"My First Night Without You" is the second

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's third 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 and

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. The latter two also wrote " True Colors" and "

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was "Unabbreviated Love". The song is a fan favorite; Lauper performed it many times on her ''A Night to Remember'' tour in 1989. To promote the single, promotional posters were sent to different

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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.

Reception

The song received a positive review from the pan-European magazine ''

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'', which named it one of their "singles of the week" and noted both the intro, reminiscent of "the classic

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''", and the overall song which was described as "passionate and dramatic".

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.

Chart performance

Track listing

;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 ;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

References

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