NEW * I Got A Name - Jim Croce {Stereo}

1973.....#10 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #3 U.S. Cash Box Top 100, #8 Canada
Original video edited and AI remastered with HQ stereo sound.
"I Got a Name" is a 1973 single recorded by Jim Croce with lyrics by Norman Gimbel and music by Charles Fox. It was the first single from his album of the same title and also Croce's first posthumous single, released the day after his death in a plane crash on September 20. The song reached a peak of #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 after spending 17 weeks on the chart. It also hit #3 on the Cash Box Top 100.

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[lisalu]

My dad died less than two weeks ago. On my way home from his funeral, I was driving down a winding country highway lined with pine trees when this song came on my playlist. I had never thought about this song in relationship to my dad before, but suddenly that was exactly what it meant to me. "And I carry it with me like my daddy did, but I'm livin' the dream that he kept hid" made me think about some of the dreams he shared with us growing up that he never got to fulfill. I also grew taking long road trips in the back of a station wagon, we drove all over the country. - "rolling me down the highway" - often camping out along the way. My dad loved to drive and was always off on adventure, not settling down until he was 87 years old - "moving ahead so life won't pass me by." I might never fulfill the dreams Dad didn't get a chance to achieve, but from now on I will always think of him when I hear this song.

[oldmate]

How great would this guy have been, tragically lost early in life.

[chrisheffernan]

My favorite Jim Croce song. Taken away from us way too soon but never forgotten. RIP Jim

[seanb]

I proposed this to be our high school class of '75 theme song, and everyone agreed!

[jds]

Genius song writing and genius guitar work. Still an all time great song to me!

[patazas]

Like the pine trees lining the winding road
I've got a name, I've got a name
Like the singing bird and the croaking toad
I've got a name, I've got a name

And I carry it with me like my daddy did
But I'm livin' the dream
That he kept hid

Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

Like the north wind whistlin' down the sky
I've got a song, I've got a song
Like the whip-poor-will and the baby's cry
I've got a song, I've got a song

And I carry it with me and I sing it loud
If it gets me nowhere
I'll go there proud

Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

And I'm gonna go there free

Like the fool, I am, and I'll always be
I've got a dream, I've got a dream
They can change their minds, but they can't change me
I've got a dream, I've got a dream

Oh, I know I could share it if you want me to
If you're goin' my way
I'll go with you

Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by
Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

[deanchesnut]

So beautiful. This was life before the internet. It was real.

[LutherAmosHouse]

What this man would have produced if he had lived, is unfathomable

[TheConstructiveCritic]

With Jim Croce you’ve got to appreciate the genius he gave us, but you can’t help but wonder what could’ve been.

[helloitsme-wn]

I have been a fan since 1972. Loved watching him on The Midnight Special, I think this was his last appearance on there. Always missed and never forgotten.

[digitalbobby]

I woke up from a dream today and wanted to hear this song. RIP JC

[MelRiley-pzje]

Mr croce sure had plenty magnificent tunes thats a fact who agrees😊😊😊

[HAVEAGREATDAYize]

Damn...This man had such spectacular songs, Wish he had a longer life

[krisone]

My Daddy died in 1973 when I was a baby! I'm living the life that he couldn't Live!!!💔✝️🙏 He's in the Graveyard Tonight!

[dansweet]

My Dad loves Jim Croce, this is definitely one song he plays on a road trip

[anthonykimball]

The video footage, though not the audio, comes from jim croce's second (and, as it turned out, final) appearance on nbc's midnight special, broadcast on september 14th, 1973 (likely taped sometime in august), less than a week prior to the tragic fatal plane crash in louisiana.

[goosecreekrods]

Being a teenager in the '70's, I never realized how much Croce's songs shaped my experiences. So many great songs in such a short time. A life taken way too early.

[lagerencia]

I always love to see the comments about great songs like this one, it’s soul refreshing to read people’s stories

[hardknock]

My son sang this song at a PTA meeting at school two weeks after his father died, before singing he said he is dedicating this song to me and everyone in the room looked at me. He sang while strumming the guitar and he pretty much sounded like Jim Croche. This song made me cry, what a fitting song for someone who’s father just died. He really love Jim Croce.