Question: when did time in a bottle come out
Answer: `` Time in a Bottle '' Single by Jim Croce from the album You Do n't Mess Around with Jim B - side `` Hard Time Losin ' Man '' Released November 1973 Format 7 '' 45 RPM Recorded 1972 Genre Folk rock Length 2 : 30 Label ABC Songwriter ( s ) Jim Croce Producer ( s ) Terry Cashman , Tommy West Jim Croce singles chronology `` I Got a Name '' ( 1973 ) `` Time in a Bottle '' ( 1973 ) `` It Does n't Have to Be That Way '' ( 1973 ) `` I Got a Name '' ( 1973 ) `` Time in a Bottle '' ( 1973 ) `` It Does n't Have to Be That Way '' ( 1973 )