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I Got a Name
I Got a Name
Studio album by Jim Croce
Released	December 1, 1973
Recorded	1973
Studio	Hit Factory, New York City
Genre	Folk rock
Length	30:57
Label	ABC (USA); Vertigo (UK)
Producer	Terry Cashman, Tommy West
Jim Croce chronology
Singles from I Got a Name
	"I Got a Name / "Alabama Rain""; Released: September 1973; "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" / "Salon and Saloon"; Released: March 1974; "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" / "Thursday"; Released: June 1974;

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+^[2]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)^[3]

I Got a Name is the fifth and final studio album and first posthumous release by American singer-songwriter, Jim Croce, released on December 1, 1973. It features the ballad "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song", which reached number 9 in the US singles chart, and the ballad "Salon and Saloon", the last song Croce recorded in his lifetime. The song, which is noted for its sparse piano-only vocal backing, was written by his guitarist and friend Maury Muehleisen and was included on the album as a gift to the writer.

This would be Croce's final album, as he died in a plane crash on September 20, 1973.

"I Got a Name" was used as the theme for the films The Last American Hero and Invincible. It was a posthumous hit for Croce, reaching number 10 in the US singles chart.

The album reached number 2 on the US charts behind his earlier album You Don't Mess Around with Jim in first place.^[4]^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jim Croce, unless stated otherwise:

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Got a Name"	Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel	3:11
2.	"Lover's Cross"		3:04
3.	"Five Short Minutes"		3:29
4.	"Age"	Jim Croce, Ingrid Croce	3:46
5.	"Workin' at the Car Wash Blues"		2:32
6.	"I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song"		2:34
7.	"Salon and Saloon"	Maury Muehleisen	2:31
8.	"Thursday"	Sal Joseph	2:28
9.	"Top Hat Bar and Grille"		2:47
10.	"Recently"		2:34
11.	"The Hard Way Every Time"		2:29

Personnel

Credits taken from album's liner notes^[6]

Jim Croce – rhythm guitar on tracks 2 to 6 and 8 to 11, lead vocals, backing vocals on tracks 1, 4, and 8

Additional musicians

Leroy Brown – backing vocals on "Five Short Minutes"
Gary Chester – drums on "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song"
George Devens – percussion on tracks 1, 4, 6, and 9
Steve Gadd – drums on tracks 3, 5, and 11
Ellie Greenwich – backing vocals on "Top Hat Bar and Grille"
Michael Kamen – ARP synthesizer and oboe on "The Hard Way Every Time"; ARP tuba synthesizer on "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues"
Joe Macho – bass on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 to 10
Rick Marotta – drums on tracks 1, 2, 8, 9, percussion on track 10
Bobby Matos – percussion on tracks 3, 5, and 10
Terence P. Minogue – strings, backing vocals on "The Hard Way Every Time"
Maury Muehleisen – lead acoustic guitar on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8 to 11, lead electric guitar on 4 and 9, backing vocals on 1, 5, and 8
Henry Gross – lead and rhythm electric guitar on "Five Short Minutes", slide guitar on "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues"
Marty Nelson – backing vocals on tracks 3, 6, and 10
Alan Rolnick – backing vocals on "I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song"
Tasha Thomas – backing vocals on "Five Short Minutes" and "Top Hat Bar And Grille"
Tommy West – piano on tracks 1, 3, 7, 9, and 11, electric piano on track 6, keyboards on tracks 4, 8, and 10, rhythm guitar on tracks 1 and 4, and backing vocals on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 11
Stu Woods – bass on tracks 3, 5, and 11

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Year	Chart	Peak position
1974	US Billboard 200	2
1974	Canadian RPM 100	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1974)	Position
Canada RPM Top 100 Albums^[7]	27

Singles^[8]

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1973	"I Got a Name"	Adult Contemporary	4
1973	"I Got a Name"	Pop Singles	10
1974	"I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song"	Adult Contemporary	1
		Pop Singles	9
		Country	68
	"Workin' at the Car Wash Blues"	Adult Contemporary	9
	"Workin' at the Car Wash Blues"	Pop Singles	32

Certifications

Country	Certifications
United States	Gold

References

^ Allmusic review
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Rolling Stone review
^ Grein, Paul (October 5, 1991). "Chart Beat" (PDF). Billboard. p. 4. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
^ "January 26, 1974". Billboard 200.
^ https://www.discogs.com/release/799612-Jim-Croce-I-Got-A-Name?ev=item-vc ^{[bare URL]}
^ "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1974". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 28, 1974. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
^ Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)

[1] Allmusic review

[2] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[3] Rolling Stone review

[4] Grein, Paul (October 5, 1991). "Chart Beat" (PDF). Billboard. p. 4. Retrieved February 15, 2024.

[5] "January 26, 1974". Billboard 200.

