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"First"
"First"
Single by Lindsay Lohan
from the album Speak and Herbie: Fully Loaded (Original Soundtrack)
B-side	"Symptoms of You"
Released	May 10, 2005
Recorded	2004
Studio	Henson Recording Studios
Genre	Pop rock
Length	3:29
Label	Casablanca; Hollywood;
Songwriter(s)	Kara DioGuardi; John Shanks;
Producer(s)	John Shanks; Kara DioGuardi;
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"First" is a song recorded by American actress and singer Lindsay Lohan for her debut studio album Speak (2004). It was released as the album's third and final single on May 10, 2005. "First" was also released to help promote the Disney film Herbie: Fully Loaded, in which it appears on the soundtrack. Lohan starred in the film.

The song is about wanting to come first in her boyfriend's life. "First" failed to chart in the United States.

Background and recording

"First" was written and produced by Kara DioGuardi and John Shanks, who would later produce Lohan's second album A Little More Personal (Raw). The song was recorded in 2004 at Henson Recording Studios in Hollywood. She had been recording and filming the movie back-to-back. DioGuardi and Cory Rooney, who wrote and produced Lohan's first single "Rumors", provided background vocals for the song.^[1]

"Speak", the title track from the album, was originally going to be released as the third single. Angela Robinson, director of Herbie: Fully Loaded, looked at Lohan's album to see if she could find a track that could be incorporated in the film. She enjoyed listening to "First" and approached Lohan about it being released as the next single. Even though the song is about wanting to be the first person in a boyfriend's life, in the context of the film, however, it is taken as wanting to finish first in a car race.

Critical reception

Stylus Magazine called the song and the second ("Nobody 'Til You") track "promising", while criticizing the other songs on the album.^[2]

Chart performance

"First" failed to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 or the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. The single charted at number 31 in Australia, number 41 in Switzerland, and at number 74 in Germany.

Music video

The accompanying music video for "First" began shooting in May 2005, after Lohan had recently bleached her auburn hair blonde. The music video was directed by Jake Nava, who directed her previous singles "Rumors" and "Over". The music video takes place in a garage-like arena in the middle of a race. Lohan and her band sing the song from a stage right next to the track, while clips from Herbie: Fully Loaded play. Lohan also sings and dances beside Herbie, the anthropomorphic Volkswagen Beetle.

Live performance

Lohan performed "First" at KIIS-FM 102.7 Wango Tango event in 2005. She also performed "Speak", the album's title track.^[3]

Track listing and formats

CD single

"First" – 3:29
"Symptoms of You" – 2:55

Maxi single

"First" – 3:29
"Symptoms of You" – 2:55
"Rumors" (The Sharp Boys Club Gossip Vocal Remix) – 7:23
"First" (Instrumental) – 3:28

Japanese CD single^[1]

"First" – 3:29
"First" (Instrumental) – 3:28

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "First"
Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[4]	31
Germany (GfK)^[5]	74
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[6]	41

Release history

Release dates and formats for "First"
Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
United States	May 10, 2005	Contemporary hit radio	Casablanca	^[7]
Japan	July 21, 2005	CD		^[8]
Germany	July 25, 2005			^[9]
Australia	August 8, 2005			^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b "eCover.to - Lindsay Lohan - First". Cover-paradise.to. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
^ Merwin, Charles (7 December 2004). "Lindsay Lohan: Speak". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
^ MacIntosh, Dan (May 2005). "KIIS-FM'S Wango Tango featuring Gwen Stefani, Ludacris, Lindsay Lohan, The Backstreet Boys and More". Pop Matters. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
^ "Lindsay Lohan – First". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
^ "Lindsay Lohan – First" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
^ "Lindsay Lohan – First". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
^ "Radio & Records" (PDF). Worldradiohistory.com. 2005-05-06. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ "FIRST LINDSAY LOHAN CD Maxi". Cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ "First". Amazon.de. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
^ "The ARIA Report: Issue 806" (PDF). Webarchive.nla.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-22. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

[cover-paradise.to-1] "eCover.to - Lindsay Lohan - First". Cover-paradise.to. Retrieved 2012-08-29.

[stylus-2] Merwin, Charles (7 December 2004). "Lindsay Lohan: Speak". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2010.

