# Jim Croce discography

Jim Croce was an American singer-songwriter with five studio albums and 12 singles to his credit. His posthumously-released fifth studio album was completed just prior to his 1973 death, and seven singles were also posthumously issued, one of which was "Time in a Bottle" from a previous album You Don't Mess Around with Jim. His popularity continued long after his death with the release of numerous compilation albums and "new" material (from the vaults) being portioned out sporadically over the years. Three live albums, as well as a live DVD, have also been published.
Croce's first two studio albums Facets and Croce (aka Jim & Ingrid Croce) did not chart, but his third, You Don't Mess Around with Jim, peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 following his death. This album featured three singles, "You Don't Mess Around with Jim", "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)", and "Time in a Bottle." His fourth album Life and Times peaked at No. 2 in the United States but reached No. 1 in Canada in late December 1973. It featured the singles "One Less Set of Footsteps", "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", and "It Doesn't Have to Be That Way".
"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" achieved great success, reaching the No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100. "Time in a Bottle" went from a relatively unknown album cut to a posthumous No. 1 after the boost it received from being featured in the ABC TV-movie She Lives. His fifth album, I Got a Name, was released in December 1973 and reached the No. 2 position in both the United States and Canada. This album would feature the title song "I Got a Name", "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song", and "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues". The song, "I Got a Name" had been released as a single during Croce's lifetime, but "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" became a posthumous number one release when it reached the top position on Billboard Adult Contemporary Singles in 1974.
Several compilation albums such as Down the Highway and The Faces I've Been were released in the mid 1970s, the latter containing unissued and demo recordings from an unreleased album. Two songs from "The Faces I've Been" were released as singles, "Chain Gang Medley" and "Mississippi Lady". They would be his final singles released. Another compilation album, Photographs & Memories became a successful release by reaching No. 1 on the Canadian charts and No. 2 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. It also achieved a platinum certification in the United States, and a Gold certification in Hong Kong.
Even after his death, his popularity continued and a demand for unreleased material caused a live album to be released, Jim Croce Live: The Final Tour. It was recorded during the summer of 1973. More demo recordings were released in 2003 on the album Home Recordings: Americana. A DVD featuring live concert footage was also released in 2003, Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live which later spawned a CD featuring the audio from the concert footage.

## Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | CAN | AUS | Certifications |
| Facets | Released: 1966 Label: Croce-101; Self-released | — | — | — | |
| Jim & Ingrid Croce | Released: January 1969 Label: Capitol Records | — | — | — | |
| You Don't Mess Around with Jim | Released: April 1972 Label: ABC Records | 1 | 1 | — | US: Gold |
| Life and Times | Released: July 1, 1973 Label: ABC Records | 7 | 1 | — | US: Gold |
| I Got a Name | Released: December 1, 1973 Label: ABC Records | 2 | 2 | 69 | US: Gold |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||

## Live albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | CAN | Certifications |
| Jim Croce Live: The Final Tour | Released: 1989 Label: Saja | — | — | |
| Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live | Released: January 31, 2006 Label: Shout! Factory | — | — | |
| The Lost Recordings | Released: August 27, 2013 Label: Sony Music | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||

## Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications |
| Title | Album details | US | CAN | NZ | Certifications |
| Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits | Released: September 1974 Label: ABC | 2 | 1 | — | US: Platinum HK: Gold |
| The Faces I've Been | Released: 1975 Label: Lifesong | 87 | 83 | — | |
| Greatest Hits | Released: May 1975 Label: RCA | — | 35 | — | CAN: Gold |
| Time in a Bottle: Jim Croce's Greatest Love Songs | Released: 1976 Label: Lifesong | 170 | — | — | |
| Bad, Bad Leroy Brown: Jim Croce's Greatest Character Songs | Released: 1978 Label: Lifesong | — | — | — | |
| The Legendary Jim Croce | Released: June 1978 Label: Lifesong | — | — | 4 | |
| Down the Highway | Released: 1980 Label: Saja | — | — | — | |
| Collection | Released: December 1, 1986 Label: Castle | — | — | — | UK: Silver |
| The 50th Anniversary Collection | Released: September 22, 1992 Label: Saja | — | — | — | |
| 24 Karat Gold in a Bottle | Released: July 15, 1994 Label: DCC Compact Classics | — | — | — | |
| The Best of Jim Croce | Released: October 27, 1998 Label: Music Club Records | — | — | — | |
| Simply the Best: Time in a Bottle – His Greatest Hits | Released: May 25, 1999 Label: Woodford | — | — | — | |
| Words and Music | Released: September 14, 1999 Label: DCC Compact Classics | — | — | — | |
| The Definitive Collection: "Time in a Bottle" | Released: May 16, 2000 Label: Essential Records | — | — | — | |
| VH1 Behind the Music: The Jim Croce Collection | Released: August 21, 2001 Label: Rhino | — | — | — | |
| Home Recordings: Americana | Released: October 14, 2003 Label: High Coin | — | — | — | |
| Classic Hits | Released: January 27, 2004 Label: Rhino | — | — | — | |
| The Way We Used to Be: The Anthology | Released: September 13, 2004 Label: Sanctuary | — | — | — | |
| The Very Best of Jim Croce | Released: January 15, 2007 Label: Phantom Import Distribution | — | — | — | |
| The Original Albums ... Plus | Released: July 5, 2011 Label: Edsel Records | — | — | — | |
| The Lost Recordings | Released: 2011 Label: Sony Music | — | — | — | |
| An Introduction to: Jim Croce | Released: March 29, 2019 Label: Rhino Entertainment | | | | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart ||||||

## Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name :
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album |
| Year | Title | US | US AC | US Country | CAN | CAN AC | AUS | NL | GER | FRA | Certifications | Album |
| 1972 | "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" | 8 | 9 | — | 4 | — | 80 | — | — | 15 | | You Don't Mess Around with Jim |
| 1972 | "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" | 17 | 11 | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | | You Don't Mess Around with Jim |
| 1973 | "One Less Set of Footsteps" | 37 | 8 | — | 41 | 27 | — | — | — | — | | Life and Times |
| 1973 | "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" | 1 | 9 | — | 1 | 3 | 19 | 27 | 38 | — | US: Gold | Life and Times |
| 1973 | "I Got a Name" | 10 | 4 | — | 8 | 5 | 49 | 25 | — | — | | I Got a Name |
| 1973 | "Time in a Bottle" | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 60 | — | — | 106 | US: Gold | You Don't Mess Around with Jim |
| 1973 | "It Doesn't Have to Be That Way" | 64 | — | — | 47 | 53 | — | — | — | — | | Life and Times |
| 1974 | "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" | 9 | 1 | 68 | 4 | — | 100 | 29 | — | — | | I Got a Name |
| 1974 | "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" | 32 | 9 | — | 18 | 2 | — | — | — | — | | I Got a Name |
| 1975 | "Lover's Cross" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | I Got a Name |
| 1975 | "Chain Gang Medley" | 63 | 22 | — | 29 | 20 | — | — | — | — | | The Faces I've Been |
| 1976 | "Mississippi Lady"$^B$ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | The Faces I've Been |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart |||||||||||||
* $^B$Peaked at 10 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.

## Videography
### DVDs

List of DVD releases with selected details :
| Title | Album details |
| Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live | Released: October 14, 2003 Label: Shout! Factory Format: DVD |

### Music videos

List of music videos :
| Year | Title |
| 2003 | "Time in a Bottle" |
| 2003 | "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" |

## Tribute albums

* The Ventures: The Ventures Play the Jim Croce Songbook (1974)
* Jerry Reed: Jerry Reed Sings Jim Croce (1980)
* Various Artists: Jim Croce: A Nashville Tribute (1997)