Yes drummer Bill Bruford wrote this instrumental about the management of the group. They get 5% for essentially doing nothing.
The liner notes for the album describe this song as “a sixteen bar tune by Bill Bruford, played twice by the group, and taken directly from the percussion line”.
Lyrics for this song have yet to be released
Five Per Cent for Nothing was written by Bill Bruford.
Five Per Cent for Nothing was produced by Yes & Eddy Offord.
Yes released Five Per Cent for Nothing on Fri Nov 26 1971.