My First Kiss

"My First Kiss"
Single by 3OH!3 featuring Kesha
from the album Streets of Gold
ReleasedMay 4, 2010 (2010-05-04)
RecordedSummer 2008[1]
Genre
Length3:13
LabelPhoto Finish
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Dr. Luke
  • Benny Blanco
3OH!3 singles chronology
"Blah Blah Blah"
(2010)
"My First Kiss"
(2010)
"Double Vision"
(2010)
Kesha singles chronology
"Your Love Is My Drug"
(2010)
"My First Kiss"
(2010)
"Take It Off"
(2010)
Music video
"My First Kiss" on YouTube

"My First Kiss" is a song recorded by American electronic duo 3OH!3. The song was written by Lukasz Gottwald, Sean Foreman, Nathaniel Motte and Benny Blanco, and was produced by Dr. Luke, and Blanco for their third studio album, Streets of Gold (2010). The song was released as the lead single from Streets of Gold on May 4, 2010. The song's inspiration is about going through one's first kiss and exploring further parts of a relationship.

Critical reception of the song was mixed. Though the song is 3OH!3's song, Kesha's feature on the track was praised by multiple critics for her strong delivery while 3OH!3's performance was met with mixed reviews, some calling them irritating. The song achieved commercial success by reaching the top ten in Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, while charting within the top forty in multiple other countries. The song performed greatest in the United States reaching a peak of number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and has gone on to sell 1,800,000 copies as of 2016. The music video for "My First Kiss" follows a similar theme to its title. The dominant scenes of the video feature people kissing in front of multicolored backings with 3OH!3's logo present in much of the scenes. The song was performed on Regis and Kelly.

Ashley Tisdale sang the parts of Kesha with the duo 3OH!3 in the episode "Worried Baby Blues" on her television series, Hellcats, and the original version of the song used in other episode "I Say a Little Prayer" of the same series. The song was used in the 2012 film American Reunion, and was also included on the official soundtrack of the movie.

  1. ^ Castillo, Michelle (2010-08-13). "Ke$ha — from band geek to life of the party". Msnbc.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-26. Retrieved 2011-08-01.