“The First Time” is a single by American R&B/pop music trio Surface. It was released in October 1990 with “Closer Than Friends” on the B-side as the lead single from their third studio album, “3 Deep”. The song was written by Surface frontman, Bernard Jackson along with American keyboardist and composer Brian Simpson”The First Time” was commercial success reaching 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 and reached the top on the adult contemporary charts both in the United States and Canada.