Boundless crush, impossible situation - this song and 'My Eyes Adored You' comforted my misery back then. Forgotten about for almost 50 years, am transported back to those sepia toned memories. Your first love is the purest.
The 1970’s was a golden age for singer/songwriters. An astonishing number of artists produced incredible music during this decade. 10cc was one of them.
For radio, you didn’t have to be good looking and have a marketable image. That’s why the music was better. Talent, and only talent, ruled the day. Nowadays, you have to have a certain pop-idol look, and lots of shitty autotune.
That receptionist was the jam! Sweet, very pretty, and little did she know how her whispers would follow the boys of that time all through the decades. I hope she's happy and had a good life.
My favorite line is "I keep your picture up on the wall, it hides a nasty stain just lying there." Overall this song is so mesmerizing. I loved it as a kid in the 70's and still do.
Epic song...!! Back in the days they wouldn't tell anyone how they accomplished those singing tracks. I always thought it had a strong Mellotron vibe, which turns out to be a variation on that.
@@narvul I didn't know there was anything new about the mixing . . Besides being done superbly. Was there? I've already called it 'ground breaking' though . .
Same. I just gave all my vinyl to my kids. I had a couple of 10cc LPs. Deceptive Bends, and my favorite, "How Dare You". Great band, and I got a lot of surprise comments whenever I played them for friends. Especially cranked on those old stereos driven through a good pair of Wharfdales or what have you. You know... 😊
Luckily Gen Z kids are starting to deliver. There’s a lot of potential in groups like The Lemon Twigs. Don’t count out everyone just because the mainstream pop music business is run by business school people with no taste. Look into underground music, there’s been amazing music all the time. You just aren’t hearing it because you’re not looking.
I was 15 and in love with my first girlfriend - and she didn't know it. And I didn't know what love was. And so I would listen to this song, knowing the guy was totally in love and finally understood a man should never not share his feelings with his woman. That song kills me even today. I have to stop and listen to it, when I hear hear it.
I was a senior in high school and my first real girlfriend had broken up with me when this song came out. It captured my feelings so well and remains one of my top 5 songs of all time. The B side to this time in my life is "How Long" by Ace, which was out at the same time.
I was in love with a beautiful woman at the age off 15, I could never tell her. Oh how I wanted to, now when I hear this song it still gets me and transports me back too that time. I know she was engaged she probably has grandkids now, I would love too know where she is now.
When I told my wife this is my very favourite song she was offended. It took me months before she would listen intently to the lyrics and I'm still not sure she gets it. A musical masterpiece it stirs me eventide.
It became clear to me that the song was about a man who was so in love with a woman, that he was frightened by its overwhelming power, and was trying to convince her (and himself) that he actually wasn't in love at all. Just always been my take on it.
It’s a song about a-guy with a woman, of whom he is not in love with….he will live with her though, cause it convenient…..it sounds sweet, but it is brutal….the guy says. “I’m not in love, don’t forget it”….it’s like good enough to be with….like you strongly…but I don’t love you
For me, that's another case of misheard lyrics. For all of 48 years, I thought the whisper was a rushed "Be quiet so quiet." If you listen carefully, it can sound like that particularly because it's quiet.
@@brianvogt8125 Don't feel bad. I thought they were saying "be poised, don't cry" for most of the verses. If you think about it, it could make sense, too. I thought it said that, then finished with "big boys don't cry".
@@brianmorecombe2726 Maybe you do, everyone has his/her/its own preferences on any topic you may care to mention. The trap a lot of people fall into, though is when they declare their personal preference to be the 'best' or the 'greatest ever'. In their world, perhaps. In the minds of the rest of us ... er ... no.
It was great musically, but then you have jimmy saville and Gary Glitter Derek Langmuir and others with their vile behaviour , rampant racist jokes on the TV and treated like it was perfectly fine. I could go on.
The 1970S a very lovely era to be in ......cool music such as sister sledge and chic and the bee gees and cool rides such as the 1970s Pontiac firebird trans am a cool era 👍😁⭐
I was born in 83 but I wish I could have gone back to the 70's. Seemed like a mystical decade that existed between the flower power of the 60's and the techno take over of the 80's. And produced some of the best music there was.
The layered voices are still haunting. It's almost like hundreds of souls coming together to express the angst the singer is saying about his deep love for a woman, but maybe is too afraid to let her know, or maybe it's after they've broken up, not sure about that. I've always thought they had broken up and felt it too painful to admit aloud that he still loved her deeply. Maybe it's because I was went through that once, and is why I'm alone to this day, but I digress.
This is one of those songs that will ALWAYS stand the test of time. So unique when it was produced, and knowing now, the labor intensive effort that went into creating it, only adds to it's timeless appeal.
Listened to this in my 69 Mach 1 driving my date home before 11pm curfew. Saw her 45 Years later, haven't seen the Mach 1 but still listening to this song
Words cannot describe what this record meant to me when it came out. I was a young teen working my first part time job. I'd get home at 1a and be so wired from work, I'd lay out in the living room with the headphones on, listening to one of the first FM stations that played popular music. This would come on - the yearning, the denial, the ethereal atmosphere of it really connected with this young teen. Then in the middle, it softens and that comforting yet haunting voice advises, almost warns me - "Be quiet, big boys don't cry." Thanks guys for giving this to us.
In the late 70s I saw 10cc live in concert at Popejoy Hall on the University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque. It was without question the best live performance of my lifetime -- astounding musicianship, stage presence, and audience interaction combined with the acoustic perfection of the venue to make it a singular mind-blowing experience. I will never, ever forget that night.
Wow! Ken I attended UNM in the late 70s in Albuquerque. My first concert was at Popejoy and I saw ELO with Ambrosia opening for them. Went with a best friend Karen Sampson and when I got home my mom asked me how ‘Yellow’ was! Lol Great time and a small world. Take care and best to you.
It was 1975, I had just bought this immaculate, gorgeous silver 73 Mark IV Continental that I got a special deal on. I was 18 and making very good money, I had a second date with this cutie knew from school. We did a nice restaurant and then went for a moonlight drive along the ocean, this song came on the radio, we never had heard such a thing, it was hypnotic. Anyway, the mood was set, everything went perfect that night, and I got lucky. Funny how a single song can bring back a flood of pleasant memories.
On the first date with my now husband we went to a club and they played this song. It became 'our song,' married nearly 50 years now Love hearing it again
I was 17 when this came out. It combines brilliant lyrics of a guy who is madly in love but afraid to admit it to himself with stunning layered vocals unlike anything I'd heard before before. A classic that will be appreciated long into the future.
I think the Thompson twins carried on the story with ‘hold me now’ 8 yrs later. A brutal return to reality! ‘I have a picture, pinned to my wall. An image of you and of me and were laughing with love at it all. But look at our life now, all tattered and torn. We fuss and we fight and delight in the tears that we cry until dawn.’
It struck us all when it came out. It was familiar yet unlike anything we had ever heard. Seemingly brilliant in its simplicity and it's anything but... simple. 10cc deserve all the credit in the world
Music created and produced in an era in which technology was let's say primitive compared with what we have today even at home yet it was much, much better than the crap we have to endure today.
@@topsyturvyy4558 You know I thought about that some time back and I realised that I don`t listen to modern music at all. I get all my musical pleasure from those old classics from the 70s and 80s. I can`t be bothered with the dross they churn out today.
As a 14 yr old back in 1975 I hated I'm Not In Love, thankfully as I grew older I came to realise just how much of a masterpiece it truly is. The haunting sound and ethereal quality give it a mystical magical vibe. It is also one of those special records that sound timeless- it hasn't aged. 10cc have an incredible back catalogue. I don't think they get the kind of recognition today that they truly deserve, the band has been almost relegated to the "2nd division" of UK rock/pop bands by those who should know better.
I was 14 also in 1975. 3 years later in 1978 cruising around on a Friday night this song was still on the radio station rotation. Loved it then and all these years later!
I first heard this song on radio in the dead of night on duty as front desk clerk of a hotel--somewhere in 1975 or '76. I just stood there frozen, wanting to learn it so badly, wondering who this new group was . . In my mind I placed it somewhere near the top of my 1970s pop songs, later demoted it, thinking, again, that I was the only one who liked it so much . . Now amazed that all you guys feel as I do, I put it back up there again. Just an amazing song. Great lyrics too.
There is absolutely no other song that sounds so sublime. The innovation of this creation is without compare. One of the most unique bands in popular music history. I am an enormous fan. I have all their LPs and consider them second only to the Beatles. A close second!
It's a fantastic rendering of the technology that was available at the time. The concept of using tape loops was old hat in the 1970s. But using extended vocal loops to create a vocal landscape was something relatively new at the time. And it certainly became the signature sound of this song.
@@anngreen3495I nearly wore my "Bloody Tourist" album out. I think I played it at least once a day for over a year straight. That was the album that got me into 10cc, and then of course I had to explore all their previous work and became a huge fan. Very creative band! Wish I could have seen them in concert. 😥
The brilliance of these guys mixing their voices many times over and the story behind the lyrics, and then seeing them performing it. One of my all time favorite songs. I was 14 yrs old back in ‘75 when it first came out. This masterpiece has only grown brighter in my heart after all of these years. Thanks for sharing their incredible story of putting this song together.
This song hit the airwaves in the U.S. when I was in high school and it was fascinating and ethereal. The unmistakable sound of it playing instantly transplants me to that time. Until seeing this video, I had never appreciated the intricate and drawn out work to make this record so great.
A beautiful song and a technical marvel. The stacked, multi-tracked vocals mixed together as sort of a lead instrument is especially innovative. The girl saying, "big boys don't cry" with a crescendo of voices together is an amazing climax to this gem of a song.
"I'm Not In Love" is one hell of a ballad. I discovered it in the 80s. When I learned it was written in the 70s, I was shocked. It's a timeless work of art.
