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"Edge of Seventeen": An Anthem that Stuns Each New GenerationStevie Nicks was already an integral part of Fleetwood Mac's success when she released her first solo album,Bella Donna, in 1981. The LP gave us several hits, but "Edge of Seventeen" proved to be a monster. Between the edgy, rocking music, the angsty yet mysterious lyrics, and Nicks' magical aura that powered its delivery, the song has a phenomenal staying power."This song is 40 years old and yet generation after generation refer back to it," says music journalist Leonie Cooper. "It never sounds dated, always fresh and exciting. Is it disco? Is it rock? Does it even matter?" Edge of Seventeen's genre-spanning appeal was underlined in 2001 when R&B girl-group Destiny's Child repurposed its riff for their single Bootylicious, which became a US number one hit. Nicks endorsed the sample by making an elegant appearance in the music video. As band members Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams come into view at the start, Nicks can also be seen strumming a guitar.Nearly two decades later, Miley Cyrus trailed her 2020 album Plastic Hearts with Midnight Sky, a shimmering pop-rock stomper that subtly interpolated Edge of Seventeen. "I actually had this song blessed by Stevie Nicks, because there is a kind of a nod to Edge of Seventeen in this song," Cyrus said on the Zach Sang Show shortly after Midnight Sky's release. Nicks later gave Cyrus another blessing by singing on Edge of Midnight, a mashup of Midnight Sky and Edge of Seventeen that made Cyrus' nod to the Nicks song more obvious.Read the story of "Edge of Seventeen" from 1980 until today, at BBC Culture. You will be quite amused at how the song really got its title.#StevieNicks #FleetwoodMac #music #rockandroll