I Know That You Love Me Ricky but Youre Not in Love With Me

1975 vocal by British band 10cc

"I'g Not in Love"
One of the side-A labels of the original 1975 UK single
Unmarried by 10cc
from the album The Original Soundtrack
B-side	"Good News" "Channel Swimmer" (Us and Canada merely)
Released	May 1975
Recorded	1974–1975
Genre	Soft rock[i] [two]
Length	half dozen:04 3:42 (US and Canada only)
Label	Mercury
Songwriter(due south)	Eric Stewart Graham Gouldman
Producer(s)	10cc
10cc singles chronology
"Life Is a Minestrone" (1975) "I'one thousand Not in Dear" (1975) "Fine art for Art's Sake" (1975)

"I'chiliad Not in Honey" is a song by British group 10cc, written past band members Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman. It is known for its innovative and distinctive backing track, equanimous mostly of the band's multitracked vocals. Released in the UK in May 1975 every bit the second single from the band'due south third anthology, The Original Soundtrack, it became the second of the group'due south 3 number-one singles in the Uk between 1973 and 1978, topping the Britain Singles Nautical chart for two weeks. "I'm Not in Love" became the ring'south breakthrough striking outside the Britain, topping the charts in Canada and the Republic of Republic of ireland as well as peaking inside the pinnacle 10 of the charts in several other countries, including Commonwealth of australia, Germany, New Zealand, Norway and the U.s..

Written mostly past Stewart every bit a response to his wife's declaration that he did non tell her oft plenty that he loved her, "I'm Not in Beloved" was originally conceived every bit a bossa nova song played on guitars, but the other two members of the band, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, were non impressed with the idea for the track and it was abandoned. However, afterward hearing members of their staff continue to sing the melody around their studio, Stewart persuaded the group to requite the vocal another run a risk, to which Godley replied that for the song to work it needed to be radically inverse, and suggested that the band should try to create a new version using just voices.

Writing and composition [edit]

Band members of 10cc in 1974

Stewart came up with the idea for the song after his married woman, to whom he had been married for 8 years at that signal, asked him why he did not say "I love you" more oftentimes to her. Stewart said, "I had this crazy thought in my heed that repeating those words would somehow dethrone the meaning, so I told her, 'Well, if I say every 24-hour interval "I beloved you, darling, I beloved you, blah, blah, apathetic", it's not gonna mean anything eventually'. That statement led me to try to figure out some other manner of maxim it, and the result was that I chose to say 'I'm not in love with yous', while subtly giving all the reasons throughout the song why I could never permit get of this relationship."^[3]

Stewart wrote most of the tune and the lyrics on the guitar earlier taking it to the studio, where Gouldman offered to assistance him consummate the song. Gouldman suggested some different chords for the melody, and as well came upwardly with the intro and the span section of the vocal. Stewart said that the pair spent ii or three days writing the vocal, which at that point had a bossa nova rhythm and used principally guitars, before playing it to Godley and Creme. Stewart recorded a version with the other three members playing the vocal in the studio on traditional instruments – Creme on guitar, Gouldman on bass and Godley on drums – but Godley and Creme disliked the song, peculiarly Godley, as Stewart later recalled: "He said, 'It's crap', and I said, 'Oh right, OK, have you got anything constructive to add to that? Can y'all suggest annihilation?' He said, 'No. It's non working, homo. It'southward simply crap, correct? Chuck it.' And we did. We threw information technology away and we fifty-fifty erased it, and so there'southward no tape of that bossa nova version."^[3]

Having abased "I'1000 Not in Love", Stewart and Gouldman turned their attention to the track "Une Nuit A Paris", which Godley and Creme had been working on and which would after get the opening rail on The Original Soundtrack album. However, Stewart noticed that members of staff in the band's Strawberry Studios were nevertheless singing the melody of "I'm Not in Love", and this convinced him to ask the other members of the group to consider reviving the vocal. Godley was still sceptical, but came up with a radical idea, telling Stewart, "I tell you lot what, the but way that song is gonna work is if we totally fuck it upward and we do it like nobody has ever recorded a thing before. Let'southward not use instruments. Let's try to practise it all with voices."^[iii] Although taken ashamed by the suggestion, Stewart and the others agreed to try Godley's thought and create "a wall of sound" of vocals that would form the focal point of the record.^[4]

Recording [edit]

