My 100 Favorite Charted Pop Songs: The Things We Do for Love

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Happy Thanksgiving Eve to everyone in America! If you’re traveling, please be safe. If you’re staying home, please be safe. If you’re listening to this song, please be safe. Here’s the next song (#84 out of 100) on the list of my favorite songs to make the Hot 100. Hope you remember this one. The Things We Do for Love - 10cc Welcome to another one that my mom loved! Mom would spend time in my bedroom, where I had to listen to rock and roll quietly because my dad vehemently disapproved, and she heard a lot of these. I had a playlist on my first iPod for her, and this was on it. (She also liked a lot off Elton John and Linda Ronstadt. Another song that Mom loved will be along soon, so you can see my mom was cool.) This is commonly known as “10cc’s other hit.” Lyrically, ‘I’m Not in Love” was hilarious; however, I just couldn’t stand the music to it. This one was much better in the melodic regard, and still retained that 10cc humor they were quite well-known for (“communication is the problem to the answer”). According to Picky Wedia, original members Lol Creme and Kevin Godley hated this song. After they left the band, remaining members Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart were free to revive it. Like the other hit, this one made the top 10. While 10cc had more success in their native England, this was their second and last “big hit” in America. A pity. The Things We Do for Love Written by Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman Recorded by 10cc From Deceptive Bends, 1976 Peak chart position: #5 Today’s country song: “Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry” A compromise would surely help the situation: