
I'm Not in Love
Lead vocals: Man
Taal: Engels
I'm Not in Love is de achtste single van 10cc uit 1975. Het is afkomstig van hun derde album The Original Soundtrack. Origineel is het nummer in de bossanovastijl geschreven, maar kwam uiteindelijk in een balladvorm uit. De zang en muziek maken het nummer ritmisch dansbaar, doch de percussie en de stem van de basgitaar zijn aritmisch.
De plaat werd wereldwijd een gigantische hit. In thuisland het Verenigd Koninkrijk bereikte de plaat de nummer 1-positie in de UK Singles Chart. Ook in Ierland en Canada werd de nummer 1-positie bereikt. In de Verenigde Staten bereikte de plaat de tweede positie in de Billboard Hot 100.
In Nederland werd de plaat op zaterdag 7 juni 1975 verkozen tot de 221e Troetelschijf van de week op Hilversum 3 en werd een gigantische hit. De plaat bereikte in zowel de Nederlandse Top 40 (destijds uitgezonden op de razend populaire TROS donderdag op 3 met dj Ferry Maat) als de Nationale Hitparade de 5e positie. In België bereikte de single eveneens de 5e positie in zowel de Vlaamse Ultratop 50 (retroactief samengesteld) als de Vlaamse Radio 2 Top 30.
"I'm Not in Love" is a song by British 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. "I'm Not in Love" became the band's breakthrough hit outside the United Kingdom, topping the charts in Canada and Ireland as well as peaking within the top 10 of the charts in several other countries, including Australia, West Germany, New Zealand, Norway and the United States.
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.