Fernando Azevedo Thank you! Annie Lennox stoled this song and made it big, not at all as good as orignal. I remember being 19 or 20 back in 86 or 87 when this song was popular. They this song on U.S. radio too.
The Lover Speaks used to open for the Eurhythmics and Annie Lennox loved this song and wondered why it never garnered more attention. So when she struck out on her own, she asked them if she can cover it and they gave her permission wholeheartedly. There's no competition between them. They're all happy (both parties) that the song got out there and received the attention it deserved.
It was bit more than that. Dave Stewart started a record company I the 80's primarily picking up bands that had been signed by labels and then dripped after one album, on the basis that they must've had something may have been just unlucky. he signed TLS that's when she would have heard them. I used to know Dave Freeman yonks ago and he's a good bloke. the song is inspired by the book A Lover's Discourse by Roland Barthes.
@@chrispease6939 Lawsuits occur because someone uses a song without licensing it. In the US, you can ask the music publisher for a license to do a cover, or you can file a form with the Copyright Office to obtain a compulsory license. Once you write a song, if you allow a recording to be made, anyone can make a cover if they file the form and pay royalties.
I think it's important to say that The Lover Speaks worked on this song with one of the producers of David Stewart, the Annie Lennox's bandmate from Eurythmics. So Annie Lennox was aware of this song around the time is was produced and released, in the mid 80s. She liked it very much and she was puzzled that the song didn't do better in charts. The Lover Speaks actually released it twice as a single, but failed every time. So the third time it was Annie Lennox and it finally became a hit in 1995. 20 years later, in 2015, the singer from The Lover Speaks said that they were lucky that Annie Lennox did the cover and the song was appeciated as it should have been from the beginning.
I absolutely love the soundscape. It fits right alongside Cocteau Twins, The Go-Betweens, Echo & The Bunnymen, Book of Love. This track, namely this version, should've been big.
WOW I’m in shock I can’t believe that I just discovered this Gem, I been listening for 28 years the Annie Lennox version thinking it was the original, don’t get me wrong I love Annie’s Version but this original version is a FUCKING MASTERPIECE thanks mate for letting us enjoy this beautiful song.
I'm not sure if it is mentioned below in the comments, but all the songs on that Annie Lennox album were covers. She intentionally recorded songs that were originally sung by male vocalists. The Lover Speaks were the support act on her first solo tour and she clearly loved the track as much as I think everyone on her does!
David Freeman on the song’s lyrics and meaning: “Lyrically, when you say to someone ‘I love you’, it could be to your kids, your lover, your parents, usually, you hear, 'I love you, too'. And then one day you say, 'I love you', and there's silence because that person has reached the 'no more ‘I love you's’ stage'. They cannot say 'I love you, too'. It's as simple as that. All I did lyrically, I think, was put it in Gothic terms."
@@darrylcole7869 my condolences i hope you get the strength to keep on living your life to your terms and joy. i can sadly partially relate and for me i found my path and i hope you do too.
@@robertnilswall5934 Thank you my brother...!!! May God Bless You...in everything you do...!!! But that's how it feels and i've been like this 20 yrs.?or more...Out of a World of people...One took time to say a Kind word...Robert Nilswall...!!! God bless you for caring and Thank you again...!!! Love you Dude...!!!
I’ve gotten the lyrics wrong for so long when I could’ve just looked them up, but the end of the chorus when they sing, “Changes are shifting outside the words”, I was always under the impression they sung ‘worlds’. With his explanation towards the meaning of the words and my realization, the lyrics strike so much deeper for me, now. 🌀
Omg in shock. I’m here 1am 1/1/22 My mother died 2 years ago and loved Annie Lennox. I just flicked through other options. I had no idea it was a cover. I bet my mother did! Great track, RESPECT ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻🏴 (At midnight my mother always called on NYE, and I thought to myself as the phone didn’t ring NO MORE I LOVE YOUS)
This song needs to be digitally remastered for modern format distribution. In so doing, it would become more widely available. It is an incredible song not only because of the song itself but the intensity of the sincerity of the one who wrote and performed the song. It is most likely a very real emotional response to a very real experience, not someone's understanding of someone else's experience, and not some manufactured talent show production synthesis.
