10cc, hipster muses

The most influential song of 2010? Don't Stop Believin'? Tik Tok? Bad Romance? Er, no, it's 10cc's I'm Not In LoveAs editor of the Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Colin Larkin is a man who knows more about pop than anyone has any need to. And, on page 1,380, he tackles the thorny issue of a 1975 mega-hit by a group of satirical and super-talented musicians from Manchester. 10cc's I'm Not In Love, Larkin says, was probably their most memorable song but was, he notes, "tragic-comic". The band didn'...

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