Stewart spent three weeks recording Gouldman, Godley and Creme singing "ahhh" xvi times for each note of the chromatic calibration, building up a "choir" of 48 voices for each note of the scale. The main trouble facing the ring was how to keep the vocal notes going for an infinite length of time, only Creme suggested that they could become around this issue by using tape loops. Stewart created loops of almost 12 anxiety in length by feeding the loop at one end through the tape heads of the stereo recorder in the studio, and at the other end through a capstan roller fixed to the top of a microphone stand, and tensioned the tape. By creating long loops the 'bleep' caused past the splice in each record loop could be drowned out by the rest of the backing track, providing that the splices in each loop did not coincide with each other. Having created twelve tape loops for each of the 12 notes of the chromatic scale, Stewart played each loop through a separate channel of the mixing desk. This effectively turned the mixing desk into a musical instrument consummate with all the notes of the chromatic scale, which the four members together so "played", fading upward three or iv channels at a time to create "chords" for the vocal'southward melody. Stewart had put tape beyond the lesser of each channel so that it was impossible to completely fade downward the tracks for each note, resulting in the constant background hiss of vocals heard throughout the song.^[4] Composer and music theory professor Thomas MacFarlane considered the resulting "ethereal voices" with distorted synthesized effects to be a major influence on Billy Joel'south striking ballad "Only the Fashion You Are", released two years subsequently.^[5]

A basic guide track was recorded get-go in order to help create the melody using the vocals, simply the proper instrumentation was added after the vocals had been recorded. In keeping with Godley's idea to focus on the voices, just a few instruments were used: a Fender Rhodes electric piano played by Stewart, a Gibson 335 electrical guitar played past Gouldman for the rhythm melody, and a bass drum sound played by Godley on a Moog synthesizer which Creme had recently purchased and learned how to program. The drum sound that was created was very soft and more than akin to a heartbeat, in order non to overpower the remainder of the track. Creme played piano during the bridge and the middle eight, where it replicated the melody of lyrics that had been discarded. The middle eight is also the only office of the song that contains a bass guitar line, played by Gouldman. A toy music box was recorded and double tracked out of stage for the centre eight and the outro.^[4]

One time the musical backing had been completed Stewart recorded the lead vocal and Godley and Creme the bankroll vocals, but even though the song was finished Godley felt it was still defective something. Stewart said, "Lol remembered he had said something into the grand pianoforte mics when he was laying downwards the solos. He'd said 'Be quiet, big boys don't cry' — heaven knows why, but I soloed it and nosotros all agreed that the thought sounded very interesting if we could just find the correct vocalization to speak the words. Just at that point the door to the control room opened and our secretary Kathy Redfern looked in and whispered 'Eric, sorry to bother you lot. In that location'due south a telephone telephone call for y'all.' Lol jumped up and said 'That's the phonation, her vocalisation is perfect!'."^[three] The group agreed that Redfern was the ideal person, only Redfern was unconvinced and had to be coaxed into recording her vocal contribution, using the same whispered voice that she had used when entering the control room. These whispered lyrics would later serve as the inspiration for the name of the 1980s band Boys Don't Cry.^[6]

Release and promotion [edit]

According to Stewart, at the fourth dimension of recording The Original Soundtrack the band was already beingness courted by Mercury Records (role of the Phonogram grouping) to leave Jonathan King's small Britain Records label, where they were struggling financially. He said: "I rang them. I said come up and have a listen to what nosotros've washed, come and have a listen to this runway. And they came up and they freaked, and they said, 'This is a masterpiece. How much money, what do you desire? What sort of a contract exercise you want? We'll do anything.' On the strength of that i vocal, nosotros did a v-year deal with them for 5 albums and they paid united states a serious corporeality of coin."^[7] Despite impressing their new label with the rail, Phonogram felt that information technology was not suitable for release as a unmarried due to its length, and released "Life Is a Minestrone" as the offset single from The Original Soundtrack instead. However, many influential figures in the music manufacture were demanding that "I'm Non in Honey" be released every bit a unmarried, and Mercury eventually bowed to the pressure level and released it as the 2nd single from the album. The band were forced to edit the rails downward to 4 minutes for radio play, only once information technology charted, pressure from the public and the media caused the radio stations to revert to playing the full version.^[three]

Released in May 1975, "I'thousand Not in Dearest" became the band's second number-one, staying atop the UK singles nautical chart for two weeks from 28 June. In the Us, the record peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, deprived of an expected^[eight] top spot placing past a different number-one each week (Van McCoy'south "The Hustle", The Eagles' "One of These Nights", and the Bee Gees' "Jive Talkin'"). In the UK the unmarried was released in its total length version of over six minutes; in the Us and Canada it was released in an edited 3:42 version, and with a unlike B-side.

