The B-side, 'This Can't Go On!', was taken from The Lover Speaks album. 'No More 'I Love You's '' was released on 7-inch and 12-inch vinyl by A&M in the UK, Germany, France, Australia, America and Canada. In America, it received active rotation on MTV. All I did lyrically, I think, was put it in Gothic terms.' Music video Ī music video was filmed to promote the single. And then one day you say, 'I love you', and there's silence because that person has reached the 'no more 'I love you's' stage'.

In the liner notes of the 2015 re-issue of the album, Freeman revealed of the track's lyrics: 'Lyrically, when you say to someone 'I love you', it could be to your kids, your lover, your parents, usually, you hear, 'I love you, too'. Īs with each track on The Lover Speaks album, 'No More 'I Love You's '' is based on a concept in Roland Barthes' book A Lover's Discourse: Fragments ( Fragments d'un discours amoureux). The recording of the song with Iovine used backing vocals from Freeman (sped-up to increase the pitch), Miles-Kingston and Alex Brown. This demo was used as a guide when recording the studio version for their debut album. Hughes' ex-girlfriend and singer June Miles-Kingston provided backing vocals. It was then demoed again with the same line-up at Pathway Studios. It was demoed on a portastudio during a rehearsal studio session, featuring Robert Farrell (guitar), Barry Gilbert (keyboards) and Pete King (drums). 'No More 'I Love You's '' had been the first song written by Freeman and Hughes as The Lover Speaks. On 21 March 1988, the song was re-released as a single in the UK, but again failed to chart. It was the duo's only UK chart entry because the album and successive singles failed to chart.

In July, 'No More 'I Love You's '' was released as the first single from the album and reached No. After signing to A&M Records in early 1986, the band soon began recording their debut album with Jimmy Iovine as co-producer. 'No More 'I Love You's '' was the debut single for The Lover Speaks. The song was covered by the Scottish singer Annie Lennox and became a commercial success for her in 1995, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart. It was released in 1986 as the lead single from their self-titled debut album. ' No More 'I Love You's' ' is a song written by British musicians David Freeman and Joseph Hughes and originally recorded by them as the Lover Speaks.

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