Hvem sang if i could save time in a bottle?
Jim Croce
"Time in a Bottle" er en hitsingle af singer-songwriter Jim Croce. Croce skrev teksten, efter at hans kone Ingrid havde fortalt ham, at hun var gravid, i december 1970. Den optrådte på hans ABC-debutalbum You Don't Mess Around with Jim fra 1972. ABC havde oprindeligt ikke til hensigt at udgive sangen som single, men da Croce blev dræbt i et flystyrt i september 1973, fik sangens tekst, der handlede om dødelighed og ønsket om at have mere tid, yderligere genklang. Sangen fik efterfølgende en stor mængde airplay som et albumnummer, og efterspørgslen efter en singleudgivelse voksede. Da den til sidst blev udgivet som en 7", blev den hans andet og sidste nr. 1-hit. Efter at singlen havde afsluttet sine to uger på toppen i begyndelsen af januar 1974, blev albummet You Don't Mess Around with Jim nr. 1 i fem uger. I 1977 blev "Time in a Bottle" brugt som titel på et kompilationsalbum med Croces kærlighedssange.
Jim Croce
"Time in a Bottle" is a hit single by singer-songwriter Jim Croce. Croce wrote the lyrics after his wife Ingrid told him she was pregnant, in December 1970. It appeared on his 1972 ABC debut album You Don't Mess Around with Jim. ABC originally did not intend to release the song as a single; but when Croce was killed in a plane crash in September 1973, the song's lyrics, dealing with mortality and the wish to have more time, had additional resonance. The song subsequently received a large amount of airplay as an album track and demand for a single release built. When it was eventually issued as a 7", it became his second and final No. 1 hit. After the single had finished its two-week run at the top in early January 1974, the album You Don't Mess Around with Jim became No. 1 for five weeks. In 1977, "Time in a Bottle" was used as the title for a compilation album of Croce's love songs.
Time in a Bottle