The Lover Speaks

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The Lover Speaks
The Lover Speaks' only album
Origin	England, UK
Years active	1985–1988
Genres	New Wave
Labels	A&M Records
Members	David Freeman Joseph Hughes

The Lover Speaks was a new wave duo consisting of David Freeman (vocals), and Joseph Hughes (arranger, composer). They sang the original version of the song "No More I Love You's," which became a huge hit for Annie Lennox in 1995.

Freeman and Hughes formed The Lover Speaks (deriving the name from Roland Barthes' A Lover's Discourse) in 1985, after working together in the punk outfit the Flys. Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics got the duo a record deal with A&M Records, and their selt-titled debut was released the following year. Freeman's vocals received praise, but the album never really took off. "No More I Love You's", the first single fell off the British charts after rising to #58. Despite the lackluster reception, they opened for the Eurythmics on their 1986 tour.

They returned to the studio, and recorded another album, The Big Lie some time later, only to face a hostile A&M Records, which refused to release it. The duo then split, and Freeman went on to release a few solo albums in the 1990s.

Annie Lennox covered the song No More I Love You's in 1995 on her Medusa album, getting to #2 in the UK.