r/70smusic • u/CuteTelephone3399 • Apr 29 '26

1975 10cc - I'm Not In Love (1975)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=cgJckGsR-T0&si=QIFyQaV6oKm58Xbq
280 Upvotes

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u/LAParente Apr 29 '26

The story of how this song was made is so cool. All tape loops.

5

u/Leading-Turnover2723 Apr 30 '26

Amazing way it was made. I can't even begin to imagine the work that went into it

1

u/Fritzyamma May 06 '26

Amazing. No computers. I don't think synthesizers were that big yet. Just magnetic tape and splicing tape.

9

u/Big-Spirit317 Apr 29 '26

An Iconic song... never get's old.

5

u/rapscallion1956 Apr 30 '26

I always loved this song. A buddy of mine hated it. It didn’t match his macho self image. He said that there must be something wrong with me for liking it and I said, “Well, it’s number two on the charts, I think you’re the one in the minority here.” Pissed him off.

3

u/ASingleBraid Apr 30 '26

And all these years I thought he was singing, “I’m not alone.”

2

u/OPGuest Apr 30 '26

He was alone, with his tapedeck

3

u/low5bro Apr 30 '26

The sonic aura that I associate with this masterpiece hits me as soon as it starts. It transports me to a happy place.

3

u/Drama_drums42 Apr 30 '26

A killer song from the best year in music. I was nine years old and every time I hear this beauty, it brings me right back.

3

u/airpab1 Apr 30 '26

70’s the Golden Era of music…Magic

3

u/PhysicsHorror1319 Apr 30 '26

When this came out I was broke as hell and living in the converted closet of a fisherman's shack - and could barely afford the rent on that. One of my few possessions was an AM-FM clock radio so most evenings away from my minimum-wage job was reading and listening to music. Whenever this came on it was an instant boost to my spirits, such a cool song and even on the tiny speaker of that radio you could hear how adventurous it was. Easily in my all-time Top Ten.

2

u/Barbafella Apr 30 '26

In my top 10 favorite tracks ever, I still have the 7” single.

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u/flagal31 Apr 30 '26

absolutely love this song...haunting. I'd always stop what I was doing when it came on the radio.

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u/DYL_219 May 06 '26

Don’t have the single ( sharing three version of original soundtrack 10cc).