@@frontagulus again, I found that song in the 80s. It sounded current to me; so, I assumed it was a recent release. In addition, it doesn't sound like a lot of the ballads from the 70s.
I remember, "I'm not in love," "Love is like Oxygen," and "Dream Weaver," about the same time with no info at all about the bands and they became like aliens to us mortals. Now I play twice a week at a Hyatt in S. FL. And they still haunt me....
I love this song, if I'm not mistaken, it was used on the wonderful,heartbreaking, dreamy, ethereal movie "The Virgin Suicides". Beautiful sound. I get this same "Cerebral" feeling when listening to "Don't dream it's over" by Crowded House.
I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard this either drunk, smoked up or both back in the day. Tune brings back many a memory for me, some good, some not so. But I agree w/others it is & always will be a classic that u never forget. Just stays in your head if u grew up in that 70's era.
I was 21 years old in the summer of 1975...this song always reminds me of one of my first ❤️ loves..Bridget was her name and my best friend Kathy would always tease me..Randy loves ❤️ Bridget..48 years later this song 🎵 always reminds me of Bridget
it's one of those songs that brings back nostalgic memories. I was young 18, my girlfriend just turned 17 and we just moved in together. 6 months later we were married and 1 year after that I was a dad. Good times, lol.
I've just got that now watching this after all these years - a guy trying to deny he's head over heels, but its so obvious now that he's just try to hide how much and just how deep he is in love. Brilliant track, right up there with the best
@@UA-cam_deleted_my_favourites Yes, exactly that. And of course, big boys DO cry... wanting someone so much it's actually physically painful. We've all been there...
@@ericwhitehead6451 lol...I've been a multi instrument musician for a few decades. I guarantee; What I forgot about music; you'll never know. It's YOUR ignorant statement which shows who the real ignorant person is here...Infinitus est numerus stultorum...
This awesome song by 10cc always takes me back to 1975 when I was 17. My first Love's family had moved to another Town 6 months previously and I missed her so much, it hurt even now. She is just like this terrific song, Unforgettable.!😂❤❤
This song still give me chills to this day. Beautiful haunting tune that just takes you away to a much more beautiful place. One of the greatest songs ever recorded in my humble opinion.
Brilliant song from an astounding group whom I don't think get the credit they deserve today. Just one of the musical divergences between me and my wife. I love 10cc and she ridicules them. I was 14 when this song was released. Loved it then and love it still.
Man, this was the best song ever to listen to stoned. I mean, when I think of smoking pot and listening to music in the 70's...I think of this song. I would lose myself and then come back and then get lost again in this song. Amazing piece. Perfect song, perfect time. And it would come on the radio...
This gem brings back a mega memory and Knebworth 1976 when 10cc Backed the Stones , the Stones roadies really messed with the bands equipment , but to no avail, 10CC rocked it big time , and this tune was played at night , amazing feeling that will always stay with me right to the end , being my number 1 tune at my funeral
I was 15 at boarbing school doing exams we played that song over and iver for months in the evening... hearing it puts me back there instantly. I was seperated from a boy i loved and 50 yrs later still do
Saw 10CC in Plymouth way back in the 70s and thought “I’m not in Love” was so so wonderful! Saw them again (twice) again 40 years later, and it was every bit as good❤️🤔. This song along with many others of their numbers has made for a cracking legacy. Thank you 10CC 👍👍👍👍👍
I was a sophomore in college in 1975 and I would play my radio to help me go to sleep. Well this song wakes out of deep sleep and I thought was literally having a dream with angelic voices. I have never forgotten the elated feeling Everytime I hear ..." I am not in love..." intro and continuous harmony if the song it brings me right back to that moment. Great memories.
This song is like gold. It will never lose its shine for generations to come. It captures a moment in everyone’s life that they can relate to, and transports them to that time.😊😔
A friend who ran a mobile disco in about 2010 asked if I had any 70s music because he was doing a 70s night. I said no. Later at home I realised that about 80% of my music collection is from that decade and my friend was a happy DJ.
First time I heard this song I was about 7 and my mom had bought a brand new 1976 Toyota Celica with a Hatchback. We had to pull over to the side of the road because we couldn’t believe how cool the song sounded and we just sat there amazed at the sound. As they would say across the pond, we were gobsmacked. I’ll never forget that day.
Always loved this song. Didn't know it was so beautifully crafted with a cutting edge approach. It will always be a fantastic and unique piece of music to me.
I grew up in the seventies and 10cc songs were always different, surprising, mesmerising, incredibly high quality, they created one fabulous hit after another prolifically, their amazing music was a big influence on me and will always be part of my psyche.
I saw10cc in concert 5 times during this era and I still have all their albums on vinyl. I remember well, my first play of The Original Soundtrack and the bouncing milk bottle along with the cursing Frenchman, on the opening track. I thought it was genius. Great band, brilliant to see live. Thanks for the memories, you're film taught me things I didn't know about them.
I'm not in love is an admission that he is. This song is a masterpiece.
big boys dont cry, big boys dont cry........
