Seventeen (Winger song)

"Seventeen" is a single released by the American rock band Winger, from their album Winger. Released in 1988, the song charted at No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. Despite its glam metal lyrics, Kip Winger points out that the tune is musically a progressive song and that it is actually quite challenging to play and sing simultaneously. Along with "Headed for a Heartbreak", it is Winger's most popular song for which they are most remembered.

"Seventeen"
Single by Winger
from the album Winger
B-side"Poison Angel"
ReleasedNovember 1988
Format7", CD, Cass
StudioAtlantic Studios, New York City
Genre
Length4:05
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Kip Winger, Reb Beach, Beau Hill
Producer(s)Beau Hill, Roy Moore
Winger singles chronology
"Madalaine"
(1988)		 "Seventeen"
(1988)		 "Headed for a Heartbreak"
(1989)

According to Kip Winger, he took inspiration from the Beatles song, "I Saw Her Standing There", which contains the lyric, "Well she was just seventeen/If you know what I mean/And the way she looked/Was way beyond compare" and that he wasn't aware that it was illegal for an adult to have sexual relations with a seventeen-year-old.[1] Winger also claimed that he has never had sex with a 17 year old after the age of 21.[2]

The B-side for this single was the album cut "Hangin' On."

It is featured on the video games, Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s for PlayStation 2, Saints Row for the Xbox 360 and Rock Band 4 as DLC.

The song was named the 87th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.[3]

On the show Beavis & Butt-Head, Butt-Head comments that this is the theme song for Joey Buttafuoco, who is known for the Amy Fisher scandal.

Track listing
7" and cassette single
Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Seventeen"4:02
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Poison Angel"3:22
Canadian 7" single
Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Seventeen" (Radio Edit)3:35
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Poison Angel"3:22
CD single
No.TitleLength
1."Seventeen" (Radio Edit)3:35
2."Seventeen" (LP Version)4:04

Chart history
Chart (1988) Peak
Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 26
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks[5] 19

References
  1. "Metal Sludge Rewind with Kip Winger". Metal Sludge. Archived from the original on January 1, 2009. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
  2. "20 Questions With...Kip Winger". Metal Sludge. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  3. "spreadit.org music". Retrieved February 5, 2009.
  4. "Winger Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
  5. "Winger Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 22, 2018.


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