My First Night Without You

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{{short description|1989 single by Cyndi Lauper}}
{{Infobox song
| name = My First Night Without You
| cover = Ps mfn5.jpg
| alt =
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = [[Cyndi Lauper]]
| album = [[A Night to Remember (Cyndi Lauper album)|A Night To Remember]]
| B-side = Unabbreviated Love
| released = July 24, 1989
| format =
| recorded = [[1989 in music|1989]]
| studio = [[The Hit Factory]] (New York, NY)
| venue =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = 3:03
| label = [[Epic Records]]
| writer = {{hlist|[[Cyndi Lauper]]|[[Billy Steinberg]]|[[Tom Kelly (songwriter)|Tom Kelly]]}}
| producer = {{hlist|[[Cyndi Lauper]]|Lennie Petze}}
| prev_title = [[I Drove All Night#Cyndi Lauper version|I Drove All Night]]
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = [[Heading West (song)|Heading West]]
| next_year = 1989
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|OY5oh9h3YTw|"My First Night Without You"}}}}
}}

"'''My First Night Without You'''" is the second [[Single (music)|single]] released from [[Cyndi Lauper]]'s third album ''[[A Night to Remember (Cyndi Lauper album)|A Night To Remember]]'' (1989).

==Song information==
The ballad is about coming home for the first time without a partner being there after a break up. The video clip is also about this, with Lauper coming home after a long day at work to an empty room after a separation. The song was written by Lauper, [[Tom Kelly (songwriter)|Tom Kelly]] and [[Billy Steinberg]]. The latter two also wrote "[[True Colors (Cyndi Lauper song)|True Colors]]" and "[[I Drove All Night]]".

Its [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] was "Unabbreviated Love". The song is a fan favorite; Lauper performed it many times on her ''A Night to Remember'' tour in 1989.{{cn|date=December 2020}}

To promote the single, promotional posters were sent to different [[Shopping mall|mall]]s and [[music stores]] that sold the single when it was originally released.

The single failed to make a big impact on most global charts. It did do moderately well in Chile however. And also, it achieved #1 in the Radio Cidade from São Paulo, Brazil. In Colombia, the single was #1 for 10 weeks.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

==Reception==
The song received a positive review from the pan-European magazine ''[[Music & Media]]'', which named it one of their "singles of the week" and noted both the intro, reminiscent of "the classic [[Arthur Brown (musician)|Arthur Brown]] track ''[[Fire (Arthur Brown song)|Fire]]''", and the overall song which was described as "passionate and dramatic".<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|date=August 12, 1989|volume=6|number=32|title=Previews|pages=14-15|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-08-12.pdf|access-date=December 28, 2024}}</ref>

==Music video==
The video for "My First Night Without You", released in 1989, was one of the first to be closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thisdayinrock.com/index.php/general/1989-cyndi-laupers-video-for-my-first-night-without/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717055225/http://www.thisdayinrock.com/index.php/general/1989-cyndi-laupers-video-for-my-first-night-without/ | url-status=usurped | archive-date=July 17, 2011 | title=1989 – Cyndi Lauper's video for "My First Night Without… | website=Thisdayinrock.com | access-date=2010-05-19}}</ref>

==Chart performance==
{|class="wikitable sortable "
!align="left"|Chart (1989)
!align="left"|Peak<br>position
|-
|align="left"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Cyndi+Lauper&titel=My+First+Night+Without+You&cat=s|title=australian-charts.com - Cyndi Lauper - My First Night Without You|website=Australian-charts.com|access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|47
|-
|align="left"|[[Belgium]] (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/song/4667/cyndi-lauper-my-first-night-without-you|title=Cyndi Lauper - My First Night Without You|website=Ultratop.be|access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|47
|-
|align="left"|Chilean Singles Chart<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyndilauper.com/single_det.php?id=21|title=Cyndi Lauper - My First Night Without You|date=2004-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040222181238/http://www.cyndilauper.com/single_det.php?id=21|access-date=2020-04-23|archive-date=2004-02-22}}</ref>
|align="center"|12
|-
|align="left"|[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|French Singles Chart]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Cyndi+Lauper&titel=My+First+Night+Without+You&cat=s|title=Cyndi Lauper - My First Night Without You|website=Lescharts.com|access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|46
|-
|{{single chart|Ireland2|28|song=My First Night Without You |access-date=July 4, 2024}}
|-
|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/21311/cyndi-lauper/|title=Cyndi Lauper | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|53
|-
|align="left"|[[United States|U.S.]] [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/299876/cyndi+lauper/chart?f=379 |title=Cyndi Lauper - Chart history | Billboard |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=2015-05-10 |archive-date=2015-09-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921201116/http://www.billboard.com/artist/299876/cyndi+lauper/chart?f=379 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|align="center"|62
|-
|align="left"|U.S. ''Cash Box'' Top 100 Singles
|align="center"|55
|-
|}

==Track listing==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;7" / Cassette / Europe 3" CD single / Japan 3" CD single
# "My First Night Without You" (edited remix) – 2:58
# "Unabbreviated Love" – 4:18

;UK Limited Edition 7" (with poster)
# "My First Night Without You" (edited remix) – 2:58
# "True Colors" – 3:47

;12" / Europe 5" CD maxi-single
# "My First Night Without You" (edited remix) – 2:58
# "Unabbreviated Love" – 4:18
# "True Colors" – 3:46

{{col-2}}
;UK 12" / UK 5" CD single
# "My First Night Without You" (edited remix) – 2:58
# "Unabbreviated Love" – 4:18
# "True Colors" – 3:47
# "All Through the Night" – 4:32

;UK Limited Edition Picture Disc CD single
# "My First Night Without You" (edited remix) – 2:58
# "Unabbreviated Love" – 4:18
# "Iko Iko" – 2:05
# "When You Were Mine" – 5:01
{{col-end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Cyndi Lauper singles}}

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[[Category:1989 songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Tom Kelly (musician)]]
[[Category:Songs written by Billy Steinberg]]
[[Category:Cyndi Lauper songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Cyndi Lauper]]
[[Category:Epic Records singles]]
[[Category:1980s ballads]]
[[Category:Pop ballads]]

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