I was 20, every time I hear this, I can't help wonder how many men think about that one girl who you never quite get over.
It’s still good
I still think about her.....
@@MrBrysie I know what you mean.... the foolishness of youth
@@davidhoward5392 and because of your post I spoke to her. We last spoke 45 years ago.
Boundless crush, impossible situation - this song and 'My Eyes Adored You' comforted my misery back then. Forgotten about for almost 50 years, am transported back to those sepia toned memories. Your first love is the purest.
Met my wife in '75, both of us 17 years old then. Cruised the streets with 10cc on the new FM radio stations. We're still married 45 years later.
Congratulations
That's quite a feat in these modern times. Sounds like you ARE in love.
Congrats man!🎉
And still listening?
One of the most hauntingly beautiful songs of all time
I agree
The ONLY one. Before the posting of this and back to the 70s. Embryo music attempts will continue to fall short
The only reason to watch this is to stare at Eric Stewart....They had other much better songs, but the camera hardly leaves him for this,ah...
Never gets old ! As beautiful in '24
as it was in '75. Love it !
The 1970’s was a golden age for singer/songwriters. An astonishing number of artists produced incredible music during this decade. 10cc was one of them.
Yup, the best decade IMO
that's right and there is a reason for that. an obvious reason. I even consider the 70s the best decade in the music business ever.
@@keep_walking_on_grass Any Colour You Like. Fascinating moniker. The eight track from The Dark Side of the Moon……Nicely done.
For radio, you didn’t have to be good looking and have a marketable image. That’s why the music was better. Talent, and only talent, ruled the day. Nowadays, you have to have a certain pop-idol look, and lots of shitty autotune.
Golden age for us boomers, too. In our teens, life and music were great. Possibilities were endless. San Francisco was fun to hang around.
That receptionist was the jam! Sweet, very pretty, and little did she know how her whispers would follow the boys of that time all through the decades.
I hope she's happy and had a good life.
My favorite line is "I keep your picture up on the wall, it hides a nasty stain just lying there."
Overall this song is so mesmerizing. I loved it as a kid in the 70's and still do.
Totally iconic. I heard it when I was in my junior year of high school. Still blows me away since'75!
It’s a song telling a story which captures the young mind four immensely talented guys shame they didn’t see it through
This song is woven into the fabric of our very being. It had relevance to so many people at key moments of a lifetime. Wow -
Hardcore truth, spoken so honestly. Ouch-
Your point?
The mixed voices are still AWESOME even after 40+ years. I still LOVE this song.
Me TOOO.
Too true.
Epic song...!!
Back in the days they wouldn't tell anyone how they accomplished those singing tracks. I always thought it had a strong Mellotron vibe, which turns out to be a variation on that.
@@narvul I didn't know there was anything new about the mixing . . Besides being done superbly. Was there? I've already called it 'ground breaking' though . .
@@henrybrowne7248 Using a mixing console as an instrument was pretty new then.
I was 15 when it came out. I am 64 now and it still has the same impact it did when I first heard it.
Hah, we are identically aged, with identical reactions to this song.
Same. I just gave all my vinyl to my kids. I had a couple of 10cc LPs. Deceptive Bends, and my favorite, "How Dare You". Great band, and I got a lot of surprise comments whenever I played them for friends. Especially cranked on those old stereos driven through a good pair of Wharfdales or what have you. You know... 😊
@@aquamarine99911 Make that Three of us Mate and you are 💯% right 👍👍
Ditto
Yep 66 and it still wants me want to gag...
The cheap and sucky music of today could learn so much from the past. Every day I long for this type of talent to make a comeback.
Luckily Gen Z kids are starting to deliver. There’s a lot of potential in groups like The Lemon Twigs. Don’t count out everyone just because the mainstream pop music business is run by business school people with no taste. Look into underground music, there’s been amazing music all the time. You just aren’t hearing it because you’re not looking.
As a teen, the world stopped every time this came on the radio.
It still does.
It still does.
I was 15 and in love with my first girlfriend - and she didn't know it. And I didn't know what love was. And so I would listen to this song, knowing the guy was totally in love and finally understood a man should never not share his feelings with his woman. That song kills me even today. I have to stop and listen to it, when I hear hear it.
I was a senior in high school and my first real girlfriend had broken up with me when this song came out. It captured my feelings so well and remains one of my top 5 songs of all time. The B side to this time in my life is "How Long" by Ace, which was out at the same time.
I was in love with a beautiful woman at the age off 15, I could never tell her. Oh how I wanted to, now when I hear this song it still gets me and transports me back too that time. I know she was engaged she probably has grandkids now, I would love too know where she is now.
When I told my wife this is my very favourite song she was offended. It took me months before she would listen intently to the lyrics and I'm still not sure she gets it. A musical masterpiece it stirs me eventide.
A song of overwhelming love.
It became clear to me that the song was about a man who was so in love with a woman, that he was frightened by its overwhelming power, and was trying to convince her (and himself) that he actually wasn't in love at all. Just always been my take on it.