[6] ttps://www.discogs.com/release/799612-Jim-Croce-I-Got-A-Name?ev=item-vc ^{[bare URL]}

[7] "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1974". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. December 28, 1974. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2011.

[8] Hyatt, Wesley (1999). The Billboard Book of No. 1 Adult Contemporary Hits (Billboard Publications)

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 | venue        =
-| studio       = The Hit Factory, New York City, USA
+| studio       = [[Hit Factory]], New York City
 | genre        = [[Folk rock]]
 | length       = 30:57
-| label        = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
+| label        = [[ABC Records|ABC]] <small>(USA)</small><br>[[Vertigo Records|Vertigo]] <small>(UK)</small>
 | producer     = [[Terry Cashman]], [[Tommy West (producer)|Tommy West]]
 | prev_title   = [[Life and Times (Jim Croce album)|Life & Times]]
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  | single1date = September 1973
  | single2     = [[I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song]]" / "Salon and Saloon
- | single2date = April 1974
+ | single2date = March 1974
  | single3     = [[Workin' at the Car Wash Blues]]" / "Thursday
  | single3date = June 1974
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-| rev2Score = C+
-| rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
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-| rev3score = (favorable)
-}}'''''I Got a Name''''' is the fifth and final studio album and first [[Death|posthumous]] release by American singer-songwriter, [[Jim Croce]]. released on December 1, 1973. It features the ballad "[[I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song]]", which reached number 9 in the US singles chart, and the ballad "Salon and Saloon", the last song Croce recorded in his lifetime. The song was written by his guitarist Maury Muehleisen and was included on the album as a gift to the writer. The song is noted for its sparse piano-only vocal backing. This would be Croce's final album recorded during his lifetime, as Croce died in a plane crash on September 20, 1973, the day before the album's title song was released, leaving wife [[Ingrid Croce]] and son [[A. J. Croce|Adrian J. Croce]]. The [[I Got a Name (song)|title track]], the theme from the film ''[[The Last American Hero]]'', was another posthumous hit for Croce, reaching number 10 in the US singles chart.
+}}'''''I Got a Name''''' is the fifth and final studio album and first [[Death|posthumous]] release by American singer-songwriter, [[Jim Croce]], released on December 1, 1973. It features the ballad "[[I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song]]", which reached number 9 in the US singles chart, and the ballad "Salon and Saloon", the last song Croce recorded in his lifetime. The song, which is noted for its sparse piano-only vocal backing, was written by his guitarist and friend [[Maury Muehleisen]] and was included on the album as a gift to the writer.
+This would be Croce's final album, as he died in a plane crash on September 20, 1973.
+"[[I Got a Name (song)|I Got a Name]]" was used as the theme for the films ''[[The Last American Hero]]'' and ''[[Invincible (2006 film)|Invincible]]''. It was a posthumous hit for Croce, reaching number 10 in the US singles chart.
+The album reached number 2 on the US charts behind his earlier album ''[[You Don't Mess Around with Jim]]'' in first place.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=October 5, 1991|title=Chart Beat|last=Grein|first=Paul|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-10-05.pdf|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=4|access-date=February 15, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1974-01-26|work=[[Billboard 200]] |title=January 26, 1974}}</ref>
 ==Track listing==
+All tracks are written by Jim Croce, unless stated otherwise:
 {{Track listing
 | title1          = [[I Got a Name (song)|I Got a Name]]
 | writer1         = [[Charles Fox (composer)|Charles Fox]], [[Norman Gimbel]]
-| length1         = 3:15
+| length1         = 3:11
 | title2          = Lover's Cross
-| writer2         = Jim Croce
+| writer2         =
 | length2         = 3:04
 | title3          = Five Short Minutes
-| writer3         = Jim Croce
+| writer3         =
 | length3         = 3:29
 | title4          = [[Age (song)|Age]]
@@ Line 54: / Line 60: @@
 | length4         = 3:46
 | title5          = [[Workin' at the Car Wash Blues]]
-| writer5         = Jim Croce
+| writer5         =
 | length5         = 2:32
 | title6          = [[I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song]]
-| writer6         = Jim Croce
+| writer6         =
 | length6         = 2:34
 | title7          = Salon and Saloon
@@ Line 66: / Line 72: @@
 | length8         = 2:28
 | title9          = Top Hat Bar and Grille
-| writer9         = Jim Croce
+| writer9         =
 | length9         = 2:47
 | title10         = Recently
-| writer10        = Jim Croce
