You Don’t Mess Around With Jim

~ Recording by Jim Croce

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:00Jim CroceYou Don’t Mess Around With JimJim CroceAlbum
ABC Records (US, 65-79)ABCX-756
1.1You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:00Jim CroceYou Don’t Mess Around With Jim (Quadraphonic 8-Track)Jim CroceAlbum
ABC Records (US, 65-79)7022-756 H
1.1You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:00Jim CroceYou Don’t Mess Around With JimJim CroceAlbum
Vertigo (originally a British rock label; German since 1998)6360 700
1.10You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
ABC Records (US, 65-79)ABCD-835
1.5You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:05Jim CroceDown the HighwayJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Lifesong Records
1.9You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:00Jim CroceHis Greatest SongsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
K‐tel (International budget record label)NE 1059, NE1059
1.9You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:00Jim CroceGrandes ExitosJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
K‐tel (International budget record label)18L0223
1.12You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CroceThe Legend Of Jim Croce: All His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Roadrunner RecordsRR34-9841
1.10You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
21 RecordsCD 90467
1.10You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
21 Records7 90467-2
1.10You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Saja Records92570-2
1.5You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:01Jim CroceDown the HighwayJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC)CLACD 118
1.7You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:01Jim CroceReflectionsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
PolyTel829 082-2
1.17You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:04Jim CroceThe Jim Croce CollectionJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC)CCSCD 154
1.10You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC)CLACD 119
1.5You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CroceSongbookJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Commander Classics80044
1.5You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:01Jim CroceJim Croce Smash HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Commander2648104
1.10You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
BR Music (NL-based reissue label)BRCD 119
1.16You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:04Jim CroceThe Legendary Jim CroceJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
2.5You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CroceThe Story of... - Time in a BottleJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • -1990
BR Music (NL-based reissue label)BS 8003-2
1.10You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC)37405034
1.11You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:03Jim CroceRock & Pop Diamonds 1972Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.14You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:00Jim CroceSounds of the Seventies: 1972, Take TwoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special Products, Time–Life MusicOPCD-2624, SOD-13
1.2You Don’t Mess Around With Jim2:59Jim CroceSuperhits: 1972Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicSUD-11
1.15You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:05Jim CroceThe 50th Anniversary CollectionJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-09-22
Saja Records7 92205-2
1.15You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:00Jim Croce50th Anniversary CollectionJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Unidisc (Canadian disco and dance music label)AGEK2-2022
1.5You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:05Jim CroceDown the HighwayJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Saja Records92569-2
2.1You Don't Mess Around With Jim2:58Jim CroceOur Songs: Singers & Songwriters EncoreVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special Products, Time–Life MusicOPCD-4539, R105-26
1.10You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Saja RecordsRTMCD 500
1.15You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:05Jim CroceThe 50th Anniversary CollectionJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Essential! Records (division of Castle Communications)ESDCD 188
1.10You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits (club edition)Jim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US1993-11-03
Saja Records, Columbia House (direct‐mailing distributor of club editions of releases)1CD 7755
1.10You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:03Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Unidisc (Canadian disco and dance music label)AGEK-2020
1.1You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim Croce24 Karat Gold in a BottleJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US1994-07-15
DCC Compact Classics, Saja RecordsGZS-1060
1.8You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:01Jim CroceHammer DownVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1994-10-01
1.1You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:01Jim Croce24 Karat Gold In A BottleJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
ABC Records (US, 65-79)GZS-1060
1.7You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:01Jim CroceAll-Time Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.), Saja Music Co.15100, S23-17830
1.3You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:01Jim CroceTime in a Bottle: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Woodford MusicWMCD 5703
1.10You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-09-15
Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Saja Records92570-2
1.10You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim 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
1.3You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:03Jim CroceI Got a NameJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-11-01
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)S21-57662
1.2You Don’t Mess Around With Jim2:59Jim CroceAM Gold: 1972Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life Music, Warner Special ProductsAM1-07, OPCD-2650A
1.4You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:04Jim CroceBack to Back HitsJim Croce & Don McLeanAlbum + Compilation
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)S21-18677
1.3You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:03Jim CroceJim Croce : The Ultimate Collection : PlatinumJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, since 1972)
1.1You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CroceTime in a Bottle (The Complete Collection)Jim CroceAlbum + Compilation
BR Music (NL-based reissue label)BX 501-2
1.12You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CroceGoodnight SaigonVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -1996
DiskyDC 864282, DC 864312, DC 864332, HR 864252
1.4You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:01Jim CroceBest of Jim CroceJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Music Club (Demon Music Club, UK)MCCD 295
3.16You Don’t Mess Around With Jim2:59Jim CroceFolk Favorites of the '60s and '70sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Reader’s Digest MusicCPCD-8504
1.1You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:04Jim 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
