You know the song, but give it a listen anyway:
Now what you should do is read this wonderful Sound On Sound Classic Tracks article about its recording, including how they created their own 624 voice choir for the song. It's an amazing story of creativity that you just don't need any more. If you want a choir on your song today, you could just buy some samples and knock the whole thing together on your computer at home.
I say that like it's a bad thing, which of course it's not. Technology's democratisation of music is overwhelmingly a good thing - that what would once have taken perhaps weeks of studio time and an outlay of thousands upon thousands of pounds, can now be done at home over a couple of weekends for next to nothing is remarkable and it allows artists freedom and independence - the opportunity to perhaps, in time, escape the yoke of record companies and their contracts that amount to nothing much more than indentured servitude. I can't help but feel that something's been lost, though, when Garageband for the iPad offers "a full range of Smart Instruments that make you sound like an expert musician. Even if you’ve never played a note before".
This needs a bad analogy: I'm Not In Love is the work of the kitchen of a Michelin starred chef, fiercely creative teamwork leading to something remarkable and unique. That need to be creative, to overcome the limitations of the studio and explore the limitations of your imagination, has been lost and replaced with software that plays your instruments for you - the musical equivalent of Tesco Value lasagne. God, I'm old.
On a cheerier note, the cover of the single of I'm Not In Love has Kevin Godley (he's the one on the left) wearing the greatest piece of clothing ever created by mankind:
I want one. With my face on it, obviously.
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