(She's) Sexy + 17 | |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Stray Cats |
Album: | Rant n' Rave with the Stray Cats |
B-Side: | Looking Better Every Beer |
Released: | July 1983 |
Recorded: | 1983 |
Genre: | Rockabilly[1] |
Length: | 3:13 (Single Version) 3:28 (Album Version) |
Label: | EMI America |
Producer: | Dave Edmunds |
Prev Title: | Little Miss Prissy |
Prev Year: | 1981 |
Next Title: | I Won't Stand in Your Way |
Next Year: | 1983 |
"(She's) Sexy + 17" is a 1983 song by the Stray Cats, released by EMI America in July 1983 as the lead single from the album Rant N' Rave with the Stray Cats. The song became their 3rd and last top 10 hit, reaching No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[2] It also reached No. 2 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart for one week, and No. 29 in the UK Singles Chart.[3]
Cash Box called the song "an exciting new single" with "a shakin’ rockabilly production."[4]
Chart (1983) | Position | |
---|---|---|
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[5] | 77 | |
US Billboard Hot 100[6] | 84 |