Age (song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Age
| cover =
| alt =
| type =
| artist = Jim Croce
| album = I Got a Name
| released = 1973
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Folk rock
| length = 3:44
| label = ABC
| writer = Jim Croce, Ingrid Croce
| producer = Terry Cashman, Tommy West
}}
"Age" is a song written and recorded by Jim Croce and his wife Ingrid. The song was first recorded in 1969 on their self-titled album. Jim Croce would record the song again, this time without Ingrid, for his final album I Got a Name in 1973.[{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jim croce|chart=all}} Life and Times - Jim Croce] Jerry Reed's cover of the song was released as a single in 1980 on his tribute album to Croce, and it peaked at 36 on the Billboard country chart.
{{Infobox song
| name = Age
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Jerry Reed
| album = Jerry Reed Sings Jim Croce
| B-side = Workin' at the Car Wash Blues
| released = 1980
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country music
| length = 3:51
| label = RCA Records
| writer = Jim Croce, Ingrid Croce
| producer =
| prev_title = Sugar-Foot Rag
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = The Family Friendly Inn
| next_year = 1980
}}
Content
Age is about a change in the narrator’s disposition after an experience over time where he went from having a lot of success to a little because of bad choices. The speaker regrets losing his ideals, which has caused him to be right back where he started from before his success. After losing everything he is working his way back to the top and is using his experience to better himself the second time around. The narrator will be careful climbing to success because “it hurts a lot to drop” but he comforts himself in case he does “drop” by musing “when your down nobody gives a damn anyway”
Covers
- The Ventures covered Age on their tribute album "The Ventures Play the Jim Croce Songbook"
- Mike Auldridge recorded it in 1977 on his album Mike Auldridge & 'Old Dog'[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mike-auldridge-old-dog-mn0001340276 Mike Auldridge & Old Dog|All Music]
- The Bluegrass Album Band with Tony Rice on lead vocals covered the song on their album Bluegrass Album, Vol. 4
Chart performance
=Jerry Reed=
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!Chart (1980) !Peak |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles
|align="center"|36 |