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I'm Not in Love

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After the success of '97's surreal "You're Not Alone," it appeared that Olive had dropped out of sight. Then, I purchased the NEXT BEST THING soundtrack and I was delighted to see that Olive was now signed to Maverick. Madonna always DOES have the best taste, doesn't she?

Here's the track listing:

[1] [Olive Radio Edit] [4.08] [2] [DJ Skribble & Anthony Acid Radio Mix] [4.06]

The "Olive Radio Edit" is nearly identical to the version from the NEXT BEST THING soundtrack, but the "DJ Skribble & Anthony Acid Radio Mix" is simply superb. You MUST have this single! However, do not waste the trip to your local Wherehouse Music store. They aren't supplying this single. Get it here at Amazon, where you're guaranteed to get this delightful disc in your pretty little hands!

Ruth Anne's vocals are simply amazing - breathtakingly sweet yet dark and melancholy. I can't wait to hear the new album, Trickle, out May 30. Expect the album to have much success now that Madonna's label Maverick is the driving push behind the album in the states. I certainly hope a maxi-single will be released soon featuring additional mixes of this wonderful track.

This is a good cover, but it is does not differ very much from the original except that it has the Olive digital interpretation. Check out the Fun Lovin' Criminals version on the Lounge a palooza CD.

olive's cover of "i'm not in love" is a mediocre attempt to update 10CC's original. if you want a good cover of this tune, check out tori amos's version on "strange little girls"

"I'm Not In Love" picks up where "You're Not Alone" left off; that sense of urgency has been recalled on this nugget from "Trickle". Though not as airy and ambient, and epic as some of their earlier work-including "You're Not Alone-"I'm Not In Love" is the strategy that should pay off for Olive. Wherein the original 10CC the male voice articulated a form of denial and wimpish resolve not to fess up, Ruth-Ann and the pumping drum 'n bass inflected track tell the story today's style. There is almost a sense of a clock racing;Ruth Ann's biological clock ticking; and in the midst the urgency to convince herself through her smooth vocal that this is not real. Unlike the original, however, that sought to convey that "resistance is futile, and "it takes a great deal of strength to admit and face love", the combination of Ruth Ann's resigned delivery-which is all the more elevating here than in previous works on "Extra Virgin"- the song delivers what the original meant to convey, but sadly lacked due to the wimpish vocal and the stagnant arrangement throughout the song. Olive's version without a doubt faster, but it is the twists and turns and where the wheels pick up in the BPM frenzy that allude to the conviction the song has. For instance, both opening verses of both versions were somewhat ambient and evoked the sense of denial and fear, but Ruth Ann's delivery seems more of the conviction that she may own up to her feelings-even if she doth protest it-and as Olive's version increased that sense of futility is heightened by the ever increasing frenzy, and the drum maching that underlines the "Ohhhh, You wait a long time for me" that ultimately escalates to the climax shows us where Ruth-Ann is running-and cannot hide. As an aside for all of the unrequited romance in the debut single "You're Not Alone", and the first single from "Trickle", "I'm not In Love", "oohh you wait a long time for me.."takes its cue from "You're Not Alone"; she was then waiting for a lover("I'll wait till the end of time for you.... One may almost envision the "trickling" of rain on panes and the inevitable breakdown and slowdown-and ultimate surrender by Ruth Ann- by the closing refrain.