}}