| 词条 | Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) | ||||||||||
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| name = Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) | cover = Operator Jim Croce.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Jim Croce | album = You Don't Mess Around with Jim | B-side = Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) | released = August 23, 1972[1] | format = 7" 45 RPM | recorded = 1972 | studio = | venue = | genre = Folk rock | length = 3:50 | label = ABC (USA) Vertigo (UK, Mexico) | writer = Jim Croce | producer = Terry Cashman, Tommy West | prev_title = You Don't Mess Around with Jim | prev_year = 1972 | next_title = One Less Set of Footsteps | next_year = 1973 | misc = {{Extra track listing | album = You Don't Mess Around with Jim | type = studio }} }} "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" is a 1972 single written and recorded by Jim Croce. It was released August 23, 1972 and was the second single released from his album You Don't Mess Around with Jim. It reached a peak of #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1972, spending twelve weeks on the chart. ContentThe song relates one side of a conversation with a telephone operator. The speaker is trying to find the phone number of his former lover, who has moved to Los Angeles with his former best friend. He wants to demonstrate to both of them that he is well and over their betrayal, but admits to the operator that he isn't. After the operator has given him the number, he is unable to read it, apparently due to the tears in his eyes. He then changes his mind and tells the operator not to place the call, appreciatively adding "you can keep the dime" (the then standard toll he had deposited in a payphone). The story was inspired during Jim Croce's military service, during which time he saw lines of soldiers waiting to use the outdoor phone on base, many of them calling their wives or girlfriends to see if their Dear John letter was true.[2] Live performancesIn 1973 Croce performed "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" on the series The Midnight Special. Live versions of the song have also been released on the albums The Final Tour and Jim Croce Live. CoversThe song "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" has been covered by a number of artists, in both recordings and live performances:
Track listing7" Single (ABC-11335)[3]
Chart performance
References1. ^{{cite book |title= Rock 'n Roll: Gold Rush : a Singles Un-cyclopedia|last=Dean|first=Maury |year=2003 |publisher=Maxwell Hunter Publishing|page=235}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.redroaddesign.com/croce/liner_1c.html |title=Jim Croce |website=Redroaddesign.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-07}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Jim-Croce-Operator-Thats-Not-The-Way-It-Feels-Rapid-Roy-The-Stock-Car-Boy/release/1680444 |title=Jim Croce - Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) / Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) (Vinyl) |website=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-07}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4234&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=lj8rd15qpcmqn9eqpupr7ao955 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2016-10-07}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19721209.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-01-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116102403/http://www.cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19721209.html |archivedate=2011-01-16 |df= }} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.musicvf.com/song.php?id=21612 |title=Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) (song by Jim Croce) • Music VF, US & UK hits charts |website=Musicvf.com |date=1972-10-14 |accessdate=2016-10-07}} External links
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