I'm Not In Love - breakup song by 10cc:

One could argue that 10cc’s “I’m Not in Love” has been one of the major inspirations for a helluva lot of 21st-century indie music—especially that in the chillwave, neo-R&B, and night bus subgenres… an animating force for all your Young Ghost Shadow Beaches and Black Twin Crystal Whales, etc. etc. burning up the college-radio airwaves.

In the video below, the clusters of sound that emanate from this recording of “I’m Not in Love”’s densely layered vocal loops (an overdubbed virtual choir of 256 voices, according to Wikipedia) generate a profoundly moving mix of elation and resignation, with an undercurrent of religious solemnity. That feeling of emotional ambiguity is one of the defining elements of contemporary music. 10cc nailed it just about better than anyone—and took it to #2 in the US charts—in 1975.


One Day At A Time:

One Day at a Time is an American sitcom television series that aired on the CBS network from December 16, 1975, until May 28, 1984. It starred Bonnie Franklin as a divorced mother raising two teenage daughters, played by Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli, in Indianapolis.

The series was created by Whitney Blake and Allan Manings, a husband-and-wife writing duo who were both actors in the 1950s and 1960s. The series was based on Whitney Blake's own life as a single mother, raising her three children (Including future actress Meredith Baxter) after her divorce from her first husband.[1]

Ann Romano, a divorced mother, moves from their home in Logansport, Indiana, to Marion County, west-side Indianapolis, with her daughters, the rebellious Julie and the wisecracking Barbara. Ann frequently struggles with maintaining her role as mother while affording her daughters the freedom she never had as a young woman. Complicating matters is David Kane, Ann's divorce lawyer who takes a romantic interest in Ann. Dwayne Schneider, the building's quirky superintendent (most often referred to only by his last name), provides usually-unwanted advice to the tenants.

After David takes a job in Los Angeles, the focus squarely rests on Ann's dilemmas as a single mother and career woman as well as the girls' growing pains, with Schneider becoming a more welcomed part of the family. Ann's strained relationship with her ex-husband Ed slowly mends, as does the girls' relationship with his new wife, Vickie. Julie and Barbara advance through high school and into the working world, and Julie eventually marries flight attendant Max Horvath. Alex, the orphaned son of Ann's deceased boyfriend, moves in, creating more conflict in the female-dominated apartment. Later in the series run, Julie gives birth to a daughter, "Little Annie" Horvath, Barbara marries dental student Mark Royer, and Ann's mother, Katherine, moves nearby.

In the penultimate episode, Ann decides to take a job in London, leaving her daughters in Indianapolis to raise families of their own. In the series finale, Schneider also leaves town, moving to Florida to take care of his niece and nephew.

The theme song for One Day at a Time, the title cut, was composed by Brill Building songwriter Jeff Barry, and performed by RCA recording artist Polly Cutter.

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