Feels Like the First Time (Sinitta song)

"Feels Like the First Time"
Single by Sinitta
from the album Sinitta!
ReleasedApril 1986
Recorded1986
GenrePop
Length3:45
LabelFanfare Records
Songwriter(s)James George Hargreaves
Producer(s)James George Hargreaves
Sinitta singles chronology
"So Macho"
(1985)
"Feels Like the First Time"
(1986)
"Toy Boy"
(1987)

"Feels Like the First Time" is a song by American-British singer Sinitta. The song was released in 1986 as her self-titled debut album's third single. The song performed poorly, peaking at number 45 in the UK in August 1986. It spent 5 weeks on the chart, whereas, in contrast, "So Macho" the album's second single had been on the UK chart for 28 weeks in 1986, peaking at number 2.

Critical reception

In a review published in Smash Hits, Gary and Martin Kemp of the Spandau Ballet band were critical of "Feels Like the First Time", stating they "hate[d] this sort of record" as they considered it tasteless and a "pure production-line soul" which "[took] the human element out"; however, they stated that "So Macho" was "worse".[1]

Track listings

  1. "Feels Like the First Time" - 3:45
  2. "Feels Like the First Time" (Instrumental Dub Mix) - 3:45
  1. "Feels Like the First Time" (Special Extended Club Mix) - 6:41
  2. "Feels Like the First Time" (Instrumental Dub Mix) - 6:26

Charts

Chart (1986) Peak
position
UK Singles Charts 45
US Hot Crossover 30 (Billboard)[4] 25
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles[5] 63
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[6] 7
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[7] 4

References

  1. ^ Kemp, Gary (8โ€“21 October 1986). "Singles reviewed by Gary and Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet" (PDF). Smash Hits. Vol. 8, no. 21. p. 69. ISSN 0260-3004. Retrieved 28 December 2023 – via World Radio History.
  2. ^ discogs.com
  3. ^ discogs.com
  4. ^ "Hot Crossover 30". Billboard. April 4, 1987. p. 16. ProQuest 1438656542.
  5. ^ billboard.com
  6. ^ billboard.com
  7. ^ billboard.com