"At Seventeen" has been covered by various recording artists and musicians. Anita Kerr covered it for the studio album "The Anita Kerr Singers", released in 1975. Anthropologist Mary A. Bufwack and music reporter Robert K. Oermann attributed Ker's cover to popularizing "At Seventeen". Claude Francois recorded a French version of the song, titled "17 ans", in 1975. In 1988, cabaret singer Judith Cohen performed a cover of "At Seventeen" as part of her shows. Stephen Holden described it, along with her rendition of Bruce Roberts' 1977 song "I Don't Break Easily", as "built to strong dramatic climaxes in which a key line abruptly changed the narrative perspective". Tara MacLean recorded the song for the soundtrack of the 1999 movie "Teaching Mrs. Tingle". CNN's Paul Clinton wrote that the film's music, including "At Seventeen", had "add energy and pacing to the story". Chocolat covered a Yoshinori Sunahara-produced "At Seventeen" for her second studio album "Hamster", released in 1999. "Billboard"'s Steve McClure described Chocolat's version as having a "dark, ambient feel". Ringo Sheena recorded the track "Seventeen" as a tribute to the Janis Ian song; Sheena had cited Ian as one of her major influences, particularly for her voice.