Fun fact: “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” by Cindy Lauper is a cover too. The original was by a dude (!) named Robert Hazard, and the meaning of the song was _completely_ different.
The song is amazing and ahead of its time. Annie Lennox's version took the song and adapted it to her time. Yes, for different reasons, both artists deserve admiration and awe.
So you did hear about this and was able to listen to it when it initially was released ? I really wished I'd heard of it then .. So many musical experiences not had. But was this in England where you heard it first?
annie lennox was friends with these, and they toured together in the 80s when she was in the eurythmics. it's wonderful that she managed to save this amazing song from falling into obscurity. respect is due.
@@antonboludo8886 Agree. The song might have another "placement" in time but with a huge orchestral setting and melodramatic vocals ala Celine Dion. Lennox's aching version worked very well. Both videos are quite decadent so the LGBTQ folks may embrace the sentiment and push it into regular radio play. The original now sounds almost at 33rpm from a 45rpm single yet it needs a dirge tempo.
This, the original, has the crispness of reality, a spine tingling backing singer, and a video to die for. It is clear to me that he was telling his story, and Annie Lennox was re-telling his story. She did a fabulous job, but he painted the masterpiece.
@SuperDolphin 1313 To a degree true in your own case, however there are people like myself who were familiar with the music of The Lover Speaks and who would be on here discussing their music even if Annie Lennox had never covered "No More I Love You's"
@@dancnkc I have no inside knowledge. I thought his girlfriend, June Miles Kingston, provided backing vocals. An unforgettable and haunting song and video, however it was done.
@@Telssa1 Yes, June sang backup vocals for a short time and was the primary backup vocalist for the demo recording of this song, but not the final studio recording. It wasn't super uncommon really. I did something similar for a few of my recordings by slowing down the song, recording the vocal track and then speeding the mix back up to normal speed
You know, looking into it I see conflicting information on that topic, so I'm going to retract my statement so I don't take credit away from someone most deserving. Freeman definitely put down backup vocal tracks though as did his partner and the keyboardist they brought in. June is a fantastic drummer and has a beautiful voice - particularly on lead vocals where she is able to layer her vocals with harmonies. She also collaborated with many other artist. It's criminal the whole bunch of them didn't really break out like they should have.
I miss the 80s. They're so far gone now that it's like remembering a dream. I was only 8 years old when the 80s ended but I feel blessed that I got to live in them as much as I did. The world is so different now it might as well be an afterlife. I miss what felt like innocence, magic, and purity from that era.
This song and video absolutely haunted me for months when I first saw it in the 80's. For some reason, it popped in my head the other day- and no surprise, here it is on CZcams, haunting me all over again.
This is wonderful. Amazing vocal and such inventive songwriting. I hope Annie's version gets the resurgence it deserves now that it's featured on A Murder at the End of the World, and I hope that leads people to this glorious original too. What a song! ❤
I never realised this was on youtube. Just one of the best love songs ever. I am of a certain age now and listened to this endlessly in the late 80’s with many a broken heart. I bought the album on cassette in 1986 and still cherish it today. Bit scared to play it now incase it breaks. What a song though and much less known than Annie Lennox’s cover.
A friend I've known since the age of 4 visited me recently, and we had a night of 80s reminiscence. Which included me fishing out my old ghetto blaster, and us listening to cassette after cassette from that decade. (Some bought, some my recordings from the radio.) And do you know what.....this one came on, and I had a tear in my eye. One of the most emotive tracks of our lifetimes surely?
holy moly macaroni, this is my rudest awakening if Annie's version is regarded as superior, I expected this to be cheesy, flawed or perhaps badly sung, but it is really none of that, it is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard in my life and I am dead serious. I guess we can thank Annie for this song forever remembered, right?
Probably my favourite song of the 80s. One of the most crystal clear productions i have ever heard. I have never warmed to Annie Lennox's version - incredible singer though she may be.
Wow. Like so many other comments below... I had no idea this was a cover. That both the original and Lennox covers sound so differently fantastic is testament to its strength as a song.
This is the first time I've ever heard, or even knew there WAS, the original version. And my God, do I love it 😍 It's rare that I prefer a version of a song after I've heard one I'm used to (if that makes sense) but I DO prefer this!! That 80s nostalgia is hitting. I also love Annie Lennox but this does something different to me ❤️
imagine my life, learning this song randomly off tik tok one gloomy fall day… this is even better than if i had always known it i think. the lennox versions always blown my mind but this is fckn transcendent!