[popmatters-3] MacIntosh, Dan (May 2005). "KIIS-FM'S Wango Tango featuring Gwen Stefani, Ludacris, Lindsay Lohan, The Backstreet Boys and More". Pop Matters. Retrieved 10 February 2010.

[sc_Australia_Lindsay_Lohan-4] "Lindsay Lohan – First". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved July 28, 2023.

[sc_Germany_Lindsay_Lohan-5] "Lindsay Lohan – First" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved July 28, 2023.

[sc_Switzerland_Lindsay_Lohan-6] "Lindsay Lohan – First". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved July 28, 2023.

[7] "Radio & Records" (PDF). Worldradiohistory.com. 2005-05-06. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

[8] "FIRST LINDSAY LOHAN CD Maxi". Cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

[9] "First". Amazon.de. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

[10] "The ARIA Report: Issue 806" (PDF). Webarchive.nla.gov.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-22. Retrieved 20 March 2022.

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-| album      = [[Speak (Lindsay Lohan album)|Speak]] and [[Herbie: Fully Loaded#Soundtrack|Herbie: Fully Loaded (Original Soundtrack)]]
+| album      = [[Speak (Lindsay Lohan album)|Speak]] ''and'' [[Herbie: Fully Loaded#Soundtrack|Herbie: Fully Loaded (Original Soundtrack)]]
 | B-side     = Symptoms of You
-| released   = May 8, 2005<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234951/http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=69239</ref>
+| released   = May 10, 2005
-| format     = {{flat list|
+| recorded   = 2004
-* [[CD single|CD]]
-* [[Maxi single|maxi]]
-* [[Music download|digital download]]
-}}
-| recorded   = September 2004
 | studio     = [[Henson Recording Studios]]
 | genre      = [[Pop rock]]
 | length     = 3:29
-| label      = {{flat list|
+| label      = {{hlist|[[Casablanca Records|Casablanca]]|[[Hollywood Records|Hollywood]]}}
+| writer     = {{hlist|[[Kara DioGuardi]]|[[John Shanks]]}}
-* [[Casablanca Records|Casablanca]]
+| producer   = {{hlist|John Shanks|Kara DioGuardi}}
-* [[Hollywood Records|Hollywood]]
-}}
-| writer     = {{flat list|
-* [[Kara DioGuardi]]
-* [[John Shanks]]
-}}
-| producer   = {{flat list|
-* John Shanks
-* Kara DioGuardi
-}}
 | chronology = [[Lindsay Lohan]]
 | prev_title = [[Over (Lindsay Lohan song)|Over]]
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 | next_year  = 2005
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-"'''First'''" is a song recorded by American actress and singer [[Lindsay Lohan]] for her debut studio [[album]] ''[[Speak (Lindsay Lohan album)|Speak]]'' (2004). It was released as the album's third and final [[Single (music)|single]] on May 8, 2005. "First" was also released to help promote the 2005 [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] film ''[[Herbie: Fully Loaded]]'', in which it appears on the [[Herbie: Fully Loaded#Soundtrack|soundtrack]]. Lohan played the lead on ''Herbie: Fully Loaded''.
+"'''First'''" is a song recorded by American actress and singer [[Lindsay Lohan]] for her debut studio [[album]] ''[[Speak (Lindsay Lohan album)|Speak]]'' (2004). It was released as the album's third and final single on May 10, 2005. "First" was also released to help promote the [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] film ''[[Herbie: Fully Loaded]]'', in which it appears on the [[Herbie: Fully Loaded#Soundtrack|soundtrack]]. Lohan starred in the film.
-Lyrically, the song is about wanting to come first in her boyfriend's life. Commercially, "First" failed to chart in the United States, but it performed well in Taiwan. "First" was the least successful single from ''Speak''.
+The song is about wanting to come first in her boyfriend's life. "First" failed to chart in the United States.
 ==Background and recording==
-"First" was written and produced by Kara DioGuardi and John Shanks, who would later produce Lohan's second album ''[[A Little More Personal (Raw)]]'' (2005). The song was recorded in September 2004 at [[Henson Recording Studios]] in [[Hollywood]]. She had been recording and filming ''Herbie: Fully Loaded'' back-to-back. DioGuardi and [[Cory Rooney]], who wrote and produced Lohan's first single "[[Rumors (Lindsay Lohan song)|Rumors]]", provided backing vocals for the song.<ref name="cover-paradise.to">{{cite web|url=http://cover-paradise.to/?Module=ViewEntry&ID=431498 |title=eCover.to - Lindsay Lohan - First |publisher=Cover-paradise.to |date= |accessdate=2012-08-29}}</ref>
