Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) (track)
by Jim Croce
Year: 1972
From the album You Don't Mess Around With Jim (track #7)
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Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) appears on the following album(s) by Jim Croce:
- You Don't Mess Around With Jim (track #7) (this album) (1972)
- Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits (track #2) (compilation) (1974)
- Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live (track #2) (2006)
- Time In A Bottle: Jim Croce's Greatest Love Songs (track #2) (compilation) (1976)
- Greatest Hits (track #1) (compilation) (1974)
- The Singles (track #3) (compilation) (2000)
- The 50th Anniversary Collection (track #21) (compilation) (1992)
- Songbook (track #14) (compilation) (1988)
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| ! | 07/27/2025 13:34 | Imaybeparanoid | 51,233 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2025 03:51 |  AAL2014 | 33,942 | 76/100 |
| ! | 02/18/2025 12:04 |  DommeDamian | 71,925 | 51/100 |
| ! | 11/02/2024 11:28 |  flamingyesdept | 15,977 | 84/100 |
| ! | 05/16/2024 14:29 | dukeboxkool | 6,537 | 75/100 |
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Make no mistake- this is an *all-time great* song. Criminally underrated. Unforgettable lyrics, perfect flow, that voice.. just a perfect song.
This is one of those songs that I stop whatever I'm doing whenever it comes on. The echo of the backup vocalists, the finger picking, and Croce's heavenly voice put me in a trance.
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