2018Released
3:19

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Interesting facts and trivia about "99". By Songfacts®.

This song finds Barns Courtney singing about his life growing up in suburban Seattle in the late '90s playing video games and watching Pokémon. He told ABC Radio: "'99' has got genuine sadness, but it's got playfulness, and it references the nerdy parts of my personality where I'm in Seattle... with my friends in front of a TV screen playing Nintendo 64."

Barns Courtney nods to a famous Prince song when he sings "We're gonna live just like it's 1999."

The song finds Courtney lamenting the societal expectations that come with getting older. "'99' is about the needless formalization of fun as we age, and the strange ritual and transition from childhood into adulthood," he explained to Radio.com. "I think society is sick with this strange and horrendous bug called adulthood."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of "99".
G♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
96BPM

Album

The album "99" is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released "99".
EMI
© 2018 Universal Music Operations Limited
A Virgin EMI Records release; ℗ 2018 Universal Music Operations Limited

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