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{{Infobox single | Name = The First Night | Cover = The First Night.jpg | Artist = [[Monica (entertainer)|Monica]] | from Album = [[The Boy Is Mine (album)|The Boy is Mine]] | Released = July 7, 1998 | Format = [[CD single]], [[gramophone record|12"]], [[cassette single]] | Recorded = 1998 | Genre = [[contemporary R&B|R&B]], [[pop music|pop]] | Length = 3:55 | Label = [[Arista Records|Arista]] | Writer = [[Jermaine Dupri]], [[Pam Sawyer]], Marilyn McLeod, [[Tamara Savage]] | Producer = Jermaine Dupri | Certification = Platinum <small>([[RIAA]])</small> | Last single = "[[The Boy Is Mine (song)|The Boy Is Mine]]" <br /> (1998) | This single = "The First Night" <br /> (1998) | Next single = "[[Angel of Mine#Monica version|Angel of Mine]]" <br /> (1999) }}