| Feels Like the First Time | |
| Cover: | Sinitta Feels like the first time.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Sinitta |
| Album: | Sinitta! |
| Released: | April 1986 |
| Recorded: | 1986 |
| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 3:45 |
| Label: | Fanfare Records |
| Producer: | James George Hargreaves |
| Prev Title: | So Macho |
| Prev Year: | 1985 |
| Next Title: | Toy Boy |
| Next Year: | 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.
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]
| 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 |