No More I Love You's

"No More "I Love You's""
Single by The Lover Speaks
from the album The Lover Speaks
B-side	"This Can't Go On!" "Of Tears"
Released	1986 (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
The Lover Speaks singles chronology
"No More "I Love You's"" (1986) "Every Lover's Sign" (1986)

"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.

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.^[1]

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""
Single by Annie Lennox
from the album Medusa
B-side	"Ladies of the Canyon"
Released	18 February 1995 (1995-02-18)
Format	7" single, CD single
Recorded	1994
Genre	Pop
Length	4:50
Label	Arista
Writer(s)	Joseph Hughes David Freeman
Producer	Stephen Lipson
Annie Lennox singles chronology
Little Bird" / "Love Song for a Vampire" (1993) "No More "I Love You's"" (1995) "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (1995)

"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.

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 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.

Music video

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.

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" – 4:17

CD 2

1. "No More "I Love You's"" – 4:51
2. "Why" (unplugged version) – 4:59
3. "Cold" (unplugged version) – 4:57
4. "Walking on Broken Glass" (unplugged version) – 3:59

Tracks 2, 3, 4 taken from a live acoustic session for MTV Unplugged in July 1992.

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

1. "A Whiter Shade of Pale" — 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", and "Downtown Lights".

Charts

Peak positions Chart (1995) Peak position Australia ARIA Singles Chart[3] 16 Austrian Singles Chart[3] 11 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[3] 19 Canadian Singles Chart[citation needed] 1 Dutch Mega Single Top 100[3] 17 Dutch Top 40[4] 23 French SNEP Singles Chart[3] 13 German Singles Chart[citation needed] 27 Irish Singles Chart[5] 2 Italian Singles Chart[citation needed] 1 New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart[3] 22 Norwegian Singles Chart[3] 12 Swedish Singles Chart[3] 15 Swiss Singles Chart[3] 14 UK Singles Chart[6] 2 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] 23 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[7] 1 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales[7] 2 U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[7] 10 U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[7] 23

End of year charts End of year chart (1995) Position French Singles Chart[8] 89 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 78

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

Other versions

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".

References

1. ^ "Chartstats.com". http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=13588. Retrieved 2008-10-29. 
2. ^ "Past Winners Search | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com. http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=&title=&year=1995&genre=All. Retrieved 4 August 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} "No More "I Love You's"", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved 29 March 2008)
4. ^ "De Nederlandse Top 40, week 10, 1995". http://www.radio538.nl/web/show/id=44685/chartid=5477. Retrieved 2008-10-29. 
5. ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved 29 March 2008)
6. ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved 29 March 2008)
7. ^ ^{a b c d e} Billboard Allmusic.com (Retrieved 29 March 2008)
8. ^ 1995 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved 30 January 2009)
9. ^ "Billboard Top 100 - 1995". http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1995. Retrieved 2010-08-27.