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Details
- Release date: 21 March 1994
- Label: Island
- Formats: CD, 7", 12", cassette
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Recorded
- Do You Remember the First Time?: Britannia Row Studios, London (between October 1993 and February 1994)
- B-sides: The War Room, Milo Studios, London (December 1993)
- Chart position: 33 (UK)
Credits
- Sleeve design: The Designers Republic
- Sleeve image: Philip Castle
Releases
|
Date |
Formats and catalogue numbers |
Notes |
|---|---|---|
|
21 March 1994 |
CD - CID574 7" black vinyl - IS574 12" vinyl - 12IS574 Cassette - CIS574 |
Original UK release. CD and 12":
Cassette and 7":
|
|
March 1994 |
CD - 854 077-2 |
French release. Tracklisting: |
|
23 August 1996 |
CD - CID574 |
UK reissue. |
|
20 November 1996 |
7" brown vinyl - IS574 |
UK reissue. |
|
9 June 2023 |
Streaming and digital download |
Newly uploaded to streaming services as "Do You Remember the First Time? EP" with a scan of the original artwork, following Lipgloss in a series of Island Records-era EPs to be reissued to coincide with the 2023 tour. |
Sleeve notes
Well do you?
And why did you choose them?
Was it the drink or the time of year
or the position of the planets?Or was it just their hair?
Promotional video
Details here.
Charts and sales
UK Singles Chart
|
Week |
Date |
Position |
|---|---|---|
|
1 |
2 April '94 |
33 |
|
2 |
9 April '94 |
53 |
|
3 |
16 April '94 |
69 |
|
4 |
23 April '94 |
72 |
|
5 (re-entry) |
7 September '96 |
73 |
Reviews
Sexual favours single of the week
All things have their place. First adolescent zip fumblings; first secret drug voyages; the first time you realise that after the first time, the whole process may never be as good again.
Pulp are about to experience their first hit single. Not the glossy, synthetic thrill of 'Lip Gloss' (marvellous as it was) but a success that, somewhere in the pop world will make them Top Five idols, the stuff of sleek, white lumousines and (deliberately cheap) plastic sunglasses.
Jarvis is enquiring after our sexual debuts here, but the noise and confusion – the, erm, 'With Or Without You' U2 atmospherics – make this something more splendid than even that. Glam rock stops and glitterbeat synths zoom all over it. That the thrill it provides may only last as long as it takes Jarvis to yelp "I don't care if you screw him!" seems to be the point. After all, falling in lust with lust is never that difficult. The 'Lexicon Of Love' updated.
