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==1965–1968: The Mindbenders==
Guitarist Eric Stewart was a member of [[Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders]], a group that hit No.&nbsp;1 with "[[The Game of Love (Wayne Fontana song)|The Game of Love]]", and scored a number of other mid-1960s hits. When Fontana left the band in October 1965, the group became known simply as [[the Mindbenders]], with Stewart as their lead vocalist. The band scored a hit with "[[A Groovy Kind of Love]]" (released December 1965) and made an appearance in the 1967 film ''[[To Sir, with Love]]'' with "It's Getting Harder All the Time" and "Off and Running".

In March 1968, Gouldman joined Stewart in the Mindbenders, replacing bassist Bob Lang and playing on some tour dates. Gouldman wrote two of the band's last three singles, "Schoolgirl" (released November 1967) and "Uncle Joe the Ice Cream Man" (August 1968). Those singles did not chart, and the Mindbenders broke up after a short tour of England in November.<ref name="Tremlett">{{cite book |last=Tremlett |first=George |title=The 10cc Story |publisher=Futura |year=1976 |isbn=978-0-86007-378-9}}</ref>