10cc – I’m Not In Love

“I’m Not in Love” – Single by 10cc from the album The Original Soundtrack. Released in May 1975.

Written mostly by Stewart as a response 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, were not impressed with the idea for 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.

The whispered vocals of “Be quiet, big boys don’t cry” came from the secretary of Strawberry Studios (the studio the band operated), Kathy Redfern. They were looking for a certain sound when Redfern entered the studio to quietly tell Eric Stewart he had a phone call. When they heard her voice, they knew it was right for the song.

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10CC - I'm Not In Love

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Stewart, Creme and Godley grouped in 1970 as a session band known as Hotlegs; they had a surprise hit with “Neanderthal Man” that came about when dallying with equipment. With Gouldman on board, they signed to pop mogul Jonathan King’s UK label in 1972 and recorded 11 UK Top 10 hits, including two other #1s: “Rubber Bullets
” in 1973 and “Dreadlock Holiday” in 1978. Creme and Godley left the band by the time “Dreadlock Holiday” was recorded to concentrate on video production as well as developing the Gizmo, a guitar modification device they invented. They had one other US Top Ten hit in 1977, “The Things We Do For Love,” which reached #5.

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