Thursday Retro Classics (Music from the 50’ to the 70’s) Together, Let’s Go Back In Time!🕰️ Spinning some of your requests ine record at a time!☺️ "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" is a 1972 song written by Jim Croce. Croce's record was released on August 23, 1972. It was the second single released from Croce's album You Don't Mess Around with Jim. It reached a peak of number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1972, spending twelve weeks on the chart. | The Garage