It’s a song about a-guy with a woman, of whom he is not in love with….he will live with her though, cause it convenient…..it sounds sweet, but it is brutal….the guy says. “I’m not in love, don’t forget it”….it’s like good enough to be with….like you strongly…but I don’t love you
Masterpiece
@@ladycharlotte8693 nope, that's not what the song is about at all!
Timeless song......won't ever get old or tell an old message. It's the human condition.
Remarkably, 10 cc recorded this song without the technology abmnd gadgets we have available today
Truly amazing
The first ASMR recording. Stunning song, and “big boys don’t cry” still makes the hair in my arms stand up.
For me, that's another case of misheard lyrics. For all of 48 years, I thought the whisper was a rushed "Be quiet so quiet." If you listen carefully, it can sound like that particularly because it's quiet.
@@brianvogt8125 She actually says ... "Be Quiet. Big boys don't cry."
@@brianvogt8125 Don't feel bad. I thought they were saying "be poised, don't cry" for most of the verses. If you think about it, it could make sense, too. I thought it said that, then finished with "big boys don't cry".
@@frommatorav1She says "Be quiet. Be poised and quiet. Be poised and quiet." That's what it is.
Thought it was “Requesting Quiet, Requesting Quiet”
I'm Not In Love was voted record-of-the-year in 1975, beating Bohemian Rhapsody to that award.
Much prefer Bohemian Rhapsody.Slushy lovey songs like this are not exciting
@@brianmorecombe2726 Maybe you do, everyone has his/her/its own preferences on any topic you may care to mention. The trap a lot of people fall into, though is when they declare their personal preference to be the 'best' or the 'greatest ever'. In their world, perhaps. In the minds of the rest of us ... er ... no.
@@brianmorecombe2726 Depends who you were sleeping with in 1975, and whether you were in love with them or not. ( As the song highlights perfectly)
@@richardmurphy4520 and if you could do the Fandango or not 😁
I seem to remember that poll was on Radio One. Still a hauntingly ethereal sound to this day. 👍
I was 10 going on 11 when this song came out. I REALLY miss the 70's on so many levels. Too bad we couldn't go back in time just temporarily.
If I could take my wife and kids, I would go back in time to the 70s and stay there.
It was great musically, but then you have jimmy saville and Gary Glitter Derek Langmuir and others with their vile behaviour , rampant racist jokes on the TV and treated like it was perfectly fine. I could go on.
The 1970S a very lovely era to be in ......cool music such as sister sledge and chic and the bee gees and cool rides such as the 1970s Pontiac firebird trans am a cool era 👍😁⭐
I was born in 83 but I wish I could have gone back to the 70's. Seemed like a mystical decade that existed between the flower power of the 60's and the techno take over of the 80's. And produced some of the best music there was.
I was 16 when this came out. All these years later it’s still one of the best songs I’ve ever heard. Still gives me chills. Total masterpiece.
‘75 my all time favourite year; classic tunes - I too was 16
I was 17 then. The whole album is incredible.
The layered voices are still haunting. It's almost like hundreds of souls coming together to express the angst the singer is saying about his deep love for a woman, but maybe is too afraid to let her know, or maybe it's after they've broken up, not sure about that. I've always thought they had broken up and felt it too painful to admit aloud that he still loved her deeply. Maybe it's because I was went through that once, and is why I'm alone to this day, but I digress.
This is one of those songs that will ALWAYS stand the test of time. So unique when it was produced, and knowing now, the labor intensive effort that went into creating it, only adds to it's timeless appeal.
"I'm Not In Love" and "The Things We Do For Love" are musical bookends
When you've listened to their albums you realise this is just one of many classics they did.
Could you imagine anyone today writing with this magnitude of artistic sonorous ingenuity?
Listened to this in my 69 Mach 1 driving my date home before 11pm curfew.
Saw her 45 Years later, haven't seen the Mach 1 but still listening to this song
This song is awesome and sadly few understand it. Fall in love and you will totally understand this song.
Words cannot describe what this record meant to me when it came out. I was a young teen working my first part time job. I'd get home at 1a and be so wired from work, I'd lay out in the living room with the headphones on, listening to one of the first FM stations that played popular music. This would come on - the yearning, the denial, the ethereal atmosphere of it really connected with this young teen. Then in the middle, it softens and that comforting yet haunting voice advises, almost warns me - "Be quiet, big boys don't cry." Thanks guys for giving this to us.
In the late 70s I saw 10cc live in concert at Popejoy Hall on the University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque. It was without question the best live performance of my lifetime -- astounding musicianship, stage presence, and audience interaction combined with the acoustic perfection of the venue to make it a singular mind-blowing experience. I will never, ever forget that night.
I just missed seeing that concert! I attended UNM in 1989.
I was stationed at Kirtland AFB at that same time (but rarely ventured off base). And this song takes me right back to Manzano Mt.