+| writer10        =
 | length10        = 2:34
 | title11         = The Hard Way Every Time
-| writer11        = Jim Croce
+| writer11        =
 | length11        = 2:29
 }}
 ==Personnel==
+Credits taken from album's liner notes<ref>https://www.discogs.com/release/799612-Jim-Croce-I-Got-A-Name?ev=item-vc {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
-*Jim Croce – guitar, vocals, backing vocals
+*Jim Croce – rhythm guitar on tracks 2 to 6 and 8 to 11, lead vocals, backing vocals on tracks 1, 4, and 8
 '''Additional musicians'''
 *Leroy Brown – backing vocals on "Five Short Minutes"
 *[[Gary Chester]] – drums on "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song"
-*George Devens – percussion
+*George Devens – percussion on tracks 1, 4, 6, and 9
-*[[Steve Gadd]] – drums
+*[[Steve Gadd]] – drums on tracks 3, 5, and 11
 *[[Ellie Greenwich]] – backing vocals on "Top Hat Bar and Grille"
 *[[Michael Kamen]] – ARP synthesizer and oboe on "The Hard Way Every Time"; ARP tuba synthesizer on "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues"
-*Joe Macho – bass
+*Joe Macho – bass on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 to 10
-*[[Rick Marotta]] – drums, percussion
+*[[Rick Marotta]] – drums on tracks 1, 2, 8, 9, percussion on track 10
-*Bobby Matos – percussion
+*[[Bobby Matos]] – percussion on tracks 3, 5, and 10
 *Terence P. Minogue – strings, backing vocals on "The Hard Way Every Time"
-*[[Maury Muehleisen]] – lead acoustic guitar, backing vocals
+*[[Maury Muehleisen]] – lead acoustic guitar on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8 to 11, lead electric guitar on 4 and 9, backing vocals on 1, 5, and 8
 *[[Henry Gross]] – lead and rhythm electric guitar on "Five Short Minutes", slide guitar on "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues"
-*Marty Nelson – backing vocals
+*Marty Nelson – backing vocals on tracks 3, 6, and 10
-*Alan Rolnick – guitar, backing vocals
+*Alan Rolnick – backing vocals on "I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song"
-*Tasha Thomas – backing vocals
+*[[Tasha Thomas]] – backing vocals on "Five Short Minutes" and "Top Hat Bar And Grille"
-*[[Tommy West (producer)|Tommy West]] – bass, piano, electric piano, backing vocals
+*[[Tommy West (producer)|Tommy West]] – piano on tracks 1, 3, 7, 9, and 11, electric piano on track 6, keyboards on tracks 4, 8, and 10, rhythm guitar on tracks 1 and 4, and backing vocals on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 11
-*Stu Woods – bass
+*Stu Woods – bass on tracks 3, 5, and 11
 ==Chart positions==
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 !align="left"|Position
 |-
-|align="left"|1973
+|align="left" rowspan="2"|1973
-|align="left"|"[[I Got a Name (song)|I Got a Name]]"
+|align="left" rowspan="2"|"[[I Got a Name (song)|I Got a Name]]"
 |align="left"|[[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]]
 |align="center"|4
 |-
-|align="left"|1973
-|align="left"|"I Got a Name"
 |align="left"|[[Billboard Hot 100|Pop Singles]]
 |align="center"|10
 |-
-|align="left"|1974
+|align="left" rowspan="5"|1974
-|align="left"|"[[I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song]]"
+|align="left" rowspan="3"|"[[I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song]]"
 |align="left"|Adult Contemporary
 |align="center"|1
 |-
-|align="left"|1974
-|align="left"|"I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song"
 |align="left"|Pop Singles
 |align="center"|9
 |-
-|align="left"|1974
-|align="left"|"I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song"
 |align="left"|[[Hot Country Songs|Country]]
 |align="center"|68
 |-
-|align="left"|1974
+|align="left" rowspan="2"|"[[Workin' at the Car Wash Blues]]"
-|align="left"|"[[Workin' at the Car Wash Blues]]"
 |align="left"|Adult Contemporary
 |align="center"|9
 |-
-|align="left"|1974
-|align="left"|"Workin' at the Car Wash Blues"
 |align="left"|Pop Singles
 |align="center"|32
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 [[Category:ABC Records albums]]
 [[Category:Vertigo Records albums]]
+[[Category:Albums produced by Tommy West (producer)]]

v t e Jim Croce
Studio albums	Facets Jim & Ingrid Croce You Don't Mess Around with Jim Life and Times I Got a Name
Live albums	Jim Croce Live: The Final Tour Have You Heard: Jim Croce Live
Compilation albums	Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits The Faces I've Been Time in a Bottle: Jim Croce's Greatest Love Songs Down the Highway Home Recordings: Americana
Tribute albums	Jerry Reed Sings Jim Croce Jim Croce: A Nashville Tribute
Singles	"You Don't Mess Around with Jim" "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" "One Less Set of Footsteps" "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" "I Got a Name" "Time in a Bottle" "It Doesn't Have to Be That Way" "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" "Workin' at the Car Wash Blues" "Chain Gang Medley"
Other songs	"Age"
Related articles	Discography Ingrid Croce A. J. Croce Maury Muehleisen