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| Single by The Lover Speaks | ||||
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| B-side | "This Can't Go On!" "Of Tears" |
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| Released | 1986 | |||
| Format | 7" single, 12" single | |||
| Genre | Pop, New Wave | |||
| Length | 4:04 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Writer(s) | Joseph Hughes, David Freeman | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Iovine, The Lover Speaks | |||
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"No More I Love You's" (stylized as "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, in 1986. The song was later covered by the Scottish singer Annie Lennox and became a hit for her in 1995.
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"No More "I Love You's"" was the debut single for The Lover Speaks. It peaked the UK singles chart at #58.[1]
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| Single by Annie Lennox | ||||
| from the album Medusa | ||||
| B-side | "Ladies of the Canyon" | |||
| Released | 18 February 1995 | |||
| Format | 7" single, CD single | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 4:50 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Writer(s) | Joseph Hughes David Freeman |
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| Producer | Stephen Lipson | |||
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"No More "I Love You's"" was the first single released by Annie Lennox from her second studio album Medusa. The song won her the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 38th Grammy Awards,[2] the first to be awarded to a British artist.
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 for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, beating Mariah Carey, Vanessa L. Williams, Dionne Farris and Bonnie Raitt. In 2010 it was sampled on Nicki Minaj's single Your Love.
The video (co-directed by the singer herself and Joe Dyer) was nominated for a MTV award for Best Female Video, losing to "Take a Bow" by Madonna. It featured Lennox dancing with drag queen ballerinas in homage to Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo.
Tracks 2, 3, 4 taken from a live acoustic session for MTV Unplugged in July 1992.
* Medley of "No More "I Love You's"", "Take Me to the River", and "Downtown Lights".
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End of year charts
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| Preceded by "Believe" by Elton John |
Canadian RPM number-one single 15 May 1995 - 22 May 1995 |
Succeeded by "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" by Bryan Adams |
| Preceded by "Come and Get Your Love" by Real McCoy |
Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single 2 September 1995 - 9 September 1995 |
Succeeded by "Everybody Be Somebody" by Ruffneck featuring Yavahn |
Maria Pia De Vito covered "No More "I Love You's"" on her 2009 album, Mind the Gap.
Mexican experimental rock musician Juan Son has covered the song in late 2009 for the mariachi-covers compilation Mariachi Rock-O. The version features Mariachi Tecalitlán, a Mariachi band from Guadalajara.
Nicki Minaj sampled Annie Lennox's version of the song on her 2010 single "Your Love".
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".
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