[4] This song is noted for the use of backup singers, as well as a string section, that plays a counterpoint melody during the concluding instrumental.

Croce was killed in a small-plane crash in September 1973, the same week that a 45RPM single, the title cut from his studio album I Got a Name was released.

She wrote the following about "I'll Have To Say 'I Love You' in a Song": One weekend, after being on the road for many months, Jim got a chance to come home to relax with his family.

The next morning, 15 people from Acorn Productions descended upon our house to record a promotional film of Jim Croce at Home on the Farm.

After a year and a half of his working so very hard on the road, we were barely making ends meet, but Jim wouldn't talk about it.

"[7] Jamie Lee Curtis and Jake Johnson sing along to Jim Croce's recording while preparing Thanksgiving dinner in the "Parents" episode (S2-E8) of the Fox TV sitcom New Girl.