Wow! Ken I attended UNM in the late 70s in Albuquerque. My first concert was at Popejoy and I saw ELO with Ambrosia opening for them. Went with a best friend Karen Sampson and when I got home my mom asked me how ‘Yellow’ was! Lol Great time and a small world. Take care and best to you.
Live in Albuquerque also...My 1st concert was KISS in 76'...Really wish I could have seen 10cc, as I love this song and always will...
Why hasn't this had millions of views???
It's a classic!
It was 1975, I had just bought this immaculate, gorgeous silver 73 Mark IV Continental that I got a special deal on. I was 18 and making very good money, I had a second date with this cutie knew from school. We did a nice restaurant and then went for a moonlight drive along the ocean, this song came on the radio, we never had heard such a thing, it was hypnotic. Anyway, the mood was set, everything went perfect that night, and I got lucky. Funny how a single song can bring back a flood of pleasant memories.
There are very few songs that continue to hold that place in your heart as this one does. Still, to this day.
When I hear this song one word comes to mind-- nostalgia.
On the first date with my now husband we went to a club and they played this song. It became 'our song,' married nearly 50 years now Love hearing it again
I hear this song and I'm instantly transported back to Jr. High. It was such a new and unique sound that I still love today.
Brilliant execution/song/arrangement /recording for 1975 ,and still stands up in 2023
I was 17 when this came out. It combines brilliant lyrics of a guy who is madly in love but afraid to admit it to himself with stunning layered vocals unlike anything I'd heard before before. A classic that will be appreciated long into the future.
'I keep your picture upon the wall..it hides a nasty stain that's lying there'- Genius lyrics!
I think the Thompson twins carried on the story with ‘hold me now’ 8 yrs later. A brutal return to reality!
‘I have a picture, pinned to my wall. An image of you and of me and were laughing with love at it all.
But look at our life now, all tattered and torn. We fuss and we fight and delight in the tears that we cry until dawn.’
An amazing piece! It was simply the kind of brilliance that existed at the time.
Pre-digital. It's incredible!
It struck us all when it came out.
It was familiar yet unlike anything we had ever heard. Seemingly brilliant in its simplicity and it's anything but... simple. 10cc deserve all the credit in the world
Music created and produced in an era in which technology was let's say primitive compared with what we have today even at home yet it was much, much better than the crap we have to endure today.
@@topsyturvyy4558 You know I thought about that some time back and I realised that I don`t listen to modern music at all. I get all my musical pleasure from those old classics from the 70s and 80s. I can`t be bothered with the dross they churn out today.
It's really not that good at all
This was my wife and i's song when we were dating and not yet sure where things were going but 48 years later we are still together.
@10:25 After almost 50 years I am finally able to connect a face and a name to that lovely and haunting voice. And I wasn't disappointed! Thank you!😃
This song always takes me back to being 15 years-old wearing headphones sitting in a beanbag chair listening to this song for the first time.
10cc kept me sane while sailing the worlds oceans in the '70s.
One word „Timeless“……..will be around, loved and cherished forever !!!!!
Absolutely!
As a 14 yr old back in 1975 I hated I'm Not In Love, thankfully as I grew older I came to realise just how much of a masterpiece it truly is. The haunting sound and ethereal quality give it a mystical magical vibe. It is also one of those special records that sound timeless- it hasn't aged. 10cc have an incredible back catalogue. I don't think they get the kind of recognition today that they truly deserve, the band has been almost relegated to the "2nd division" of UK rock/pop bands by those who should know better.
This was the song that made someone in the car pipe up and demand, "Can't you find a ROCK station?"
I was 17 and falling in love for the very first time when this song came out. It expressed my feelings perfectly. We are still friends 50 years later.
I was 10 seemed naff at the time..but yes its brilliant
I was 14 also in 1975. 3 years later in 1978 cruising around on a Friday night this song was still on the radio station rotation. Loved it then and all these years later!
I first heard this song on radio in the dead of night on duty as front desk clerk of a hotel--somewhere in 1975 or '76. I just stood there frozen, wanting to learn it so badly, wondering who this new group was . . In my mind I placed it somewhere near the top of my 1970s pop songs, later demoted it, thinking, again, that I was the only one who liked it so much . . Now amazed that all you guys feel as I do, I put it back up there again. Just an amazing song. Great lyrics too.
Oh man, I see you there, "in the dead of night...frozen...wondering..." Beautiful language. Thank you!
@@irenemax3574 Yeah, hotel front desk graveyard shift gets eerie at its lowest point, usuall 2 to 4 am . .
If one could paint a room, musically, in the shade of the 1970's, this song is what you would paint it with.
Trust your gut when it comes to your musical taste. It's nice when it's reinforced, but don't rely on it.
Untouchable. One of the golden paradigms of music.
I went to high school with a Englehard Dinglefester.
I don’t think you know what Paradigm means 😂
There is absolutely no other song that sounds so sublime. The innovation of this creation is without compare. One of the most unique bands in popular music history. I am an enormous fan. I have all their LPs and consider them second only to the Beatles. A close second!