Cómo me hace recordar mis tiempos cuando escuchaba Telestereo 88 FM en Lima y esta música sonaba. Era la única emisora que la tocaba y en general de muchas canciones, muchas de ellas nadie conocia ni eran Hits populares en otras emisoras. .Gracias Telestereo por permitirme disfrutar de la buena musica adulto-contemporanea de los 80s. Se te extraña , ahora con tanta musica basura que desgraciadamenete abunda. Sin dudas la mejor musica fue de los 80s.
To this day it remains unique and mesmerising song. As for Annie Lennox cover, all else considered, she deserves big kudos for eventually getting the song the exposure, recognition and commercial success the original release deserved back in the day.
Probably because Annie's version is more popular than the original ?... or the original artists have not given their consent to be on a streaming service ?... have you thought about those possibilities ?
i@@knoxyish it's matter of preference, others think Annie's version is better, the original version peaked at #58 when it was released and only in the UK, while Annie's version peaked at #2 in the UK and was in the top 10 in many other countries, not to mention that the work with the video clip is fantastic and it got excellent reviews. As you can see, it's matter of taste
Fucking fantastic! Thank you "The Lover Speaks", thank you CZcams, the Internet! HOW did I miss this? I listened to everything I could find in the 80s. Also people, go check out the Japanese 80s music, they had a great decade there too! If you have any other hidden 80s masterpieces, please comment here ... would mean a lot to me.
There's a song called "This is the shirt" by a band called Two People. For me it's absolutely the sound of the 80s. They had one appearance on Top of the Pops in the UK but then obscurity. The song deserved so much more. It's on You Tube. I think you'll love it, if you don't already know it.
You cannot replicate the howls of a man in pain about love. The original was covered for this reason she recognized the raw emotion and art in his voice. It is unmatched.
This song makes me imagine I'm a child waking up sick at 5AM in the early 2000s with this playing on our old radio set... having parents who grew up in the 80s is a wild trip
The 80s were so brilliant ...often think they happened to give us something to look back on in the 20s of just how good we had it...R.I.P the 80s you are sorely missed...🙏😞
My sister got to know the man who wrote this song some years before she eventually took her own life... This song really hits me hard in the feels. I've never heard the original until today. Such a tragically beautiful song.
The days when good music was played on the radio making your working day good ...so glad my late teens were in the 80s ..love this original version ...
Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics is credited discovering The Lovers Speak and plays on their album. I remember seeing this video once on MTV & was captivated!! 💔
Without doubt one of the best contempory songs ever written. Have love this band for 30 years [my goodness I'm old but still feel 22 ,whats going on lol]]
I had the album cover poster framed in my home in ‘86 when it came out. There was a British radio show that played for I think a couple of hours every Sunday night 10-midnight, I believe. I recorded it every week, cassette of course, LOL!being from Oklahoma City there was no other way to here about The Lover Speaks, Kate Bush and the even played Joy Division even though Ian had already taken his life years earlier. It was a great time to be young! XTC was legal, 18 to drink! Wonderful memories!!
Absolutely epic. A fantastically produced song that just blows me away every time after all these years. Seriously, one of the best songs ever written and performed (but not by Annie Lennox, thank you very much). When it was originally released, I taped it and played it in my Ford Escort...and damn nearly blew the speakers.
My dad co-wrote this song, it means the world to us, it’s wonderful to see its impact
Who's your dad?
The original and the best.
Wait, your dad is Joseph Hughes? Awesome!
Wow that’s very cool did he ever say what his inspiration was??
I always loved this song. I salute your dad. He has created a great song.
Criminally underrated. This song just rules.
Yeah
25 years I've been listening to the Annie Lennox version, all that time and I had no idea it was a cover.
Same here.
Neither did I!
The entire Medusa album is all cover songs!! Hence the Name of the album as she takes many different forms like the snakes on Medusa’s head!!
After all, it was off her cover versions album - Medusa!
Ok you are really dumb then the whole medusa album was made up of covers
The whole album is just brilliant.great lyrics to all songs.
It's not a version, it's the original...
Fernando Azevedo : Actually, it is a version. That's why we call all the first things the "original version".
