<P> `` Edge of Seventeen '' is a song by American singer - songwriter Stevie Nicks from her solo debut studio album Bella Donna ( 1981 ) , released as the third single from Bella Donna on February 4 , 1982 . The song was written by Nicks to express the grief resulting from the death of her uncle Jonathan and the murder of John Lennon during the same week of December 1980 and features a distinctive , chugging 16th - note guitar riff , and a simple chord structure typical of Nicks ' songs . </P>
<P> `` Edge of Seventeen '' is a song by American singer - songwriter Stevie Nicks from her solo debut studio album Bella Donna ( 1981 ) , released as the third single from Bella Donna on February 4 , 1982 . The song was written by Nicks to express the grief resulting from the death of her uncle Jonathan and the murder of John Lennon during the same week of December 1980 and features a distinctive , chugging 16th - note guitar riff , and a simple chord structure typical of Nicks ' songs . </P>
what is stevie nicks edge of seventeen about
what is stevie nicks edge of seventeen about
the grief resulting from the death of her uncle Jonathan and the murder of John Lennon during the same week of December 1980
the grief resulting from the death of her uncle Jonathan and the murder of John Lennon during the same week of December 1980