 Perhaps appropriately for a song named for a mondegreen, "Edge of Seventeen" has been cited frequently as a source of misheard lyrics since its release.The line "Just like a white-winged dove" is sometimes misheard as “just like a one-winged dove.” 

"Edge of Seventeen" peaked at number 11 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 for two weeks in April 1982.The live version on the B-side reached number 26 on "Billboard"s Mainstream Rock chart.