"First Time" | |
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Promotional single by Carly Rae Jepsen | |
from the album Emotion Remixed + and Emotion: Side B | |
Released | 18 March 2016 |
Recorded | 2015 |
Genre | Synth-funk [1] |
Length | 3:35 |
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"First Time" is a song recorded by Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen for her second remix album, Emotion Remixed + (2016), which was released only in Japan. [2] The song is also included on Emotion: Side B .
On April 2, 2016, Jepsen performed this song in the Japanese music festival "Popspring 2016" for the first time. [3]
A lyric video was uploaded to YouTube on 23 March 2016 and can only be watched in Japan. [4]
"First Time" peaked on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 Chart at No. 71 and became her fifth highest ranked song on the chart, behind "Call Me Maybe", "I Really Like You", "Good Time" and "This Kiss". [5] It also peaked on the Billboard Japan Hot Overseas at No. 8 [6] and Billboard Japan Radio Songs Chart at No. 9. [7]
Chart (2016) | Peak position |
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Japan (Japan Hot 100) [8] | 71 |
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