My list of ten favorites would begin with I'm Not in Love, continue with Un Nuit a Paris, and include the entire Bloody Tourists album.
It's a fantastic rendering of the technology that was available at the time. The concept of using tape loops was old hat in the 1970s. But using extended vocal loops to create a vocal landscape was something relatively new at the time. And it certainly became the signature sound of this song.
@@anngreen3495I nearly wore my "Bloody Tourist" album out. I think I played it at least once a day for over a year straight. That was the album that got me into 10cc, and then of course I had to explore all their previous work and became a huge fan. Very creative band! Wish I could have seen them in concert. 😥
The brilliance of these guys mixing their voices many times over and the story behind the lyrics, and then seeing them performing it. One of my all time favorite songs. I was 14 yrs old back in ‘75 when it first came out. This masterpiece has only grown brighter in my heart after all of these years. Thanks for sharing their incredible story of putting this song together.
And I was 15, sounds as good now as it did back then (Amazing).
I'm the same age. I still maintain the 70's was the best ever time to be a teenager.
@@tobortine Yes it was.
Broke up with a girl at my Senior prom
I agree.
This song hit the airwaves in the U.S. when I was in high school and it was fascinating and ethereal. The unmistakable sound of it playing instantly transplants me to that time. Until seeing this video, I had never appreciated the intricate and drawn out work to make this record so great.
Me too!!!
A beautiful song and a technical marvel. The stacked, multi-tracked vocals mixed together as sort of a lead instrument is especially innovative. The girl saying, "big boys don't cry" with a crescendo of voices together is an amazing climax to this gem of a song.
"I'm Not In Love" is one hell of a ballad. I discovered it in the 80s. When I learned it was written in the 70s, I was shocked. It's a timeless work of art.
Why were you shocked Alfred?
All along I thought this song is around 80's / 90's.
@@gearhead000TV the song defies time. It's ageless. Eternally fresh. It sounds like it could have been written today.
@@frontagulus again, I found that song in the 80s. It sounded current to me; so, I assumed it was a recent release. In addition, it doesn't sound like a lot of the ballads from the 70s.
10cc take me back to the 1970s with their gorgeous tunes
I remember, "I'm not in love," "Love is like Oxygen," and "Dream Weaver," about the same time with no info at all about the bands and they became like aliens to us mortals.
Now I play twice a week at a Hyatt in S. FL. And they still haunt me....
True, and another song that haunts me, I go Crazy... So many beautiful love songs then. I miss them so much.
Love is like oxygen is by sweet they had a ton of previous hits …
I love this song, if I'm not mistaken, it was used on the wonderful,heartbreaking, dreamy, ethereal movie "The Virgin Suicides". Beautiful sound. I get this same "Cerebral" feeling when listening to "Don't dream it's over" by Crowded House.
Oh my gosh, I could never put a name to that feeling. Shivery in the head, moody, nostalgic.
@@SeaBreeze2247 Yes... Exactly,You get it.
Another song close that time period for me would be "Life in a Northern Town". it has a very dreamy surreal vibe too.
I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard this either drunk, smoked up or both back in the day. Tune brings back many a memory for me, some good, some not so. But I agree w/others it is & always will be a classic that u never forget. Just stays in your head if u grew up in that 70's era.
I was 21 years old in the summer of 1975...this song always reminds me of one of my first ❤️ loves..Bridget was her name and my best friend Kathy would always tease me..Randy loves ❤️ Bridget..48 years later this song 🎵 always reminds me of Bridget
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it's one of those songs that brings back nostalgic memories. I was young 18, my girlfriend just turned 17 and we just moved in together. 6 months later we were married and 1 year after that I was a dad. Good times, lol.
I didn't know there was a long version of "I'm Not In Love" until I bought the LP. It's always been a favorite of mine.
The shorter, single version always annoys me, with that abrupt edit just after the final appearance of the "Ooh, you'll wait a long time" line.
The all time classic denial song.....simply legendary.
I've just got that now watching this after all these years - a guy trying to deny he's head over heels, but its so obvious now that he's just try to hide how much and just how deep he is in love. Brilliant track, right up there with the best
@@UA-cam_deleted_my_favourites Yes, exactly that. And of course, big boys DO cry... wanting someone so much it's actually physically painful. We've all been there...
One of the most beautiful ethereal songs ever made and still stands the test of time.
One of the greatest songs ever recorded.
Is this the first time you ever heard music? Or, you're that naive that you could possibly think that?
@@godbluffvdgg Thanks for telling us all your ignorance about music.
@@ericwhitehead6451 lol...I've been a multi instrument musician for a few decades. I guarantee; What I forgot about music; you'll never know. It's YOUR ignorant statement which shows who the real ignorant person is here...Infinitus est numerus stultorum...
Absolute classic. That's going to be great for centuries.
I loved this song the first time I heard it. That opinion hasn't changed in 48 years and counting.
I was about 15 at the time. This song played over and over at the time. Was kind of a soundtrack to my lonely teenage years.
This is the most wonderful story of the genesis of a song of one of the best rock songs ever !