Thank you Fernando Azevedo
Yes, It's the ORIGINAL far better than the Annie Lennox's ODD and CREEPY VERSION
It's an perfect answer to what most people probably assumed, it wasn't meant to be literal.
Fernando Azevedo Thank you! Annie Lennox stoled this song and made it big, not at all as good as orignal. I remember being 19 or 20 back in 86 or 87 when this song was popular. They this song on U.S. radio too.
one of the most underrated songs of 80s... absolutely fantastic
The whole album is really great.
No it isn't! It's not underrated in the slightest!
In my opinion this song by the Lover Speaks is in the top 5 songs of the 80s.....
Actually, the song received a lot of critical acclaim. It just didn't chart well.
So good!!!!
The Lover Speaks used to open for the Eurhythmics and Annie Lennox loved this song and wondered why it never garnered more attention. So when she struck out on her own, she asked them if she can cover it and they gave her permission wholeheartedly. There's no competition between them. They're all happy (both parties) that the song got out there and received the attention it deserved.
That’s how it should be in music. Too bad so many get so defensive or suing left and right.
@@chrispease6939 the key word is asking for permission & being granted yes. Artists want to use ppl's music without consent & that's why they get sued
It was bit more than that. Dave Stewart started a record company I the 80's primarily picking up bands that had been signed by labels and then dripped after one album, on the basis that they must've had something may have been just unlucky. he signed TLS that's when she would have heard them. I used to know Dave Freeman yonks ago and he's a good bloke. the song is inspired by the book A Lover's Discourse by Roland Barthes.
@@chrispease6939 Lawsuits occur because someone uses a song without licensing it. In the US, you can ask the music publisher for a license to do a cover, or you can file a form with the Copyright Office to obtain a compulsory license. Once you write a song, if you allow a recording to be made, anyone can make a cover if they file the form and pay royalties.
Don't forget Barry Gilbert keyboards 😉
I think it's important to say that The Lover Speaks worked on this song with one of the producers of David Stewart, the Annie Lennox's bandmate from Eurythmics. So Annie Lennox was aware of this song around the time is was produced and released, in the mid 80s. She liked it very much and she was puzzled that the song didn't do better in charts. The Lover Speaks actually released it twice as a single, but failed every time. So the third time it was Annie Lennox and it finally became a hit in 1995. 20 years later, in 2015, the singer from The Lover Speaks said that they were lucky that Annie Lennox did the cover and the song was appeciated as it should have been from the beginning.
This song should’ve been a big hit when it came out... it’s criminal that it didn’t.
I totally agree with you on that. 👍👍
I have it on 7” vinyl from 1986.....
It was released 3 times!
Imho this "van gogh phenomenon " makes some songs even more charming.
I agree too
I absolutely love the soundscape. It fits right alongside Cocteau Twins, The Go-Betweens, Echo & The Bunnymen, Book of Love. This track, namely this version, should've been big.
WOW I’m in shock I can’t believe that I just discovered this Gem, I been listening for 28 years the Annie Lennox version thinking it was the original, don’t get me wrong I love Annie’s Version but this original version is a FUCKING MASTERPIECE thanks mate for letting us enjoy this beautiful song.
it takes me back to my bedsit in Richmond 1980s totally broken hearted, so glad you found it a masterpiece it's one of my all time favourites
It ###### me off that Annie ( as much as I love her) got nominated for best British song by the BRITS at the time
I'm not sure if it is mentioned below in the comments, but all the songs on that Annie Lennox album were covers. She intentionally recorded songs that were originally sung by male vocalists. The Lover Speaks were the support act on her first solo tour and she clearly loved the track as much as I think everyone on her does!
Scrolled down once and noticed it is mentioned multiple times....doh! 🙃🙄😂😂😂
I adore Annie but the original is a
proto dream pop masterpiece
I am glad youtube exists, for these kind if marvelous marbels.
And I’m just discovering this now??? What the hell.
I thought the Annie Lennox version was the original.
Loving the 80’s epicness of it.
At least you will not die cheated
What I always thought too
me too.!!!!!!
Saameeee
Treat yourself to the whole album. It's great. You'll never hear the other songs anywhere.
