"Do You Remember the First Time?" is a song by British

United Kingdom

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 rock band Pulp

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, taken from their 1994 album

Album

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 His 'n' Hers

His 'n' Hers

His 'n' Hers is the fourth studio album by Pulp and is commonly cited as the band's breakthrough album, reaching #9 in the UK charts. In 1998, Q magazine readers voted it the 70th greatest album of all time. A "deluxe edition" of His 'n' Hers was released on 11 September 2006. It contained a second...

. It was released 21 March 1994 as the second single

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 from the album, charting at #33 in the UK Singles Chart

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 (see 1994 in British music

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).

The song's lyrics are about the first time one has sexual intercourse, and how it is likely to be a bad experience. The narrator of the song looks back and realises how much "we've grown".

Sometimes a "sanitised" version of the song was aired on TV and radio, with the lyric "I don't care if you screw him" changed to "I don't care if you knew him".

The b-sides to the French single - acoustic versions of "Joyriders", "Dogs are Everywhere" and "Razzmatazz" - were later released in the UK as the b-sides of CD2 of "Common People".

To promote the release of the track, lead singer Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Cocker

Jarvis Branson Cocker is an English musician and frontman for the band Pulp. Through his work with the band, Cocker became a figurehead of the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus Cocker has led a successful solo career...

 asked fans to recount stories of their own "first time" sexual experiences. A short film was produced by Cocker and Steve Mackey

Steve Mackey

Steve Mackey is a British musician and record producer best known for playing bass guitar in the band Pulp. He also played bass for Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker in the latter's solo career, and worked as a songwriter and producer with artists such as M.I.A...

, featuring loss of virginity

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 stories from celebrities including Justine Frischmann

Justine Frischmann

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, Jo Brand

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 and John Peel

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. This was made available on the "Sorted for Films & Vids

Sorted for Films & Vids

Sorted for Films & Vids is a compilation of promotional videos by the band Pulp, released on VHS in 1995. The title is a reference to the band's hit single "Sorted for E's & Wizz"...

" video, and later the "Pulp Hits

Hits (Pulp album)

Hits is a greatest hits collection by popular UK indie-pop band Pulp, released in Britain in November 2002. As a collection, it only covers Pulp's singles from the early-90s when they started becoming popular, although the band had existed in one form or another since 1979."Mis-Shapes", from...

" DVD.

Track listings

• CD and 12"
  1. "Do You Remember the First Time?"
  2. "Street Lites"
  3. "The Babysitter"

• Cassette and 7"
  1. "Do You Remember the First Time?" (4:23)
  2. "Street Lites" (5:55)

• French CD Single
  1. "Do You Remember the First Time?" (4:23)
  2. "Razzmatazz
     Razzmatazz (song)
     "Razzmatazz" is a song by British rock group Pulp. It was their final single for Gift Records and received much critical acclaim. It was released independently of an album, although it appeared as a bonus track at the end of the US version of His 'n' Hers....
     
     " (acoustic version) (4:05)
  3. "Joyriders" (acoustic version) (3:31)
  4. "Dogs Are Everywhere" (acoustic version) (3:05)