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Time in a Bottle
Jim Croce
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- Album
- You Don't Mess Around With Jim
- Released
- 1972
- Genres
- folk rock, singer-songwriter
- Length
- 2:29
- Tempo
- 134 BPM
- Label
- R2M
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About this song
Released as a single after Jim Croce died in a plane crash in 1973, it became his second and last No. 1 hit. The song comes from the 1972 album You Don't Mess Around with Jim, whose sales rose after Croce's death.
What it's about
The lyrics center on the message of time lost, a theme the record label found too eerie to leave alone.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 2 other songs, like “Okizeme by love-sadKiD, Rav & EXOCIETY (Ft. Kill Bill: The Rapper)”.
- Covered 16 times, including “Time In A Bottle by Aaron Carter”.
- Written by Jim Croce.
- Produced by Tommy West and Terry Cashman.
- Recorded at The Hit Factory.