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"(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]

"(She's) Sexy + 17"
Single by Stray Cats
from the album Rant n' Rave with the Stray Cats
B-side	"Looking Better Every Beer"
Released	July 1983
Recorded	1983
Genre	Rockabilly
Length	3:13 (Single Version) 3:28 (Album Version)
Label	EMI 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)

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

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