Editing 10cc (section)

{{short description|English art rock band}}
{{About|the band|their eponymous album|10cc (album)}}
{{More citations needed|date=September 2022}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = 10cc
| image             = 10CC - TopPop 1974 2.png
| caption           = 10cc appearing on ''[[TopPop]]'' in [[Hilversum, Netherlands]], southeast of [[Amsterdam]], 1974:<br />(clockwise from top left) [[Eric Stewart]], [[Kevin Godley]], [[Graham Gouldman]], [[Lol Creme]]
| landscape         = yes
| alias             = 
| spinoff_of        = [[Hotlegs]]
| spinoffs          = [[Godley & Creme]], [[GG/06]]
| origin            = [[Stockport]], England
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Art rock]]<ref name="10cc_reviews">{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/10883-10cc-tenology-review|title=The Quietus - Reviews - 10cc|work=[[The Quietus]]|date=4 December 2012 |access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref>|[[art pop]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Stannard|first1=Joseph|title=Are You Normal? 10cc's Graham Gouldman Interviewed|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/05095-10cc-interview-graham-gouldman|website=[[The Quietus]]|date=13 October 2010|access-date=24 July 2016|archive-date=17 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317120740/http://thequietus.com/articles/05095-10cc-interview-graham-gouldman|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[progressive pop]]<ref>{{citation|last1=Breithaupt|first1=Don|last2=Breithaupt|first2=Jeff|title=Night Moves: Pop Music in the Late '70s|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mw1jAwAAQBAJ|year=2000|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-0-312-19821-3|page=71|access-date=24 July 2016|archive-date=13 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113133402/https://books.google.com/books?id=mw1jAwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[soft rock]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.notinhalloffame.com/rock-and-roll/item/377-435-10cc|title=Not in Hall of Fame - 466. 10cc|work=notinhalloffame.com|access-date=2 December 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208094645/http://www.notinhalloffame.com/rock-and-roll/item/377-435-10cc|url-status=live}}</ref> |[[pop rock]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Gaunt |first=Jeremy |title=10cc still exploring darker side of human nature, pop-style |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-10cc-idUKBRE97B0IK20130812 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |access-date=23 June 2023 |date=12 August 2013}}</ref>}}
| years_active      = {{hlist|1972–1983|1991–1995|1999–present}}
| label             = {{hlist|[[UK Records]]|[[Mercury Records]]|[[Polydor]]|[[Avex Group|Avex]]}}
| website           = {{URL|10cc.world}}
| current_members   = * [[Graham Gouldman]]
* [[Paul Burgess (musician)|Paul Burgess]]
* [[Rick Fenn]]
* Keith Hayman
* Iain Hornal
* Andy Park
| past_members      = * [[Eric Stewart]]
* [[Lol Creme]]
* [[Kevin Godley]]
* [[Stuart Tosh]]
* [[Tony O'Malley (musician)|Tony O'Malley]]
* [[Duncan Mackay (musician)|Duncan Mackay]]
* [[Vic Emerson]]
* Steve Piggot
* [[Gary Wallis]]
* Mick Wilson
* [[Mike Stevens (saxophonist)|Mike Stevens]]
}}

'''10cc''' are <!-- not "is"; British English is used for this article. See WP:ENGVAR for more info. --> an English [[rock music|rock]] band formed in [[Stockport]], southeast of [[Manchester]], in 1972. The group initially consisted of four musicians, [[Graham Gouldman]], [[Eric Stewart]], [[Kevin Godley]] and [[Lol Creme]], who had written and recorded together since 1968. The four members contributed to songwriting, working together in various permutations.<ref name=Erlewine>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/10cc-mn0000502163#biography|work=[[AllMusic]]|title=10cc biography|author=[[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]]}}</ref> Godley and Creme’s songwriting has been said to be inspired by [[Art pop|art]] and cinema.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://50connect.co.uk/index.asp?main=http://www.50connect.co.uk/50c/articlepages/entertainment_index.asp?sc%3Dmusic%26aID%3D15566 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071017093923/http://50connect.co.uk/index.asp?main=http://www.50connect.co.uk/50c/articlepages/entertainment_index.asp%3Fsc=music&aID=15566 |title=50 connect.co.uk - The leading website for the over 50's |archive-date=17 October 2007 |work=50connect.co.uk |access-date=2 December 2015}}</ref> The four members were multi-instrumentalists, singers, writers and producers. Most of the band's records were recorded at their own [[Strawberry Studios]] (North) in Stockport and Strawberry Studios (South) in [[Dorking]], with most of those engineered by Stewart.

From 1972 to 1978, 10cc had five consecutive UK top-ten albums: ''[[Sheet Music (10cc album)|Sheet Music]]'' (1974), ''[[The Original Soundtrack]]'' (1975), ''[[How Dare You! (album)|How Dare You!]]'' (1976), ''[[Deceptive Bends]]'' (1977), and ''[[Bloody Tourists]]'' (1978). 10cc also had twelve singles reach the UK Top 40, three of which were the chart-toppers "[[Rubber Bullets]]" (1973), "[[I'm Not in Love]]" (1975), and "[[Dreadlock Holiday]]" (1978). "I'm Not in Love" was their breakthrough worldwide hit, and is known for its innovative backing track. 

In 1976, Godley and Creme quit the band to concentrate on developing an electronic music device, "[[The Gizmo]]", and being in video production and music as [[Godley & Creme]].<ref name=Erlewine/> Stewart left the band in 1995. Since 1999, Gouldman has led a touring version of 10cc.