Time in a Bottle

Momentum

This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.

Why it's here

Croce wrote the lyrics after his wife Ingrid told him she was pregnant in December 1970. [1] The arrangement's harpsichord was played on an instrument that producer Tommy West happened to find left behind in the mixing studio. [2] It became Croce's second and final number-one hit in the United States, and the third posthumous Billboard number-one after songs by Otis Redding and Janis Joplin. [3]

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

• Covered Danger Dangersource
• Covered Floyd Cramersource
• Covered Glen Campbellsource
• Written by Jim Crocesource
• Covered Michael Ballsource
• Covered Montezuma’s Revengesource
• Covered Nana Mouskourisource
• Covered Peggy Chewsource
• Covered Roger Whittakersource
• Covered Roger Williamssource
• Covered Sandra van Nieuwlandsource
• Covered Steinar Albrigtsensource
• Covered The Muppetssource

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. Czechiacz · deezer2026-08-042026-08-04#61#6
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3. Slovakiask · deezer2026-08-102026-08-15#62#5
   #6
4. Moroccoma · deezer2026-10-172026-10-17#881#88
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Editions

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