Melancholic, classic, beautiful and bittersweet... Excellent! 👏🏻👏🏻
David Freeman on the song’s lyrics and meaning: “Lyrically, when you say to someone ‘I love you’, it could be to your kids, your lover, your parents, usually, you hear, 'I love you, too'. And then one day you say, 'I love you', and there's silence because that person has reached the 'no more ‘I love you's’ stage'. They cannot say 'I love you, too'. It's as simple as that. All I did lyrically, I think, was put it in Gothic terms."
Palong palo
I thought it was because the other person passed away...!?! I lost everything and everybody...!!! Never felt so alone in my life...!?!
@@darrylcole7869 my condolences i hope you get the strength to keep on living your life to your terms and joy. i can sadly partially relate and for me i found my path and i hope you do too.
@@robertnilswall5934 Thank you my brother...!!! May God Bless You...in everything you do...!!! But that's how it feels and i've been like this 20 yrs.?or more...Out of a World of people...One took time to say a Kind word...Robert Nilswall...!!! God bless you for caring and Thank you again...!!! Love you Dude...!!!
I’ve gotten the lyrics wrong for so long when I could’ve just looked them up, but the end of the chorus when they sing, “Changes are shifting outside the words”, I was always under the impression they sung ‘worlds’.
With his explanation towards the meaning of the words and my realization, the lyrics strike so much deeper for me, now. 🌀
My jaw is on the floor, never had a clue this existed....it's great
I have never heard this version until today and I'm almost 40 years old. I feel like such a fucking millenial. What have I been doing with my life?
Don't feel bad. It's a beautiful moment when someone discovers this. Cherish it❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@arial8black Millennials get a bad rap. It’s us old folks who should feel ashamed.
I am 40 too and always only knew Lennox’s version
People who worked in the music industry had no idea No More I Love Yous was a cover when the Lennox version landed. Don't feel bad!
Don’t be to hard on yourself. You’ve been living your life and not focusing on if a song is an original or not 👍🏻
Omg in shock.
I’m here 1am 1/1/22
My mother died 2 years ago and loved Annie Lennox. I just flicked through other options. I had no idea it was a cover. I bet my mother did! Great track, RESPECT ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻🏴
(At midnight my mother always called on NYE, and I thought to myself as the phone didn’t ring NO MORE I LOVE YOUS)
I am very sorry for your loss and wish you well.
This song needs to be digitally remastered for modern format distribution. In so doing, it would become more widely available. It is an incredible song not only because of the song itself but the intensity of the sincerity of the one who wrote and performed the song. It is most likely a very real emotional response to a very real experience, not someone's understanding of someone else's experience, and not some manufactured talent show production synthesis.
dont you think it rocks much more in its original form! it is so uplifting!
it is weird but the more I hear annie's version, the more I like this version
😃😃😀😀
But Annie's version is excellent too, both are beautiful
@@gabrielcruz5858 🎉 much o pff
probably overcoming the "first-heard"-bias ;)
Lennox has the voice for it but she can't relay Lovers experiences and motivation for the song.
@@TheZarric 😏
I’ve loved Annie Lennox’s version for 20+ years and I’m just now finding out this is the original version 😳😳😳
Me too!! Haha
Just found it too..incredible
Same!
Fun fact: “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” by Cindy Lauper is a cover too. The original was by a dude (!) named Robert Hazard, and the meaning of the song was _completely_ different.
The whole album was covers. Every song on it.
THIS SONG JUST MAKES MY BORING LIFE ALIVE!!!!!! BRINGS BACK MY LONG LOST YOUTH!!!! WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
best comment i read today, cheers brother!
Jethro Roissing Brings back great memories for me also
😊
The original is fantastic. But so is Annie's interpretation. They should not be compared but each enjoyed just as they are.
@Big Bubba Your opinion is wrong.
What an awful opinion!
The song is amazing and ahead of its time. Annie Lennox's version took the song and adapted it to her time. Yes, for different reasons, both artists deserve admiration and awe.
I like both, but Annie’s version is out of this world
Big Bubba Annie’s version took it somewhere else, her version is the definitive version if I had to pick one. Though I do love this version too ✌️
This song is the EPITOME of the late 80's. I'll NEVER forget this song. It's in me forever. So beautiful!
