The spoken verses combine two popular trends from the time, star signs and video and phone dating, in lines such as Aquarius and my name is Ralph / Now I like a woman who loves her freedom and Cancer and my name is Larry / And I like a woman that loves everything and everybody.

The song was co-written by James Mitchell of The Detroit Emeralds.

Released from their self-titled debut album, it became one of the biggest singles of the year, spending six weeks at number one on the U.S.

"Float On" was also a crossover hit, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 behind Andy Gibb's "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" and The Emotions' "Best of My Love",[1] but with no other Hot 100 hits, the Floaters became a one-hit wonder on that chart.

[3] The song was adapted in the early 1990s to advertise Cadbury's Crème Eggs.