Time in a Bottle
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"Time in a Bottle" is a song by singer-songwriter Jim Croce. It appeared on Croce's 1972 ABC third album You Don't Mess Around with Jim and was featured in the 1973 ABC made-for-television movie She Lives! 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.[1]
Composition
Croce wrote the lyrics after his wife Ingrid told him she was pregnant in December 1970.[2]
The arrangement features a harpsichord that producer Tommy West discovered had been left in the mixing studio.[3]
Reception
Cash Box magazine called the song "a sweet, tender ballad filled with Croce’s magical vocal touch".[4] Record World called it "an instant classic and an extremely moving record."[5]
"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.[6]
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.[7]
In 1977, Time in a Bottle was chosen as the title of a compilation album of Croce's love songs.
Track listing
7" single (ABC-11405)[8]
- "Time in a Bottle" – 2:24
- "Hard Time Losin' Man" – 2:23
Charts
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In popular culture
- The song was performed on a 1977 episode of The Muppet Show.[15]
- The song was used in television commercials for Mateus wine in 1983.[16][17][18]
- The song was sung by Leslie Chow (Ken Jeong) and Alan Garner (Zach Galifianakis) in an elevator in The Hangover Part II.[19]
- The song was featured in X-Men: Days of Future Past in a slow-motion sequence showcasing the character Peter Maximoff/Quicksilver.[20]
- In 2016, Apple released an iPhone 6s commercial called "Timer" which played some of "Time in a Bottle"; the commercial also features Sesame StreetTemplate:'s Cookie Monster interacting with Siri.[21]
- The song was featured in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Agatha All Along end credits for episode seven "Death's Hand in Mine".[22]
References
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- ↑ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th edition, Billboard Books, 2000, p. 159.
- ↑ Hyatt, Wesley. The Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits, Billboard Books, 1999, p. 132.
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- ↑ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top Pop Albums 1955–1985, Record Research Inc., 1985, p. 88, 505.
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External links
- Lyrics of this song
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- 1972 songs
- 1973 singles
- Jim Croce songs
- Lena Horne songs
- Glen Campbell songs
- Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
- Cashbox number-one singles
- RPM Top Singles number-one singles
- Songs released posthumously
- Songs written by Jim Croce
- Songs about death
- ABC Records singles
- Folk ballads
- Songs about time