So you did hear about this and was able to listen to it when it initially was released ? I really wished I'd heard of it then .. So many musical experiences not had. But was this in England where you heard it first?
annie lennox was friends with these, and they toured together in the 80s when she was in the eurythmics. it's wonderful that she managed to save this amazing song from falling into obscurity. respect is due.
Do be do be do do do …. Aaah Aaaah. Legend 👌🏻
Very profound to this day. So much so, Annie Lennox wanted to rerecord it. And both do justice but this original version was ahead of its time.
True nicki minaj and hailee Steinfield sampled it
What does "ahead of its time" mean?
It happened when it happened.
@@antonboludo8886 Agree. The song might have another "placement" in time but with a huge orchestral setting and melodramatic vocals ala Celine Dion. Lennox's aching version worked very well.
Both videos are quite decadent so the LGBTQ folks may embrace the sentiment and push it into regular radio play. The original now sounds almost at 33rpm from a 45rpm single yet it needs a dirge tempo.
@@michael69040 Yes, Lennox's version indeed worked very well.
Annie Lennox did a bullshit uber-artistic interpretation that was absolutely pretentious and awful.
God - TRULY a masterpiece!
One of the best songs to come out of the 80’s.
I bought this when it came out. I still have the single.
This, the original, has the crispness of reality, a spine tingling backing singer, and a video to die for. It is clear to me that he was telling his story, and Annie Lennox was re-telling his story. She did a fabulous job, but he painted the masterpiece.
@SuperDolphin 1313 To a degree true in your own case, however there are people like myself who were familiar with the music of The Lover Speaks and who would be on here discussing their music even if Annie Lennox had never covered "No More I Love You's"
The lead singer is the backing singer too. They sped up the backing vocals to raise the pitch of his voice...
@@dancnkc I have no inside knowledge. I thought his girlfriend, June Miles Kingston, provided backing vocals. An unforgettable and haunting song and video, however it was done.
@@Telssa1 Yes, June sang backup vocals for a short time and was the primary backup vocalist for the demo recording of this song, but not the final studio recording. It wasn't super uncommon really. I did something similar for a few of my recordings by slowing down the song, recording the vocal track and then speeding the mix back up to normal speed
You know, looking into it I see conflicting information on that topic, so I'm going to retract my statement so I don't take credit away from someone most deserving. Freeman definitely put down backup vocal tracks though as did his partner and the keyboardist they brought in. June is a fantastic drummer and has a beautiful voice - particularly on lead vocals where she is able to layer her vocals with harmonies. She also collaborated with many other artist. It's criminal the whole bunch of them didn't really break out like they should have.
Such a great tune, should have been a massive hit
annie thought so as well. that's why she covered it in the hopes that the original would get some attention.
Yes it definitely should, but unfortunately received not that much airplay as it would have deserved in those days :-(
Yes it should have.
I miss the 80s. They're so far gone now that it's like remembering a dream. I was only 8 years old when the 80s ended but I feel blessed that I got to live in them as much as I did. The world is so different now it might as well be an afterlife. I miss what felt like innocence, magic, and purity from that era.
I was 8 also!
I was 8 years old as well. I was born in 1981!
1983 here, and I SO get the "remembering it like a dream" thing.
😪
I'm in total agreement
80s endless legend songs ❤
So painfully sung. Beautiful poetry from the heart.
This song and video absolutely haunted me for months when I first saw it in the 80's. For some reason, it popped in my head the other day- and no surprise, here it is on CZcams, haunting me all over again.
Its haunting but not creepy like the other version from Lennox
I think its the "do do do oh!" part that sticks in your head 🧠
It was No. 1 (I think) in the UK charts around the time my son was born. It always reminds me of that time.
I saw it on Channel 4 -the Chart Show; tempus fugit indeed
@@alexsmith1207 how’s her version creepy?
The album these guys made was also a fantastic piece of work, pity they never got the commercial recognition their talent deserved
Obsessed with this song.
One of the most underrated songs of the 80's
Best song of the 80s.
an original masterpiece
......the lover speaks about the monsters
This is wonderful. Amazing vocal and such inventive songwriting. I hope Annie's version gets the resurgence it deserves now that it's featured on A Murder at the End of the World, and I hope that leads people to this glorious original too. What a song! ❤
One of my favourite songs!
