About This Song
About "Ninety-Nine and a Half" by Eddie Floyd
A classic Stax-style strut reframed in 'Eddie Floyd Refreshed,' 'Ninety-Nine and a Half' hinges on that missing half-percent—a near-complete devotion that still aches. Floyd's vocal is all sweat and persuasion, riding a horn-laced groove that turns arithmetic into a sermon on almost-enough love.
