"No More I Love You's" is a song written by Joseph Hughes and David Freeman and was first released by their band, The Lover Speaks

The Lover Speaks

The Lover Speaks was the new wave duo of David Freeman , and Joseph Hughes . They sang the original version of the song "No More "I Love You's"", covered by Annie Lennox in 1995 on her Medusa album, taking it to #2 on the UK Singles Chart.Freeman and Hughes formed The Lover Speaks The Lover Speaks...

, in 1986. The song was later covered by the Scottish singer Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox, OBE , born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving minor success in the late 1970s with The Tourists, with fellow musician David A...

 and became a hit for her in 1995.

The Lover Speaks version

"No More "I Love You's"" was the debut single for The Lover Speaks. It peaked the UK singles chart at #58.

Track listing

7" single

1. "No More "I Love You's"" – 4:04
2. "This Can't Go On!" – 3:49

12" single

1. "No More "I Love You's"" – 4:04
2. "Of Tears" – 3:37
3. "This Can't Go On!" – 3:49

Annie Lennox version

"No More "I Love You's"" was the first single released by Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox, OBE , born Ann Lennox, is a Scottish singer-songwriter, political activist and philanthropist. After achieving minor success in the late 1970s with The Tourists, with fellow musician David A...

 from her second studio album Medusa

Medusa (Annie Lennox album)

Medusa is the second solo album by the Scottish singer Annie Lennox, released in March 1995. It consists solely of cover songs, all originally recorded by male artists. It entered the UK album chart at No. 1 and peaked in the US at number 11, spending 60 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. It has...

. The song won her the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance is the latest in a series of awards recognizing superior vocal performance by a female in the pop category, the first of which was presented in 1959. The award goes to the artist...

 at the 38th Grammy Awards, the first to be awarded to a British artist.

Chart performance

This single became the highest charting solo single for Lennox in the UK, entering the chart and peaking at #2 (spending 12 weeks on the charts and also became a Top 25 hit in USA, peaking at #23. With this, Lennox won the 1995 Grammy Award

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, beating Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...

, Vanessa L. Williams

Vanessa L. Williams

Vanessa Lynn Williams is an American pop-R&B recording artist, producer, dancer, model, actress and showgirl. In 1983, she became the first woman of African-American descent to be crowned Miss America, but a scandal generated by her having posed for nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine...

, Dionne Farris

Dionne Farris

Dionne Farris is an American female R&B/soul musician who sang on three songs with the hip hop group Arrested Development...

 and Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Raitt

Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American blues singer-songwriter and a renowned slide guitar player. During the 1970s, Raitt released a series of acclaimed roots-influenced albums which incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk and country, but she is perhaps best known for her more commercially...

. In 2010 it was sampled on Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj

Onika Tanya Maraj , better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj; ), is a Trinidadian-born American recording artist...

's single Your Love

Your Love (Nicki Minaj song)

"Your Love" is a song performed by Trinidadian-American recording artist Nicki Minaj. It was written by Minaj with Joseph Hughes, David Freedman, and Andrew "Pop" Wansel, with the latter receiving production credits. The song serves as the first single from her debut studio album, Pink Friday...

.

Music video

The video (co-directed by the singer herself and Joe Dyer) was nominated for a MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

 award for Best Female Video, losing to "Take a Bow" by Madonna

Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...

. It featured Lennox dancing with drag queen

Drag queen

A drag queen is a man who dresses, and usually acts, like a caricature woman often for the purpose of entertaining. There are many kinds of drag artists and they vary greatly, from professionals who have starred in films to people who just try it once. Drag queens also vary by class and culture and...

 ballerinas in homage to Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is an American all-male drag ballet corps which parodies the conventions and clichés of romantic and classical ballet. The company was co-founded by Peter Anastos, Natch Taylor and Antony Bassae in New York City in 1974, producing small, late-night shows, in...

.

Track listings

7" single

1. "No More "I Love You's""
2. "Ladies of the Canyon"

CD 1

1. "No More "I Love You's"" – 4:50
2. "Ladies of the Canyon" – 3:40
3. "Love Song for a Vampire
   Love Song for a Vampire
   "Love Song for a Vampire" is a song by Scottish singer Annie Lennox. It was recorded as the theme song to Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 film adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. The song is used in the end credits of the film.- Music video:...
   
   " – 4:17

CD 2

1. "No More "I Love You's"" – 4:51
2. "Why
   Why (Annie Lennox song)
   "Why" is the first solo single by the Scottish singer Annie Lennox, released in 1992. It was taken from her debut solo album Diva and reached no.5 in the United Kingdom and number thirty-four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The single also reached no.6 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart...
   
