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The Lover Speaks were an English new wave duo consisting of David Freeman (vocals) and Joseph Hughes (arranger, composer). They wrote and performed the original version of the song " No More 'I Love You's' ", covered by Annie Lennox in 1995 for her Medusa album, and which she took to number 2 in the UK Singles Chart .
David Freeman and Joseph Hughes formed The Lover Speaks in 1985, having previously worked together in the punk outfit The Flys.Deriving their name from the Roland Barthes' book A Lover's Discourse: Fragments, the duo began writing material and also recruited keyboard player Barry Gilbert after advertising for a keyboardist.
The duo's self-titled debut album, The Lover Speaks, was produced by Iovine and released by A&M in August 1986. The first single "No More 'I Love You's ' " reached number 58 in the UK Singles Chart, [8] but the album failed to chart, as did its two following singles, "Tremble Dancing" and "Every Lover's Sign".
As with each track on The Lover Speaks album, "Every Lover's Sign" is a reference to a concept in Roland Barthes' book A Lover's Discourse: Fragments (Fragments d'un discours amoureux). In the liner notes of the 2015 re-issue of the album, Freeman revealed of the track's lyrics: "Lyrically, "Every Lover's Sign" is a simple concept.
Later that year, the duo's self-titled debut album, The Lover Speaks, was released. Produced by Iovine, it contained the single "No More "I Love You's"", [7] which peaked at No. 58 in the UK. [8] A further two singles were lifted from the album; "Tremble Dancing" and "Every Lover's Sign".
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June Patricia Miles-Kingston [1] is a British singer and drummer, best known for her work with various successful bands and singers in the 1980s. She was a founding member of the post-punk group the Mo-dettes, which lasted from 1979 to 1982, and later became a session drummer and backing vocalist for a variety of British post-punk, new wave, and pop artists.