What Was the Very First MP3 You Downloaded?

Anonymous Coward asks: "I was wondering whether people remember the very first MP3 file they ever downloaded. For me it was Cher's 1998 single 'Believe.' I was at work and, after reading an article about MP3s on CNET, I figured I'd give it a try. I think it's strange that I remember it so clearly. I mean, it's not like it was a first kiss or anything. I started out using WS FTP LE and Winamp. 1000s of MP3s later, WS FTP LE is a distant memory but Winamp is still my player of choice. What about you?"

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Re:mp3? Tsk... tsk... What about mp1 or mp2?

[iantri]

Well, MP3 is MPEG-1 Layer III audio..

MPEG (as in the video file standard) and VideoCDs use MPEG-1 Layer I audio, SVCD uses MPEG-1 Layer II Audio, and MPEG-2 files or DVD uses MPEG-1 Layer III Audio.

So they were in common use.. Just the audio stream was not common though.