1.9You Don't Mess Around With Jim2:59Jim CroceAM Gold: Top 40 TreasuresVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Time–Life MusicMSD-37195
1.6You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:04Jim CroceThe Very Best OfJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Castle SelectSELCD 505
1.4You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:03Jim CroceRock On: 1972: Summer BreezeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-02-17
Madacy Entertainment Group, Inc. (do not use as a release label! later renamed Madacy Lifestyle Marketing, read annotations for sub-label to use)RO-2-5172
1.7You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:03Jim 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
1.1You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:03Jim CroceThe Definitive Collection: Time in a BottleJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1999-09-13
Essential! Records (division of Castle Communications)ESACD 781
1.11You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:04Jim CroceBad, Bad Leroy BrownJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
LaserLight Digital21164
1.1You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:03Jim CroceThe Jim Croce CollectionJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Castle Pie
1.1You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CroceThe SinglesJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
BR Music (NL-based reissue label)BX 540-2
1.8You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CroceSinger SongwriterJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • -2001
EMI Plus724357626125
2.6You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:03Jim CroceSingers and Songwriters: 1970-1974Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Special Products, Time–Life MusicOPCD-2801, R812-11
1.15You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:03Jim CroceThe Complete CollectionJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
BR Music (NL-based reissue label), Saja RecordsBS 8040-2
1.6You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:04Jim CroceVH1 Behind the Music: The Jim Croce CollectionJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)R2 74331
1.6You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:04Jim CroceThe Very Best OfJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Disky
1.15You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:03Jim 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
1.1You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:04Jim CroceClassic Hits (Remastered)Jim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-01-27
Rhino (reissue label)R2 73890
2.16You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:00Jim CroceIn the Mood for the BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2004-05-24
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)982 0180
1.1You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CroceThe Way We Used to Be - The AnthologyJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-09-13
Sanctuary MidlineSMETD117
1.1You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:03Jim CroceThe Essential CollectionJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Metro Doubles (UK double‐disc reissue/compilation imprint, METRDCD cat prefix)METRDCD554
1.1You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:03Jim CroceYou Don’t Mess Around With JimJim CroceAlbum
Castle Music (subsidiary of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.)CMDDD1332
1.10You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-10-29
Saja Records7 90467-2
1.1You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:03Jim CroceYou Don’t Mess Around With JimJim CroceAlbum
  • US2008-09-30
Rhino (reissue label)
1.1You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:03Jim CroceYou Don’t Mess Around With JimJim CroceAlbum
  • US2008-09-30
R2M Music (BMI)R2-514257
1.10You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:00Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-08-04
Rhino (reissue label)
1.10You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CroceLover's CrossJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Woodstock Tapes
1.1You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:05Jim CroceYou Don’t Mess Around with Jim / Life and Times / I Got a NameJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2011-07-25
Edsel RecordsEDSD2116
1.18You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:04Jim Croce100x ToppopVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
BR Music (NL-based reissue label), Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)534 250-2
1.4You Don’t Mess Around with Jim2:59Jim CroceThe Definitive CroceJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2015-05-25
Music Club DeluxeMCDLX207
4.1You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:03Jim CroceThe Studio Album CollectionJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Edsel RecordsCROCEBOX01
1.17You Don’t Mess Around With Jim2:59Jim CroceStranger Things: Music from the Netflix Original SeriesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.17You Don’t Mess Around With Jim2:59Jim CroceStranger Things: Music from the Netflix Original SeriesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
  • US2017-11-03
Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)88985480912
1.1You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CroceAn Introduction to Jim CroceJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • US2019-03-29
Rhino (reissue label)R2-587460
1.10You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CrocePhotographs & Memories: His Greatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2021-02-12
  • US2021-02-12
BMG (imprint of BMG Rights Management, 2008–present)538630432
1.1You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:03Jim CroceYou Don't Mess Around With Jim (50th Anniversary Edition)Jim CroceAlbum
  • US2022-10-07
1.6You Don't Mess Around with Jim3:03Jim CroceEasy Ridin'Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.10You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:01Jim CroceGreatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
CommanderCD 99010
1.10You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:01Jim CroceGreatest HitsJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
1.10You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CroceLover's CrossJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Woodstock Tapes
1.10You Don't Mess Around With Jim3:03Jim CroceSensational SeventiesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Castle Pulse (aka "Pulse" , sub-label in the Castle/Sanctuary "family")PLS CD 314
1.18You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:01Jim CroceThe Very Best OfJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
Promotion
1.9You Don't Mess Around with Jim3:05Jim CroceJim CroceJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
(unknown)
1.1You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:00Jim CroceYou Don’t Mess Around With JimJim CroceAlbum
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabMFSL 1-079
1.5You Don’t Mess Around With Jim3:02Jim CroceThe Very Best of Jim CroceJim CroceAlbum + Compilation
The Very Best of Jim Croce88985482632

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:You Don’t Mess Around With Jim (on 1971-10-11)

Related works

You Don’t Mess Around With Jim

lyricist and composer:Jim Croce
publisher:DenJac Music Company
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
later parody versions:Don’t Mess Around With Jim(son)
later versions:Faut pas faire de la peine à John