Make mine a 99!

My last post on Mavis Staples was my 99th post here at Blogger (yes, I know, there are more than 99 posts in my archive...some 'followed' me across from MySpace). Does that earn me some kind of gold star? I'm guessing not, but I thought I would mark the occasion with some songs with titles containing the number '99'; there are tonnes out there, so this is just a selection. In fact, I whittled it down from 40-something. There are 19 songs here (not quite an arbitrary number...think nineteen-ine! Ha!) and where better to start than with Mavis Staples herself...

99 and 1/2 - Mavis Staples

99 and a Half Won't Do - The Detroit Cobras

(There are squillions of versions of this song, but this is a good'un...and it just made sense to start with Mavis, so, same song twice!)

99 Lbs - Ann Peebles

99 - Barbara Feldon

99 Drops of Tear - Natural Q

99 Luftballons - Nena

99.9F - Suzanne Vega

Johnny 99 - Bruce Springsteen

99% - Soul Asylum

99% Is Shit - Cash Pussies

99 Stunden - Daily Terror

24-99 - The Friday Night Preachers

99 Degrees - Suburban Rhythm

Disappointment 99 - School of Language

When I Turn Ninety-Nine - Devin Davis

99% - Mooney Suzuki

99 Problems - Jay-Z

(A great mashup featuring The Dap Kings!)

Ninety-Nine Ways - Tab Hunter

99 Years - Smiley Bates

Bonus points to you if you can tell me why I used the image I did above...and where the title of this post comes from! Oh, and why not stop by and have a look at my very first Blogger post on smoking advertising?