   " (unplugged version) – 4:59
3. "Cold
   Cold (Annie Lennox song)
   "Cold" is a song by the British singer Annie Lennox. It was released as the fourth single from her 1992 album, Diva and reached no.26 in the UK.The single was released as a series of three separate CD singles, titled Cold, Colder and Coldest...
   
   " (unplugged version) – 4:57
4. "Walking on Broken Glass
   Walking on Broken Glass
   "Walking on Broken Glass" is a song written and performed by Scottish singer Annie Lennox, taken from her 1992 album, Diva. This song reached #1 in Canada, #8 in the UK and Ireland and #14 in the US singles charts.- CD single :...
   
   " (unplugged version) – 3:59

Tracks 2, 3, 4 taken from a live acoustic session for MTV Unplugged

MTV Unplugged

MTV Unplugged is a TV series showcasing many popular musical artists usually playing acoustic instruments. The show has received the George Foster Peabody Award and 3 Primetime Emmy nominations among many accolades.-Unplugged:...

in July 1992.

"Whiter Shade of Pale"/"No More "I Love You's"" *

1. "A Whiter Shade of Pale
   A Whiter Shade of Pale
   "A Whiter Shade of Pale" is the debut song by the British band Procol Harum, released 12 May 1967. The single reached number one in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June 1967, and stayed there for six weeks. Without much promotion, it reached #5 on the US charts, as well...
   
   " — 4:49
2. "No More "I Love You's"" (radio edit) — 4:28
3. "No More "I Love You's"" (Junior's club mix) — 7:34
4. "No More "I Love You's"" (soundfactory mix) — 11:40
5. "No More "I Love You's"" (tribal mix) — 8:18

* Medley of "No More "I Love You's"", "Take Me to the River

Take Me to the River

"Take Me to the River" is a 1974 song written by singer Al Green and guitarist Mabon "Teenie" Hodges. Hit versions were recorded by both Syl Johnson and Talking Heads...

", and "Downtown Lights".

Peak positions

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australia ARIA Singles Chart	16
Austrian Singles Chart	11
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts...	19
Canadian Singles Chart	1
Dutch Mega Single Top 100 Mega Single Top 100 The Single Top 100 is a Dutch chart, based on official physical single sales and legal downloads and composed by MegaCharts. It is one of the three official charts, the other two being the Dutch Top 40 and the Mega Top 50. The difference is that these charts also include airplay data.The list is...	17
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...	23
French SNEP Singles Chart	13
German Singles Chart	27
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	2
Italian Singles Chart	1
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	22
Norwegian Singles Chart	12
Swedish Singles Chart	15
Swiss Singles Chart	14
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	23
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Hot Dance Club Play The Hot Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. dance clubs...	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	2
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...	10
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	23

End of year charts

End of year chart (1995)	Position
French Singles Chart	89
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	78

Other versions

Maria Pia De Vito

Maria Pia De Vito

Maria Pia De Vito is an Italian jazz singer, composer, and arranger. Born 1960 in Naples, she studied opera, contemporary singing, music theory and harmony and started her musical career in 1976 as a singer and guitarist in groups ethno-oriented, specialising in music from the Mediterranean and...

 covered "No More "I Love You's"" on her 2009 album, Mind the Gap

Mind the Gap (Maria Pia De Vito album)

Mind The Gap is the 2009 album by Italian vocalist, composer and arranger, Maria Pia De Vito. It is her third solo album and the 12th studio album she has co-written.-Composition:...

.

Mexican experimental rock musician Juan Son

Juan Son

Juan Carlos Pereda is a Mexican singer and composer of experimental music. He was the vocals of the alternative rock band Porter and is now a solo singer under the pseudonym Juan Son.-Biography:...

 has covered the song in late 2009 for the mariachi-covers compilation Mariachi Rock-O. The version features Mariachi Tecalitlán, a Mariachi

Mariachi

Mariachi is a genre of music that originated in the State of Jalisco, in Mexico. It is an integration of stringed instruments highly influenced by the cultural impacts of the historical development of Western Mexico. Throughout the history of mariachi, musicians have experimented with brass, wind,...

 band from Guadalajara

Guadalajara

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.

Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj

Onika Tanya Maraj , better known by her stage name Nicki Minaj; ), is a Trinidadian-born American recording artist...

 sampled Annie Lennox's version of the song on her 2010 single "Your Love

Your Love (Nicki Minaj song)

"Your Love" is a song performed by Trinidadian-American recording artist Nicki Minaj. It was written by Minaj with Joseph Hughes, David Freedman, and Andrew "Pop" Wansel, with the latter receiving production credits. The song serves as the first single from her debut studio album, Pink Friday...

".

Jason Derulo & Auburn sampled the song on in their "How Did We".

J.R. Rotem also sampled the song for singer Razah's 2010 single called "I Remember".