Uploaded by coquiguaca on Mar 27, 2011
Ian's most successful recording, the song is a commentary on adolescent cruelty, the illusion of popularity, and teenage angst, as reflected upon from the maturity of adulthood. It is told from the point of view of a woman who was an "ugly duckling" as a girl and ignored in high school while the popular (albeit shallow) girls got all of the attention."At Seventeen," released as the second single from Between the Lines, became Ian's first national hit single since her first hit "Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" in 1966. It peaked at #1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart and at #3 on the Pop Singles chart in September 1975.[3][4] It also won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1976, beating out the likes of Linda Ronstadt, Olivia Newton-John, and Helen Reddy[5] and was nominated for "Record of the Year" and "Song of the Year".
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Small town eyes will gape at you
in dull surprise when payment due
exceeds accounts received
at 17
lyrics like that are rare these days
at 17
kelanth462 2 weeks ago
I was 14 too !!!
TheZeplinfan 3 months ago
This is the most beautiful song, I love it. However, I have to take issue with ubb4me, what are you talking about? I was around in the 70s and there was a lot of rubbish around too. Now you have amazing Singer Songwriters, especially coming out of the UK, for instance Paloma Faith, Adele, Pixie Lott, Rumer, Lena Fiagbe, Katie Melua, KT Tunstall and many more. Please don't generalize.
robbish1963 3 months ago
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RAPGordon 4 months ago in playlist RAPGordon's favorites
I was 14 in 1976. Those of you who didn't grow up during this time missed out on the best music ever produced. You can't compare this music to the garbage that is produced today. If you want to "feel" the music get to know the music from the 70's. Thank you Janis for putting into words and music how many teenagers feel. BTW, I dont' think you are an ugly duckling, I think you are beautiful.
ubb4me 4 months ago
Wow..like a time machine,,I am just "rediscovering"...what an awesome performance..thks for posting...
Marklewisdes 5 months ago
This song is relatable to those who have suffered everything in their teen years (not just those at seventeen)>
newstarcadefan 5 months ago
You can see the pockmarks in her face - she had really bad acne.
megagagnon1 6 months ago