I'm Not In Love by 10cc - with relevant scenes from The Blue Lagoon with Brooke Shields

Released in May 1975, 10cc’s “I’m Not in Love” became the band’s breakthrough hit. With its tape-loop vocal choir and Moog-generated beat, the ballad reached #2 on Billboard’s pop chart and helped inspire the British synth-pop movement of the early ‘80s.

Recently, co-writer, electric pianist and lead vocalist Eric Stewart; co-writer, guitarist and bassist Graham Gouldman; drummer Kevin Godley; pianist Lol Creme and receptionist Cathy Redfern talked about the song’s evolution. Mr. Stewart’s latest album is “Anthology” (Cherry Red), Mr. Gouldman’s is “Play Nicely and Share” (Wienerworld) and Mr. Godley’s is “Muscle Memory” (PledgeMusic). Edited from interviews.

Eric Stewart: One morning in the fall of 1974, my wife, Gloria, and I were having breakfast at home in England. At some point, she said, “Why don’t you say you love me so much any more?”

We had been married nine years by then. I said, “Look, if I say that every day, the words will lose

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