A wonderful forgotten gem
Adore the backup singer - goosebumps
Juventus Ventuno good point, I wonder who sang that little hook? Goosebumps city
Juventus Ventuno just found out from wiki June miles Kingston sang backup!!
What an amazing voice.
I never realised this was on youtube. Just one of the best love songs ever. I am of a certain age now and listened to this endlessly in the late 80’s with many a broken heart. I bought the album on cassette in 1986 and still cherish it today. Bit scared to play it now incase it breaks. What a song though and much less known than Annie Lennox’s cover.
A friend I've known since the age of 4 visited me recently, and we had a night of 80s reminiscence. Which included me fishing out my old ghetto blaster, and us listening to cassette after cassette from that decade. (Some bought, some my recordings from the radio.) And do you know what.....this one came on, and I had a tear in my eye. One of the most emotive tracks of our lifetimes surely?
This is pure gold masterpiece
holy moly macaroni, this is my rudest awakening if Annie's version is regarded as superior, I expected this to be cheesy, flawed or perhaps badly sung, but it is really none of that, it is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard in my life and I am dead serious. I guess we can thank Annie for this song forever remembered, right?
Totally underrated song
Agreee, it got stuck in my head now
A shame this song wasn't a huge hit
Hearing this for the first time in 2024 after learning Annie's version is a cover. This is an awesome song!
One of the best 80's songs
80s and 90s. annies cover is on medusa.
agree.
Original and best version by a country mile.
Probably my favourite song of the 80s. One of the most crystal clear productions i have ever heard. I have never warmed to Annie Lennox's version - incredible singer though she may be.
Wow. Like so many other comments below... I had no idea this was a cover. That both the original and Lennox covers sound so differently fantastic is testament to its strength as a song.
This is the first time I've ever heard, or even knew there WAS, the original version. And my God, do I love it 😍 It's rare that I prefer a version of a song after I've heard one I'm used to (if that makes sense) but I DO prefer this!! That 80s nostalgia is hitting. I also love Annie Lennox but this does something different to me ❤️
imagine my life, learning this song randomly off tik tok one gloomy fall day… this is even better than if i had always known it i think. the lennox versions always blown my mind but this is fckn transcendent!
This is how music used to be. Poetry , soul, and raw talent. Something that was lost in the past 15 years.
This rises to the level of art. Wow. And the video is the essence of grit.
Can't go wrong with Matt Mahurin.
The original and best
Bought the album when it came out. Im 61 now and this is is still brilliant.
Cómo me hace recordar mis tiempos cuando escuchaba Telestereo 88 FM en Lima y esta música sonaba. Era la única emisora que la tocaba y en general de muchas canciones, muchas de ellas nadie conocia ni eran Hits populares en otras emisoras. .Gracias Telestereo por permitirme disfrutar de la buena musica adulto-contemporanea de los 80s. Se te extraña , ahora con tanta musica basura que desgraciadamenete abunda. Sin dudas la mejor musica fue de los 80s.
So glad I found this original version so powerful and heartfelt. Love it.
Same
Me too
This is such a banger ❤
My dad bought this single and whilst everyone was marvelling at Annie Lennox I knew I preferred the songwriters version.
What a voice, wow!
Brilliant. Takes me back to working in Vauxhalls luton 1986 sitting in a new Cavalier with the radio on and this came on. Memories
To this day it remains unique and mesmerising song. As for Annie Lennox cover, all else considered, she deserves big kudos for eventually getting the song the exposure, recognition and commercial success the original release deserved back in the day.
How come Annie Lennox's version is on spotify but not the original song? 🤦🏼♀️ nothing beats the original and they deserve their credit
Concordo plenamente com vc
Uma vibe anos oitenta talvez não seja tão interessante quando se tem o pop,@@osielmessias3126
especailly when this is better than annies!!! easily !
Probably because Annie's version is more popular than the original ?... or the original artists have not given their consent to be on a streaming service ?... have you thought about those possibilities ?
i@@knoxyish it's matter of preference, others think Annie's version is better, the original version peaked at #58 when it was released and only in the UK, while Annie's version peaked at #2 in the UK and was in the top 10 in many other countries, not to mention that the work with the video clip is fantastic and it got excellent reviews. As you can see, it's matter of taste
The original...fantastic. Thanks for posting!
Amazing song
Gorgeous song.
