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"(She's) Sexy + 17"
Single by Stray Cats
from the album Rant n' Rave with the Stray Cats
B-side"Looking Better Every Beer"
ReleasedJuly 1983
Recorded1983
GenreRockabilly
Length3:13 (Single Version) 3:28 (Album Version)
LabelEMI America
Songwriter(s)Brian Setzer
Producer(s)Dave Edmunds
Stray Cats singles chronology
"Little Miss Prissy"
(1981) 		"(She's) Sexy + 17"
(1983) 		"I Won't Stand in Your Way"
(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 was their second-highest-charting single, reaching No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[1] It also reached No. 2 on the Billboard Top Rock Tracks chart for one week, and No. 29 in the UK Singles Chart.[2]

Cash Box called the song "an exciting new single" with "a shakin’ rockabilly production."[3]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1983) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 10
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[5] 9
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 22
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[7] 41
UK Singles (OCC)[8] 29
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 5
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[10] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1983) Position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[11] 77
US Billboard Hot 100[12] 84

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 609.
  2. ^ "STRAY CATS | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".
  3. ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 30, 1983. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  4. ^ "Stray Cats – (She's) Sexy %2B 17" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  5. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 38, 1983" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  6. ^ "Stray Cats – (She's) Sexy %2B 17" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  7. ^ "Stray Cats – (She's) Sexy %2B 17". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  8. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  9. ^ "Stray Cats Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  10. ^ "Stray Cats Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  11. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1983". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  12. ^ "Talent Almanac 1984: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 95, no. 52. December 24, 1983. p. TA-18.


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