Legacy [edit]

"I'm Non in Love" has enjoyed lasting popularity, with over 3 million plays on Usa radio since its release, and it won three Ivor Novello Awards in 1976 for Best Pop Song, International Striking of the Year, and Almost Performed British Work.^{[4] [9]} It has appeared in the films The Virgin Suicides, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Indecent Proposal, Cherish, Whatever, Hunky Dory, Jappeloup, The Stud, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, He's Only Not That Into You, and Guardians of the Galaxy (intro song),^[ten] likewise as the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories and the television set shows Goodnight Sweetheart, That '70s Prove, The Role, Veronica Mars, Big Dearest, Medium, Cuentame, The Syndicate, Bull, EastEnders, Skam,^[11] Mindhunter, and Pose. Queen Latifah recorded a cover for her album Trav'lin' Light, and a cover version by Kelsey Lu was featured in the TV serial Euphoria.^{[12] [13]}

Axl Rose cited it every bit a song that meant a lot to him as a teenager: "Then nonchalant, and then cool ....".^[14]

Personnel [edit]

Adapted from the liner notes of The Original Soundtrack.^[xv]

• Eric Stewart – lead song, electric pianoforte
• Graham Gouldman – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
• Kevin Godley – Moog, bankroll vocals
• Lol Creme – pianoforte, backing vocals
• Kathy Redfern – uncredited boosted vocals

Charts [edit]

Certifications and sales [edit]

Will to Power version [edit]

"I'g Not in Dearest"
Unmarried past Will to Power
from the album Journey Habitation
B-side	"Fly Bird", "It's My Life"
Released	29 June 1990
Recorded	1989
Genre	Pop
Length	iii:48
Characterization	Ballsy Records
Songwriter(s)	Eric Stewart Graham Gouldman
Will to Ability singles chronology
"Fading Abroad" (1989) "I'm Not in Dearest" (1990) "Boogie Nights" (1990)

Will to Power recorded the song for their album Journey Dwelling, releasing as the commencement single from the album in 1990. Information technology was the band's last pinnacle ten hit, reaching number seven on the pop charts in both the US and Canada.

Runway list [edit]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I'm Not in Love"	3:48
2.	"Fly Bird" (Reprise)	3:46
3.	"It'southward My Life"	5:23

Charts [edit]

Weekly charts [edit]

Yr-terminate charts [edit]

Chart (1991)	Position
Canada Height Singles (RPM)[56]	54
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[57]	50
United states Billboard Hot 100[58]	83
United states Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[59]	37

10cc acoustic version [edit]

"I'thousand Non in Love"
Unmarried by 10cc
from the album Mirror Mirror
Released	1995
Length	iii:xxx
Characterization	Avex UK
Songwriter(s)	Eric Stewart Graham Gouldman
Producer(southward)	10cc, Rod Gammons
10cc singles chronology
"Set up to Get Home" (1995) "I'm Not in Dear" (1995)

In 1995, Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman re-recorded "I'one thousand Not in Dearest" as an acoustic version for the terminal 10cc studio album Mirror Mirror. It was released as a single and charted at #29 in the UK^[60] giving the ring the highest position since "Dreadlock Holiday" in 1978.

Track listing [edit]

1. "I'grand Non in Beloved (Acoustic Session '95)" - iii:xxx
2. "I'm Not in Dear (Rework of Art Mix)" - 5:51
3. "Blueish Bird" (Graham Gouldman) - iv:04

Deni Hines version [edit]

"I'grand Not in Beloved"
Single past Deni Hines
from the album Imagination
Released	1996
Length	half dozen:02
Label	Festival Mushroom Records
Songwriter(s)	Eric Stewart Graham Gouldman
Producer(southward)	Ian Light-green
Deni Hines singles chronology
"I Like the Way" (1996) "I'm Not in Love" (1996) "Joy" (1997)

In 1996, the Australian singer songwriter Deni Hines released "I'm Not in Dearest" as the fourth single from her debut album Imagination (1996). At the ARIA Music Awards of 1997, "I'thou Not in Dear" was nominated for two awards - ARIA Award for Best Female Artist losing to "Mary" by Monique Brumby and ARIA Award for Best Pop Release losing to "To the Moon and Dorsum" by Fell Garden.^[61]

Runway listing [edit]

1. "I'm Not in Dear"
2. "It's Alright" (repose summertime version)
3. "Joy" (full attestation mix)
4. "It'due south Alright" (summer remix)

Olive version [edit]

"I'm Not in Dear"
Single by Olive
from the album Trickle
Released	27 June 2000
Recorded	1999
Genre	Trip hop
Length	4:39
Label	Bohemian
Songwriter(s)	Eric Stewart Graham Gouldman
Olive singles chronology
"Outlaw" (1997) "I'm Not in Love" (2000) "Tell Me" (2003)

Post-obit their debut album, the English trip hop ring Olive recorded a cover of the song. At the cusp of their new record contract with Bohemian Records at the time, the band debuted the song on the label'due south soundtrack for the Madonna film The Next Best Thing before releasing it as the debut single from their second anthology, Trickle.

Fronted by the solitary vocals of vocalist Ruth-Ann Boyle, the song simulated the backing tracks of the original; the most audible modification made to the song is a percussion track in the style of pulsate and bass, turning the song into an upbeat dance rails.

Accompanied by trip the light fantastic toe-oriented remixes on the single release, the vocal gained sufficient nightclub play to attain number one on the Billboard Hot Trip the light fantastic toe Music/Club Play chart (on the calendar week of one July 2000),^[62] likewise as airplay on dance-hits format radio.^[63]

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