“Seventeen” by Winger

Winger came barreling out of the gate with "Seventeen", a cut from their self-titled 1988 debut that Kip Winger modeled on the Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There", apparently unaware that seventeen is underage in some places. The riff driving it belonged to Reb Beach, who'd written it at about 15 and never found a use for it until Winger worked it into the song. The lurching verse was the band's attempt to nick some odd Led Zeppelin syncopation, maybe from "The Crunge" or "Walter's Walk".

Beau Hill produced and shares the writing credit with Beach and Winger, who sings lead and plays bass, with Rod Morgenstein on drums and Paul Taylor on guitar and keys. It went to 26 on the Hot 100, and VH1 later ranked it the 87th best hard rock song ever.

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