You Don't Mess Around with Jim (song)
"You Don't Mess Around with Jim" is a 1972 strophic (all verses have the same tune) story song by Jim Croce from his album of the same name. It was Croce's debut single, released on ABC Records as ABC-11328. ABC Records promotion man Marty Kupps took it to KHJ 930 AM in Los Angeles, CA where it first aired. It made the KHJ "30" chart (at #27) that week of June 6, 1972. After spending 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, the song peaked at No. 8 the week ending September 9. Croce performed the song on American Bandstand on August 12, 1972. Billboard ranked it as the No. 68 song for 1972.
| "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Jim Croce | ||||
| from the album You Don't Mess Around with Jim | ||||
| B-side | "Photographs and Memories" | |||
| Released | June 1972 | |||
| Recorded | October 11, 1971; The Hit Factory (New York City) | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 3:02 | |||
| Label | ABC | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jim Croce | |||
| Producer(s) | Terry Cashman, Tommy West | |||
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