+"First" was written and produced by Kara DioGuardi and John Shanks, who would later produce Lohan's second album ''[[A Little More Personal (Raw)]]''. The song was recorded in 2004 at [[Henson Recording Studios]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]]. She had been recording and filming the movie back-to-back. DioGuardi and [[Cory Rooney]], who wrote and produced Lohan's first single "[[Rumors (Lindsay Lohan song)|Rumors]]", provided background vocals for the song.<ref name="cover-paradise.to">{{cite web|url=http://cover-paradise.to/?Module=ViewEntry&ID=431498 |title=eCover.to - Lindsay Lohan - First |website=Cover-paradise.to |date= |access-date=2012-08-29}}</ref>
 "Speak", the title track from the album, was originally going to be released as the third single. [[Angela Robinson (director)|Angela Robinson]], director of ''Herbie: Fully Loaded'', looked at Lohan's album to see if she could find a track that could be incorporated in the film. She enjoyed listening to "First" and approached Lohan about it being released as the next single. Even though the song is about wanting to be the first person in a boyfriend's life, in the context of the film, however, it is taken as wanting to finish first in a car race.
 ==Critical reception==
-[[Stylus Magazine]] called the song and the second ("Nobody 'Til You") track "promising", while criticizing the other songs on the album.<ref name=stylus>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/lindsay-lohan/speak.htm|title=Lindsay Lohan: Speak|last=Merwin|first=Charles|date=7 December 2004|magazine=Stylus Magazine|accessdate=6 February 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/66I5pJCuW?url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/lindsay-lohan/speak.htm|archivedate=19 March 2012}}</ref> The song was noted for its ending line in the chorus: ''I wanna come first.'' Some bloggers have interpreted the meaning of the song as Lohan announcing, in a double entendre to adult listeners, that she wanted to orgasm before her male partners during sex.<ref name=teenink>{{cite web|url=http://www.teenink.com/reviews/music_reviews/article/6603/Speak/|title=Speak|last=Cheng|first=Vincent|date=February 2005|publisher=Teen Ink|accessdate=6 February 2010}}</ref>
+[[Stylus Magazine]] called the song and the second ("Nobody 'Til You") track "promising", while criticizing the other songs on the album.<ref name=stylus>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/lindsay-lohan/speak.htm|title=Lindsay Lohan: Speak|last=Merwin|first=Charles|date=7 December 2004|magazine=Stylus Magazine|access-date=6 February 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510053209/http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/lindsay-lohan/speak.htm|archive-date=10 May 2012}}</ref>
 ==Chart performance==
-"First" failed to chart on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] or the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart. It was, however, successful in many other countries. The single charted within the top-ten in Taiwan and Indonesia. The single charted at number 31 in Australia, just missing out by one spot on the [[ARIA Charts]].
+"First" failed to chart on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] or the [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart.  The single charted at number 31 in Australia, number 41 in Switzerland, and at number 74 in Germany.
-It also charted at number 41 in Switzerland and at number 74 in Germany.
 ==Music video==
 The accompanying [[music video]] for "First" began shooting in May 2005, after Lohan had recently bleached her auburn hair blonde. The music video was directed by [[Jake Nava]], who directed her previous singles "Rumors" and "[[Over (Lindsay Lohan song)|Over]]". The music video takes place in a garage-like arena in the middle of a race. Lohan and her band sing the song from a stage right next to the track, while clips from ''Herbie: Fully Loaded'' play. Lohan also sings and dances beside [[Herbie]], the anthropomorphic [[Volkswagen Beetle]].
-==Live performances==
+==Live performance==
-Lohan performed "First" at [[KIIS-FM]] 102.7 [[Wango Tango]] event in 2005. She also performed "Speak", the album's title track.<ref name=popmatters>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/concerts/enwiki/w/wango-tango-2005.shtml|title=KIIS-FM'S Wango Tango featuring Gwen Stefani, Ludacris, Lindsay Lohan, The Backstreet Boys and More|last=MacIntosh|first=Dan|date=May 2005|magazine=Pop Matters|accessdate=10 February 2010}}</ref>
