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"", covered by Annie Lennox in 1995 on her Medusa album, which she took to No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart.

Freeman and Hughes formed The Lover Speaks (deriving the name from Roland Barthes' book A Lover's Discourse: Fragments) in 1985, after working together in the punk outfit The Flys. They met keyboard player Barry Gilbert and began writing an album which included the song "No More I Love You's". Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics got the band a recording contract with A&M Records and their self-titled debut, including contributions from Stewart, June Miles-Kingston and Nils Lofgren among others and production by Jimmy Iovine, was released the following year. Freeman's vocals received praise, but the album never took off. "No More I Love You's", their first single, fell off the UK chart after rising to No. 58. The band opened for the Eurythmics during the 1986 Revenge World Tour with Gilbert on keyboards and the following year Freeman, Hughes and Gilbert wrote and produced the duet "Sleep Like Breathing" with Alison Moyet, included on her album Raindancing and "I Fall in Love Too Easily" for Kiki Dee.