"\"One Less Set of Footsteps\" is a 1973 single written and recorded by Jim Croce. It was released in 1973 and was the first single released from his album Life and Times. It reached a peak of 37 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent ten weeks on the chart."@en . . "166.0"^^ . . . . . . . . "One Less Set of Footsteps"@en . "1973-01-08Z"^^ . . "\"It Doesn't Have to Be That Way\"" . .