"I Loved Her First" is the debut song recorded by American country music band Heartland.

It was released in June 2006 as the first single title track from their debut studio album I Loved Her First (2006).

In it, the male narrator is talking to the man who is about to marry his daughter, telling him that he is having difficulty giving her away because he "loved her first."

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling it a "beautifully written tearjerker that will hit home with dads everywhere who can't believe their little girls have grown up so soon."

She calls Albert's performance "wonderful" and says that it "wrings every drop of emotion from the tender lyric.