How Dare You!

For the saying, see dare.

How Dare You!
Studio album by 10cc
Released	January 1976
Recorded	1975 at Strawberry Studios, Stockport, Cheshire, England
Genre	Rock
Length	42:53
Label	Mercury Records 534 975-2
Producer	10cc
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10cc chronology
The Original Soundtrack (1975) How Dare You! (1976) Deceptive Bends (1977)

How Dare You! is the fourth album by British band 10cc. Released in 1976, it included UK hit singles "I'm Mandy Fly Me" and "Art For Art's Sake". It was also the last 10cc album to feature the classic line-up of Eric Stewart, Graham Gouldman, Kevin Godley, and Lol Creme, with the latter two departing to work on their own musical projects, and eventually becoming music video pioneers. The album was the band's second to feature cover artwork by the Hipgnosis creative team.

In an interview at the time of its release, Gouldman told Melody Maker music newspaper: "It's as different as any album by the same band can be, and I think it's a progression from the last one. I think there's been a progression on every album and I think we've done it again. It's a strange mixture of songs. There's one about divorce, a song about schizophrenia, a song about wanting to rule the world, the inevitable money song, and an instrumental."^[1]

In a radio interview^[2], Stewart recalled the origins of the song "I'm Mandy Fly Me":

Track listing

1. "How Dare You" (Kevin Godley, Lol Creme) – 4:14
   • Eric - Steel guitar, lead guitar
   • Kevin - Drums, congas, cow bell, bongos
   • Graham - Bass, rizo-rizo
   • Lol - Rhythm guitars, 12 string, lead guitar, clavinet, moog, marracas, sleigh bells
2. "Lazy Ways" (Creme, Eric Stewart) – 4:20
   • Eric - Lead vocal, lead guitar, six string bass
   • Graham - Acoustic guitars, tambourine, backup vocals
   • Lol - Piano, clavinet, moog, tambourine, backup vocals
   • Kevin - Drums, triangle, backup vocals
3. "I Wanna Rule The World" (Godley, Creme, Graham Gouldman) – 3:57
   • Lol - Organ, piano, backup vocals, lead vocals
   • Kevin - Drums, timpani, marracas, backup vocals
   • Eric - Lead guitars, backup vocals
   • Graham - Bass, backup vocals
4. "I'm Mandy Fly Me" (Stewart, Gouldman, Godley) – 5:24
   • Eric - Lead vocal, lead guitar, piano, whistle, backup vocals
   • Graham - Bass, zithers, double bass, six string bass, backup vocals
   • Kevin - Drums, backup vocals
   • Lol - Lead guitar, moog, vibes, backup vocals
5. "Iceberg" (Gouldman, Godley) – 3:43
   • Graham - Lead vocal, electric guitars, bass, backup vocals
   • Kevin - 2nd lead vocal, congas, timpani, backup vocals
   • Eric - Lead guitars, Levi zip
   • Lol - Organ, gizmo, backup vocals
6. "Art For Arts Sake" (Stewart, Gouldman) – 5:59
   • Eric - Lead vocal, piano, electric piano, six string bass, fuzz bass, lead guitar
   • Graham - Electric guitars, cow bell, tambourine, backup vocals
   • Lol - 2nd lead vocal, electric guitars, marracas, moog, recorder, backup vocals
   • Kevin - Drums temple, blocks, backup vocals
7. "Rock 'n' Roll Lullaby" (Gouldman, Stewart) – 3:58
   • Kevin - Lead vocals, drums, backup vocals
   • Eric - 2nd lead vocal, lead guitar, pedal steel guitar, piano
   • Lol - Electric guitars, backup vocals
   • Graham - Bass, dobro, slide steel guitar, glockenspiel
8. "Head Room" (Godley, Creme) – 4:21
   • Lol - Lead vocal, lead guitar, electric piano
   • Kevin - Drums, tambourine, backup vocals
   • Graham - Bass, backup vocals
   • Eric - Slide guitar, backup vocals
9. "Don't Hang Up" (Godley, Creme) – 6:16
   • Kevin - Lead vocal, cabasa, castanets, hand claps, backup vocals
   • Lol - Piano, electric piano, marracas, hand claps, backup vocals, gizmo, moog
   • Graham - Bass, Spanish guitar, hand claps, backup vocals
   • Eric - Lead guitar, backup vocals
   • Mair Jones - Harp

• 1997 Reissue bonus track:

10. "Get It While You Can" (Gouldman, Stewart) – 2:53

Cassette track listing

Side one

1. "Rock 'n' Roll Lullaby"
2. "Head Room"
3. "I Wanna Rule the World"
4. "I'm Mandy Fly Me"
5. "Iceberg"

Side two

1. "How Dare You"
2. "Lazy Ways"
3. "Art for Arts Sake"
4. "Don't Hang Up"

"I'm Mandy Fly Me"

The intro to "I'm Mandy Fly Me", a song (as possibly a fantasy or dream sequence) about being rescued following an airplane crash, features one of the bridge sections of the band's 1973 song "Clockwork Creep". The section, whose lyrics go "Oh, no you'll never get me up in one of these again / 'Cause what goes up must come down", is rendered soft and tinny, as if heard playing from a portable transistor radio. The song is regarded by some fans as a continuation of the story within "Clockwork Creep", whose subject was a bomb hidden on an airliner.

Personnel

• Lol Creme — Vocals, Guitar, Moog, Piano, Percussion, Organ, Clavinet, Recorder, Vibes
• Kevin Godley — Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Timpani, Congas, Bongos
• Graham Gouldman — Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Glockenspiel
• Eric Stewart — Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Bass
• Mair Jones — Harp

References

1. ^ Melody Maker interview quoted in CD liner notes
2. ^ BBC Radio Wales show, "I Write the Songs"