I'M NOT IN LOVE
10CC
SONGWRITER: ERIC
STEWART & GRAHAM GOULDMAN
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK
LABEL: MERCURY RECORDS
GENRE: SOFT ROCK
YEAR: 1975
10cc is an English rock band formed in Stockport, Greater Manchester in 1972. It initially consisted of four musicians – Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme – who
had written and recorded together since 1968. The group featured two
songwriting teams. Stewart and Gouldman were predominantly pop songwriters, who
created most of the band's accessible songs. By
contrast, Godley and Creme were the predominantly experimental half of 10cc,
featuring art and
cinematically-inspired writing.
Every
member of 10cc was a multi-instrumentalist, singer, writer and producer. Most
of the band's records were recorded at their own Strawberry Studios (North) in Stockport and
Strawberry Studios (South) in Dorking,
with most of those engineered by Stewart.
From 1972 to 1978, 10cc had five consecutive
UK top-ten albums: Sheet Music,
The Original
Soundtrack(1975), How Dare You!(1976),
Deceptive Bends(1977)
and Bloody Tourists(1978).
They also had twelve singles reach the UK Top 40, three of which were the
chart-toppers "Rubber Bullets"(1973),
"I'm Not in Love"(1975)
and "Dreadlock Holiday"
(1978). "I'm
Not in Love" was their breakthrough worldwide hit and is known for its
innovative backing track. Godley and Creme quit the band in
1976 due to artistic disagreements and became a duo act.
Stewart left the
band in 1995. Since 1999, Gouldman has led a touring version of 10cc.
"I'm Not in Love" is a song by
English group 10cc, written by band members Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman. It is
known for its innovative and distinctive backing track, composed mostly of the
band's multitracked vocals. Released in the UK in May 1975 as the second single from the
band's third album, The Original
Soundtrack, it became the second of the
group's three number-one singles in the UK between 1973 and 1978, topping the UK singles chart for two weeks. The song was also the band's breakthrough hit
worldwide, reaching number one in Ireland and Canada and number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, as well as reaching the top 10 in Australia, New Zealand
and several European countries.
Written mostly by Stewart as a riposte to his
wife's declaration that he did not tell her often enough that he loved her,
"I'm Not in Love" was originally conceived as a bossa nova song
played on guitars, but the other two members of the band, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme,
disliked the track and it was abandoned. However, after hearing members of their staff continue to
sing the melody around their studio, Stewart persuaded the group to give the
song another chance, to which Godley replied that for the song to work it
needed to be radically changed, and suggested that the band should try to
create a new version using just voices.
I'm not in love
So don't forget it
It's just a silly phase I'm going through
And just because I call you up
Don't get me wrong
Don't think you've gotten me
I'm not in love
No, no
It's because
I'd like to see you
But then again
It doesn't mean you mean that much to me
So if I call you
Don't make a fuss
Don't tell your friends about the two of us
I'm not in love
No, no
It's because
(Be quiet, big boys
don't cry)
I keep your Picture
Upon the wall
It hides a nasty stain that's lying there
So don't you ask me
To give it back
I know you know it doesn't mean that much to me
I'm not in love
No, no
It's because
Ooh, you'll wait a
long time for me
Ooh, you'll wait a long time
I'm not in love, I'm
not in love.
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