Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)

~ Recording by Jim Croce

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:45Jim CroceYou Don’t Mess Around With JimJim CroceAlbum
ABC Records (US, 65–79)ABCX-756
1.1Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:45Jim CroceOperator (That’s Not the Way It Feels) / Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)Jim CroceSingle
ABC Records (US, 65–79)ABC-11335
1.7Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:45Jim CroceYou Don’t Mess Around With JimJim CroceAlbum
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)6360 700
1.7Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:50Jim CroceYou Don’t Mess Around With Jim (Quadraphonic 8-Track)Jim CroceAlbum
ABC Records (US, 65–79)7022-756 H
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1974-09-26
ABC Records (US, 65–79)ABCD-835
1.2Operator3:50Jim CroceTime in a Bottle: Jim Croce’s Greatest Love SongsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Lifesong RecordsJZ 35000
1.1Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:50Jim CroceHis Greatest SongsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
K‐tel (international budget record label)NE 1059, NE1059
1.1Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:50Jim CroceGrandes ExitosJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
K‐tel (international budget record label)18L0223
1.7Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:45Jim CroceYou Don’t Mess Around With JimJim CroceAlbum
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabMFSL 1-079
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Saja Records92570-2
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
21 RecordsCD 90467
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
21 Records7 90467-2
1.2Operator3:50Jim CroceTime in a Bottle: Jim Croce’s Greatest Love SongsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Saja Records92567-2
1.3Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:46Jim CroceReflectionsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
PolyTel829 082-2
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceThe Jim Croce CollectionJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC)CCSCD 154
1.2Operator3:50Jim CroceTime in a Bottle: Jim Croce’s Greatest Love SongsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC)CLACD 117
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC)CLACD 119
2.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceSongbookJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Commander Classics80044
1.2Operator3:49Jim CroceTime In a bottleJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)VOZCD 2018
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
BR Music (NL-based reissue label)BRCD 119
1.12Operator3:49Jim CroceThe Legendary Jim CroceJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
1.2Operator3:49Jim CroceThe Story of... - Time in a BottleJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • -1990
BR Music (NL-based reissue label)BS 8003-2
1.7Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceBad, Bad Leroy Brown & Other FavoritesJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)4XL 57445
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC)37405034
1.21Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:50Jim CroceThe 50th Anniversary CollectionJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-09-22
Saja Records7 92205-2
1.4Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CroceAM Gold: Early ’70s Classics (Superhits reissue with two tracks changed)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time-Life, Warner Special ProductsAMI-15, OPCD-2683A
1.6Operator3:47Jim CroceMillion Sellers 15: The SeventiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
DiskyMSCD 1915
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Saja RecordsRTMCD 500
1.4Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CroceSuperhits: Early '70s ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicSUD-20
1.21Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:50Jim CroceThe 50th Anniversary CollectionJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Essential! Records (division of Castle Communications)ESDCD 188
1.12Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CroceLove HurtsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC)MAT CD 275
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits (club edition)Jim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-11-03
Saja Records, Columbia House (distributor, a division of CBS Records Canada Ltd.)1CD 7755
1.12Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CroceLove HurtsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC)MAT CD 275
1.12Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceLove HurtsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC)MAT CD 275
1.12Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CroceLove HurtsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC)MAT CD 275
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Unidisc (Canadian disco and dance music label)AGEK-2020
1.7Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:50Jim Croce24 Karat Gold in a BottleJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-07-15
DCC Compact Classics, Saja RecordsGZS-1060
2.1Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CroceAll-Time Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.), GSC Music, Saja Records#15100, S23-17830
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceBad, Bad Leroy Brown & Other FavoritesJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)S21-57445
2.3Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceEntertainment Weekly: Lite GoldVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Special ProductsA2 25282
1.15Operator3:48Jim CroceTime in a Bottle: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Woodford MusicWMCD 5703
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-09-15
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Saja Records92570-2
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits (club edition)Jim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-09-19
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Saja Records, BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions)92570-2, D103789
1.4Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CroceAM Gold: Early ’70s Classics (unchanged Superhits reissue)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music, Warner Special ProductsAM1-15, OPCD-2683A
1.6Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceBack to Back HitsJim Croce & Don McLeanAlbum + Compilation
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)S21-18677
1.6Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceJim Croce : The Ultimate Collection : PlatinumJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 8 34389 2 1, CDCROCE(WR)1
1.6Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceJim Croce: The Ultimate Collection: PlatinumJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)
1.8Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)3:46Jim CroceThe Ralph Lauren Songs Across America CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CroceTime in a Bottle (The Complete Collection)Jim CroceAlbum + Compilation
BR Music (NL-based reissue label)BX 501-2
1.3Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:47Jim CroceBest of Jim CroceJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Music Club (Demon Music Club, UK)MCCD 295
1.12Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CroceLove HurtsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Pulse (UK budget label)PLS CD 199
1.9Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)3:48Jim CroceMellow Rock Hits of the '70s: SundownVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special Products, Rhino (reissue label)OPCD 1739, R2 72519
2.11Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CroceSoft RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Pulse (UK budget label)PDS CD 504
1.8Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CroceStory SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
K‐tel (international budget record label)3885-2
1.4Operator3:50Jim CroceJim Croce: Bad Bad Leroy Brown: The Definitive CollectionJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1998-04-21
