In 1977, Time in a Bottle was chosen as the title of a compilation album of Croce's love songs.Īll-time charts Chart (1958–2018) Īfter the single finished its two-week run at the top of the charts in early January 1974, the album You Don't Mess Around with Jim became No. "Time in a Bottle" was the third posthumous Billboard number-one hit after " Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding and " Me and Bobby McGee" by Janis Joplin. Reception Ĭash Box magazine called the song "a sweet, tender ballad filled with Croce’s magical vocal touch". The arrangement features a harpsichord that producer Tommy West discovered had been left in the mixing studio. The single of "Time in a Bottle" became Croce's second and final track to reach number 1 in the United States. It appeared on Croce's 1972 ABC debut album You Don't Mess Around with Jim and was featured in the 1973 ABC made-for-television movie She Lives! After he was killed in a plane crash in September 1973, the song was aired frequently on radio, and demand for a single release built. He wrote the lyrics after his wife Ingrid told him she was pregnant in December 1970. " Time in a Bottle" is a song by singer-songwriter Jim Croce. From the album You Don't Mess Around with Jim
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