Fucking fantastic! Thank you "The Lover Speaks", thank you CZcams, the Internet! HOW did I miss this? I listened to everything I could find in the 80s. Also people, go check out the Japanese 80s music, they had a great decade there too! If you have any other hidden 80s masterpieces, please comment here ... would mean a lot to me.
There's a song called "This is the shirt" by a band called Two People. For me it's absolutely the sound of the 80s. They had one appearance on Top of the Pops in the UK but then obscurity. The song deserved so much more. It's on You Tube. I think you'll love it, if you don't already know it.
@@poemsandplaypieces just listened to it, yes, it's amazing! Thank you
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You cannot replicate the howls of a man in pain about love. The original was covered for this reason she recognized the raw emotion and art in his voice. It is unmatched.
This song makes me imagine I'm a child waking up sick at 5AM in the early 2000s with this playing on our old radio set... having parents who grew up in the 80s is a wild trip
The 80s were so brilliant ...often think they happened to give us something to look back on in the 20s of just how good we had it...R.I.P the 80s you are sorely missed...🙏😞
Wowww! I have never heard the original until today. I was 17 when this came out and wish I had discovered it back then.
I'm so old I have the vinyl record Tonester. It was a picture disc, all the rave then haha.
And I loathe the Annie Lennox version.Actually, I just bloody loathe Annie Lennox. The shouty screech.
Not old Lorraine Cleaver..."Mature"...like finely aged wine:)
Exactly
Yeah, she does look so leftist ... can't stand her crazy demeanour
Crazy that you can’t get this on Spotify. I own both the LP and CD of this album. It’s a treasure.
Licensing issues, probably.
It's a masterpiece! I also found out that Lennox's was a cover.
I remember buying as a callow youth in the 80's sounded from another planet to me then; sounds like heaven today.
The fact that this video only has 164,000 hits is criminal
Agreed
Quality not quantity, but yes agreed.
makes me feel nostalgic about things i havent experienced
I know, it's weird.
Are you Cluster B???
why is this so accurate
In my top ten of all time.
2023 and am just realizing this is the original...wow...🤦♀️
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same
You're not the only one
Same
Thanks to Lennox’s version because without that I could never found this gem 😊
This is in my vinyl collections. So many memories.
this is the best version unquestionably - there ought to be no debate
My sister got to know the man who wrote this song some years before she eventually took her own life... This song really hits me hard in the feels. I've never heard the original until today. Such a tragically beautiful song.
Really sorry about your sister mate. May she be at peace always.
Very sorry for your loss. Hopefully she is singing this song.
I'm sorry to hear this. Was this Lisa? I knew David too many years ago, what an complex man. Please accept my sympathies.
Awesome. Why has it taken me till 2020 to discover this gem 💎
The days when good music was played on the radio making your working day good ...so glad my late teens were in the 80s ..love this original version ...
Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics is credited discovering
The Lovers Speak and plays on their album. I remember
seeing this video once on MTV & was captivated!!
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Absoleuty gorgeous
Takes me back to central coast california mid-80s. MTV. Remember MTV?
@SuperDolphin 1313 --We gotta move these refrigerators.
@Big Bubba --- I do, yes. Maybe I saw it on VH1, then. Long time ago.
I worship Annie Lennox and was expecting to hate this original version but damn, it's great too! what a song, what a song..
I'm so glad a dude did this song, now I can do karaoke. 😁
This original is absolutely on point.
Released as a single in the UK in July 1986.
Without doubt one of the best contempory songs ever written. Have love this band for 30 years [my goodness I'm old but still feel 22 ,whats going on lol]]
I had the album cover poster framed in my home in ‘86 when it came out. There was a British radio show that played for I think a couple of hours every Sunday night 10-midnight, I believe. I recorded it every week, cassette of course, LOL!being from Oklahoma City there was no other way to here about The Lover Speaks, Kate Bush and the even played Joy Division even though Ian had already taken his life years earlier. It was a great time to be young! XTC was legal, 18 to drink! Wonderful memories!!
Ideal song for sleepless nights
Absolutely epic. A fantastically produced song that just blows me away every time after all these years. Seriously, one of the best songs ever written and performed (but not by Annie Lennox, thank you very much). When it was originally released, I taped it and played it in my Ford Escort...and damn nearly blew the speakers.