Time In A Bottle by lazarus57

lazarus57 - Time In A Bottle

lazarus57

Jul 08, 2025 10:46am

MUSICAL BINGO 2 - ROUND 1<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/WW2H/ead31df7d5_XU05_media.gif">CARD C 70'S "Time in a Bottle" is a song by singer-songwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Croce" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Jim Croce</a>. It appeared on Croce's 1972 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">ABC</a> third album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Don%27t_Mess_Around_with_Jim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">You Don't Mess Around with Jim</a> and was featured in the 1973 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">ABC</a> made-for-television movie <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Lives!" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">She Lives!</a> After Croce was killed in a plane crash in September 1973, the song was aired frequently on radio, and demand for a single release built. The single of "Time in a Bottle" became Croce's second and final track to reach number one in the United States.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_a_Bottle#cite_note-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[3]</a>CompositionCroce wrote the lyrics after his wife Ingrid told him she was pregnant in December 1970.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_a_Bottle#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[4]</a>The arrangement features a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpsichord" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">harpsichord</a> that producer Tommy West discovered had been left in the mixing studio.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_a_Bottle#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[5]</a>Reception<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_Box" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Cash Box</a> magazine called the song "a sweet, tender <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentimental_ballad" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">ballad</a> filled with Croce’s magical vocal touch".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_a_Bottle#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[6]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_World" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Record World</a> called it "an instant classic and an extremely moving record."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_a_Bottle#cite_note-rw-7" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[7]</a>"Time in a Bottle" was the third posthumous Billboard number-one hit after "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sittin%27_on_the_Dock_of_the_Bay" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Redding" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Otis Redding</a> and "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_and_Bobby_McGee" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Me and Bobby McGee</a>" by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Joplin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Janis Joplin</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_a_Bottle#cite_note-8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[8]</a>After 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. 1 for five weeks.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_a_Bottle#cite_note-9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[9]</a>In 1977, Time in a Bottle was chosen as the title of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_a_Bottle:_Jim_Croce%27s_Greatest_Love_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">compilation album</a> of Croce's love songs. <img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4d/Time_in_a_Bottle.jpg" alt="undefined"><img src="https://tse2.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.vCpou5Ej8TxooeXh3tCujQHaEK?r=0&rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain&o=7&rm=3" alt="Time in a bottle - Jim Croce - 1 hour - YouTube">