It Doesn't Have To Be That Way (track)
by Jim Croce

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It Doesn't Have To Be That Way by Jim Croce
Year: 1973
From the album Life And Times (track #11)

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It Doesn't Have To Be That Way appears on the following album(s) by Jim Croce:

• The Very Best Of (track #10) (compilation) (1998)
• Life And Times (track #11) (this album) (1973)
• Lost Time In A Bottle (track #11) (compilation) (2014)
• Time In A Bottle: Jim Croce's Greatest Love Songs (track #6) (compilation) (1976)
• Greatest Hits (track #14) (compilation) (1974)
• The Singles (track #6) (compilation) (2000)
• The 50th Anniversary Collection (track #30) (compilation) (1992)
• Songbook (track #18) (compilation) (1988)

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Track ratings	Avg. track rating
70/100	01/01/2026 11:07	Exist-en-ciel	86,568	71/100
80/100	12/28/2025 12:51	mjp11	10,165	84/100
75/100	07/28/2025 04:02	AAL2014	36,071	76/100
80/100	05/11/2025 12:40	machiaj	9,085	74/100
70/100	05/12/2024 03:11	culwin	21,018	75/100

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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.4.

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