First Love (Uffie song)

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"First Love"
Uffie - First Love.png
Single by Uffie
from the album Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans
B-side "Brand New Car"
ReleasedJune 29, 2007 (2007-06-29)
Recorded2006–2007
Length4:56
Label Ed Banger
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Mr. Oizo
Uffie singles chronology
"Hot Chick"
(2006)
"First Love"
(2007)
"Pop the Glock"
(2009)

"First Love" (stylized as "F1rst Love") is a song by French-American singer Uffie. It was released as a single on June 29, 2007, by Ed Banger Records and includes the B-side "Brand New Car" as well as a TV track version of "Brand New Car". Mr. Oizo produced "First Love", using a beat sampled from the 1987 song "Don't Go" by F.R. David, while Feadz produced "Brand New Car". [1] The single peaked at number 18 in Belgium. [2]

Contents

Both "First Love" and "Brand New Car" are two of three previously released tracks (the other being "Pop the Glock") that were included on Uffie's debut studio album Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans , which was released on June 14, 2010.

In 2023 the single’s artwork was displayed in the subway station of the Pigalle district in Paris ahead of the Ed Banger ‘XX’ reunion show, featuring Uffie performing alongside her former labelmates for the first time in more than a decade. [3]

Track listing

A1. "First Love" – 4:57
B1. "Brand New Car" – 3:18
B2. "Brand New Car" (TV Track) – 3:57

Charts

Chart (2007)Peak
position
Belgium Dance (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [4] 18

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References

  1. Uffie – F1rst Love / Brand New Car Discogs.
  2. "Uffie – First Love" (in Dutch). Belgian (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  3. "Le label Ed Banger fête ses 20 ans en exposant ses pochettes sur les murs de la station de métro Pigalle" (in French). FranceInfo. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  4. "Uffie – F1rst Love". Ultratop (in French). Retrieved June 28, 2010.