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{{Single infobox | | Name = The First Night | Cover = The First Night.jpg | Artist = [[Monica (singer)|Monica]] | from Album = [[The Boy Is Mine (album)|The Boy is Mine]] | Released = [[July 24]], [[1998]] | Format = [[CD single]], [[vinyl|vinyl single]], [[cassette single]] | Recorded = 1998 | Genre = [[R&B]] | Length = 3:55 | Label = [[Arista Records|Arista]]<br /> <small>13522</small> | Writer = [[Jermaine Dupri]], Tamara Savage, Marilyn McLeod, Pam Sawyer | Producer = Jermaine Dupri | Chart position = * #1 <small>([[Hot 100|U.S.]]) </small> * #6 <small>([[Canada]], [[UK]]) </small> * #20 <small>([[Australia]]) </small> | Last single = "[[The Boy Is Mine]]" <br /> (1998) | This single = "The First Night" <br /> (1998) | Next single = "[[Angel of Mine (song)|Angel of Mine]]" <br /> (1999) }}