Recall 2cd (UK 2CD re‐issue label, cat #s SMD CD ###)SMD CD 102X
2.16Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CroceAmerican Pie: Great Tales and Sagas in SongVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s Digest Music
1.1Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:50Jim CroceI Got a Name - BestJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • DE1999-08-01
Zounds, Vereinigte Motor‐Verlage GmbH & Co. KG (do not use this as an imprint!)CD 2700020091 B
1.3Operator3:50Jim CroceThe Definitive Collection: Time in a BottleJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-09-13
Essential! Records (division of Castle Communications)ESACD 781
1.10Operator3:49Jim CroceBad, Bad Leroy BrownJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
LaserLight Digital21164
1.18Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceClassic Love SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Pulse (UK budget label)PLS CD 179
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:50Jim CroceTime in a Bottle: Jim Croce’s Greatest Love SongsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Castle Music (subsidiary of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.)ESM CD 697
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceWords And MusicJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
DCC Compact Classics, Saja RecordsGZS-1134
1.2Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)3:47Jim CroceSingers and Songwriters: Early '70sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special Products, Time–Life MusicOPCD-2796, R812-09
1.2Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)3:47Jim CroceSingers and Songwriters: Early '70sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special Products, Time–Life MusicOPCD-2796A, R812-09
1.3Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CroceThe SinglesJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
BR Music (NL-based reissue label)BX 540-2
1.9Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceSinger SongwriterJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • -2001
EMI Plus724357626125
1.7Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)3:44Jim CroceSingers & Songwriters, Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Compass Productions (budget compilations), Sony Music Special ProductsA 53950
1.21Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CroceThe Complete CollectionJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
BR Music (NL-based reissue label), Saja RecordsBS 8040-2
1.7Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:51Jim CroceVH1 Behind the Music: The Jim Croce CollectionJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)R2 74331
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceStories & Characters: Best of Jim CroceJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-01-20
BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation)74321529442
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:50Jim CroceClassic Hits (Remastered)Jim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-01-27
Rhino (reissue label)R2 73890
1.7Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceThe Way We Used to Be - The AnthologyJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-09-13
Sanctuary MidlineSMETD117
2.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:50Jim CroceThe Essential CollectionJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Metro Doubles (UK double‐disc reissue/compilation imprint, METRDCD cat prefix)METRDCD554
1.7Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceYou Don’t Mess Around With JimJim CroceAlbum
Castle Music (subsidiary of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.)CMDDD1332
1.3Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:47Jim CroceGold – Soft RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2007-04-03
Hip‐O Records
1.3Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceGold: Soft RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-04-03
Hip‐O RecordsB0008534-02
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-10-29
Saja Records7 90467-2
1.7Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceYou Don’t Mess Around With JimJim CroceAlbum
  • US2008-09-30
R2M Music (BMI)R2-514257
1.7Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceYou Don’t Mess Around With JimJim CroceAlbum
  • US2008-09-30
Rhino (reissue label)
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:47Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-08-04
Rhino (reissue label)
1.2Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceLover's CrossJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Woodstock Tapes
2.11Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:46Jim CroceSingers & Songwriters: TroubadoursVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time-Life25747-D
1.7Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:50Jim CroceYou Don’t Mess Around with Jim / Life and Times / I Got a NameJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2011-07-25
Edsel RecordsEDSD2116
2.9Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceGreatest Ever! Country RockVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2013-02-18
Union Square MusicGTSTCD074
1.1Operator3:49Jim CroceTransparent, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-12-09
Amazon Content Services (label for Amazon.com related ventures via Amazon Publishing such as Amazon Studios, Inc.)
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:46Jim CroceThe Definitive CroceJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2015-05-25
Music Club DeluxeMCDLX207
4.7Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceThe Studio Album CollectionJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Edsel RecordsCROCEBOX01
1.7Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)3:50Jim CroceYou Don't Mess Around With JimJim CroceAlbum
  • XW2017-03-01
R2M Music (BMI)[none]
1.2Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceAn Introduction to Jim CroceJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US2019-03-29
Rhino (reissue label)R2-587460
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:48Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2021-02-12
  • US2021-02-12
BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008–present)538630432
1.7Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceYou Don't Mess Around With Jim (50th Anniversary Edition)Jim CroceAlbum
  • US2022-10-07
1.7Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceYou Don't Mess Around With Jim (50th anniversary)Jim CroceAlbum
  • US2022-10-07
BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008–present)538795582
1.7Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceThe Definitive CroceJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2023-11-17
BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008–present)538896192
1.7Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)?:??Jim CroceThe Definitive CroceJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008–present)538896181
2.2Operator3:48Jim CroceEasy ’70sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:47Jim CroceGreatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Promotion
1.1Operator3:49Jim CroceFord Dial Your Number 06 0720Various Artists
RE 060720
1.1Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)3:50Jim CroceJim CroceJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
(unknown)
1.7Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceSinger Songwriter Best Of The 70's, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)AC 53950
1.2Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)3:49Jim CroceRolling Stone: The Timeless Stories of the ’70s — Singer/SongwriterVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Compass Productions (budget compilations)OPCD-8192

Relationships

producer:Terry Cashman
Tommy West
vocals:Jim Croce (on 1971-10-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:R2M Music (BMI) (in 1972)
recorded at:The Hit Factory in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1971-10-11)
recording of:Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels) (on 1971-10-11)

Related works

Operator (That’s Not the Way It Feels)

lyricist and composer:Jim Croce
publisher:DenJac Music Company
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)