+Lohan performed "First" at [[KIIS-FM]] 102.7 [[Wango Tango]] event in 2005. She also performed "Speak", the album's title track.<ref name=popmatters>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/concerts/enwiki/w/wango-tango-2005.shtml|title=KIIS-FM'S Wango Tango featuring Gwen Stefani, Ludacris, Lindsay Lohan, The Backstreet Boys and More|last=MacIntosh|first=Dan|date=May 2005|magazine=Pop Matters|access-date=10 February 2010}}</ref>
 ==Track listing and formats==
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 #"First" (Instrumental) – 3:28
-==Charts==
+==Weekly charts==
+{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
+|+ Weekly chart performance for "First"
+! scope="col"| Chart (2005)
+! scope="col"| Peak<br/>position
+|-
+{{single chart|Australia|31|artist=Lindsay Lohan|song=First|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 28, 2023}}
+|-
+{{single chart|Germany|74|artist=Lindsay Lohan|song=First|songid=104415|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 28, 2023}}
+|-
+{{single chart|Switzerland|41|artist=Lindsay Lohan|song=First|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 28, 2023}}
+|}
-===Weekly charts===
+==Release history==
-{| class="wikitable sortable"
+{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
+|+ Release dates and formats for "First"
 |-
+! scope="col"| Region
-!Chart (2005)<ref name="acharts.us">{{cite web|url=http://acharts.us/song/2616 |title=Lindsay Lohan - First - Music Charts |publisher=Acharts.us |date=2005-03-13 |accessdate=2012-08-29}}</ref>
+! scope="col"| Date
-!Peak<br>position
+! scope="col"| Format
+! scope="col"| Label
+! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
 |-
+! scope="row"| United States
-|align="left"|Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])
+| May 10, 2005
-| style="text-align:center;"|31
+| [[Contemporary hit radio]]
+| rowspan="4"| [[Casablanca Records|Casablanca]]
+| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2005/RR-2005-05-06.pdf|format=PDF|title=Radio & Records|date=2005-05-06|website=Worldradiohistory.com|access-date=20 March 2022}}</ref>
 |-
+! scope="row"| Japan
-|align="left"|Germany ([[Media Control Charts]])
+| July 21, 2005
-| style="text-align:center;"|74
+| rowspan="3"| [[CD single|CD]]
+| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UICU-5012|title=FIRST LINDSAY LOHAN CD Maxi|website=Cdjapan.co.jp|access-date=20 March 2022}}</ref>
+|-
+! scope="row"| Germany
+| July 25, 2005
+| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Lindsay-Lohan/dp/B000A5EM5E|title=First|access-date=20 March 2022|website=Amazon.de}}</ref>
+|-
+! scope="row"| Australia
+| August 8, 2005
+| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue806.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222438/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20050820-0000/issue806.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-02-22|title=The ARIA Report: Issue 806|website=Webarchive.nla.gov.au|access-date=20 March 2022}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
 |-
-|align="left"|Switzerland ([[Schweizer Hitparade]])
-| style="text-align:center;"|41
 |}
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
-==External links==
-* {{MetroLyrics song|lindsay-lohan|first}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->
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+{{authority control}}
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 [[Category:Music videos directed by Jake Nava]]
 [[Category:Songs written by John Shanks]]
-[[Category:Songs about sexuality]]
 [[Category:2004 songs]]
+[[Category:Casablanca Records singles]]
+[[Category:Hollywood Records singles]]

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Personal life Filmography Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Speak A Little More Personal (Raw)
Soundtrack albums	Freaky Friday Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen A Prairie Home Companion
Singles	"Rumors" "Over" "First" "Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father)" "Bossy" "Back to Me"
Television	Lindsay Lohan's Indian Journey Lindsay Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club
Related topics	6126 Collection
Family	Michael Lohan (father) Dina Lohan (mother) Aliana Lohan (sister)