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{{Infobox song | name = The First Night | cover = The First Night.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Monica (singer)|Monica]] | album = [[The Boy Is Mine (album)|The Boy Is Mine]] | B-side = Cross the Room | released = {{Start date|1998|7|7|mf=y}} | format = [[CD single]], [[gramophone record|12"]], [[cassette single]] | recorded = 1998 | studio = | venue = | genre = {{flat list | *[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] *[[hip hop soul]]}} | length = 3:55 | label = [[Arista Records|Arista]] | writer = [[Jermaine Dupri]], [[Pam Sawyer]], Marilyn McLeod, [[Tamara Savage]] | producer = Jermaine Dupri | prev_title = [[The Boy Is Mine (song)|The Boy Is Mine]] | prev_year = 1998 | next_title = [[Angel of Mine#Monica version|Angel of Mine]] | next_year = 1999 }}