One of the greatest pop songs of all time. still fresh after fifty odd years
one of the best songs in my growing up still puts little flutters of hope in my heart .
This awesome song by 10cc always takes me back to 1975 when I was 17. My first Love's family had moved to another Town 6 months previously and I missed her so much, it hurt even now. She is just like this terrific song, Unforgettable.!😂❤❤
A totally classic song... one of the best ever... This and Dreadlock Holiday are what I remember 10CC for... whoever was in the lineup.
They had some of the most exotic and unique songs and sounds I have ever heard in music. They were simply amazing. I love their music to this day.
It WAS a wonderful time.
I still have all their albums on vinyl thankfully.
this record blew my little teen brain when it came out and it still sounds totally amazing
A talented, clever band that deserved more success.
A cruel but haunting song. A gem. A diamond that never loses its sparkle.
This song still give me chills to this day. Beautiful haunting tune that just takes you away to a much more beautiful place.
One of the greatest songs ever recorded in my humble opinion.
Brilliant song from an astounding group whom I don't think get the credit they deserve today.
Just one of the musical divergences between me and my wife. I love 10cc and she ridicules them.
I was 14 when this song was released. Loved it then and love it still.
Man, this was the best song ever to listen to stoned. I mean, when I think of smoking pot and listening to music in the 70's...I think of this song. I would lose myself and then come back and then get lost again in this song. Amazing piece. Perfect song, perfect time. And it would come on the radio...
Talk about 10cc and this song comes to mind. This song will be as fresh as it will ever be.
This gem brings back a mega memory and Knebworth 1976 when 10cc Backed the Stones , the Stones roadies really messed with the bands equipment , but to no avail, 10CC rocked it big time , and this tune was played at night , amazing feeling that will always stay with me right to the end , being my number 1 tune at my funeral
Wonderful insight into one of the finest songs ever recorded.
Can't get any better then this harmony wise ...an evergreen
I was 15 at boarbing school doing exams we played that song over and iver for months in the evening... hearing it puts me back there instantly. I was seperated from a boy i loved and 50 yrs later still do
This song emotes the warmth of the seventies and every time I hear it,I feel it again... lovely
Man that was a top time of music as a 15 year old!! Such variety! That song still gives me goosebumps. Thank you 10cc
Saw 10CC in Plymouth way back in the 70s and thought “I’m not in Love” was so so wonderful! Saw them again (twice) again 40 years later, and it was every bit as good❤️🤔. This song along with many others of their numbers has made for a cracking legacy. Thank you 10CC 👍👍👍👍👍
The behind the scenes has my fascination skyrocketing with this song.
It's simply a masterpiece.
One of the best songs in popular music, I've always loved it
For so many years I have wondered how they made this cool sound and the lyrics are perfect when you are in denial that you love someone.
I was a sophomore in college in 1975 and I would play my radio to help me go to sleep. Well this song wakes out of deep sleep and I thought was literally having a dream with angelic voices. I have never forgotten the elated feeling Everytime I hear ..." I am not in love..." intro and continuous harmony if the song it brings me right back to that moment. Great memories.
I loved this song. Hearing a man deny his love but you knew that he was :)
This song is like gold.
It will never lose its shine for generations to come.
It captures a moment in everyone’s life that they can relate to, and transports them to that time.😊😔
Mid 70s masterpiece. I get my hackles up when people talk down about 1970s music. There were quite a few gems created in the decade.
A friend who ran a mobile disco in about 2010 asked if I had any 70s music because he was doing a 70s night. I said no. Later at home I realised that about 80% of my music collection is from that decade and my friend was a happy DJ.
First time I heard this song I was about 7 and my mom had bought a brand new 1976 Toyota Celica with a Hatchback. We had to pull over to the side of the road because we couldn’t believe how cool the song sounded and we just sat there amazed at the sound. As they would say across the pond, we were gobsmacked. I’ll never forget that day.
Hi Tracy
They reformed for a tour about five or six years ago. Saw them in Folkestone, in a 200-250 seat venue. They were amazing.
Like others, I was falling in love when I first heard this song, i still feel my chest tighten up even today
Always loved this song. Didn't know it was so beautifully crafted with a cutting edge approach. It will always be a fantastic and unique piece of music to me.
I grew up in the seventies and 10cc songs were always different, surprising, mesmerising, incredibly high quality, they created one fabulous hit after another prolifically, their amazing music was a big influence on me and will always be part of my psyche.
I saw10cc in concert 5 times during this era and I still have all their albums on vinyl.
I remember well, my first play of The Original Soundtrack and the bouncing milk bottle along with the cursing Frenchman, on the opening track. I thought it was genius.
Great band, brilliant to see live.
Thanks for the memories, you're film taught me things I didn't know about them.
It has such a haunting melancholy way ,i was single digit's when this song came out but always loved this song .. 2024 looking it up on UA-cam ❤❤❤
This song always gives me chills
I was a do doing weddings etc, I met my wife dancing to this song, can’t thank you enough ❤