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"Time in a Bottle" is a song by singer-songwriter Jim Croce. He wrote the lyrics after his wife Ingrid told him she was pregnant in December 1970. [ 2 ] 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!
Jim Croce. James Joseph Croce ( / ˈkroʊtʃiː / KROH-chee; [ 1] January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he released five studio albums and numerous singles. During this period, Croce took a series of odd jobs to pay bills while he continued to write, record and perform ...
The record spent 93 weeks on the charts, longer than any other Jim Croce album. Due to the strong performance of the posthumous single release "Time in a Bottle" (#1 pop, No. 1 AC), You Don't Mess Around with Jim was the best selling album in the U.S. for five weeks in early 1974. [4] It was listed at No. 6 on the 1974 Cash Box year-end album ...
"Message in a Bottle" is a song by British rock band the Police. It was released as the lead single from their second studio album, Reggatta de Blanc (1979). Written by the band's lead singer and bassist Sting , the song is ostensibly about a story of a castaway on an island who sends out a message in a bottle to seek love.
New York City. " Scenes from an Italian Restaurant " is a song from Billy Joel 's 1977 album The Stranger. It has been described as "a characteristic Joel observation on New York life." [ 2] In 2021, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it the 324th [ 3] greatest song of all time. The song was also described as "a seven-minute epic" [ 4] by American ...
Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) " Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) " is a 1972 song written by Jim Croce. Croce's record was released on August 23, 1972. It was the second single released from Croce's album You Don't Mess Around with Jim. It reached a peak of number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1972, spending twelve ...
Time in a Bottle: Jim Croce's Greatest Love Songs. Time in a Bottle: Jim Croce's Greatest Love Songs is a greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Jim Croce. It was released after his 1973 death and features sentimental songs compiled from his studio albums. The album peaked at No. 170 on the Billboard 200 during 1977.
The song was released on 22 June 1999, by RCA Records as the album's lead single. It is a soul-pop, teen pop and dance-pop song with elements of R&B. "Genie in a Bottle" uses sexual references to address the themes of self-respect and abstinence. "Genie in a Bottle" received generally favorable reviews, most of which praised the lyrics and ...