"You Don't Mess Around with Jim" is a 1972 album by which of these singers?

"You Don't Mess Around with Jim" is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Jim Croce; it released in April 1972 by ABC Records.

The record spent 93 weeks on the charts, longer than any other Jim Croce album. Due to the strong performance of the posthumous single release "Time in a Bottle".

"You Don't Mess Around with Jim" was the best selling album in the U.S. for five weeks in early 1974. It was listed at No. 6 on the 1974 "Cash Box" year-end album charts. Two singles were originally released from the album in 1972: the title track (#8 pop) and "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" (#17 pop).

James Joseph Croce (January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he released five studio albums and numerous singles. During this period, Croce took a series of odd jobs to pay bills while he continued to write, record and perform concerts.

After Croce formed a partnership with the songwriter and guitarist Maury Muehleisen in the early 1970s, his fortunes turned. Croce's breakthrough came in 1972, when his third album, "You Don't Mess Around with Jim", produced three charting singles, including "Time in a Bottle", which reached No. 1 after Croce died. The follow-up album "Life and Times" included the song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", Croce's only No. 1 hit during his lifetime.