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Released on Stax, also Tramp (Otis Redding), Soul Man (Sam & Dave) and When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (Sam & Dave)
Written by Steve Cropper, also (Sittin’ on) The Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding), See Saw (Aretha Franklin) and In the Midnight Hour (Wilson Pickett)
Part of The Best Of, also Check Me Out
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Steve Cropper wrote 4 of Eddie Floyd’s top 10 songs
Steve Cropper wrote 70 songs on fono
Steve Cropper’s most frequent co-writer is Booker T. Jones (23 songs together)
Eddie Floyd wrote 22 songs on fono
Credits
All 5 credits
- Written by
- Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper and Wayne Jackson
- Part of
- The Best Of
- Released on
- Stax
- Written by
- Eddie Floyd, Steve Cropper and Wayne Jackson
- Part of
- The Best Of
- Released on
- Stax
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Steve Cropper
Same label: Stax
Same release: The Best Of
Same writer: Steve Cropper
Same label: Stax
Same writer: Steve Cropper
Same label: Stax
Elsewhere
Sources (6)
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1MusicBrainz Things Get Better was written by Eddie Floyd
Things Get Better was written by Eddie Floyd
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Things Get Better was written by Steve Cropper
Things Get Better was written by Steve Cropper
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Things Get Better was written by Wayne Jackson
Things Get Better was written by Wayne Jackson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Things Get Better is part of the release The Best Of
Things Get Better is part of the release The Best Of
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Stax is the label of the song Things Get Better
Stax is the label of the song Things Get Better
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Things Get Better was released on 1988