“No More ‘I Love You’s” by Annie Lennox is a haunting and elegant ballad released in 1995 as the lead single from her covers album Medusa. Originally performed by British duo The Lover Speaks in 1986, the song didn’t gain much commercial traction until Lennox reinterpreted it—infusing it with her dramatic vocal style and emotional intensity.
Lennox’s version transforms the song into a theatrical, deeply expressive piece, layered with lush orchestration, offbeat backing vocals (notably the eerie “la-la” voices), and a strikingly vulnerable delivery. The lyrics tell of emotional exhaustion and the end of romantic illusions, with the repeated refrain—“No more ‘I love you’s’ / The language is leaving me”—suggesting a disconnection from both love and the words that once carried it.
The track was a commercial and critical success, reaching No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart and earning Lennox a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1996. It also topped Billboard Dance Club Songs chart in the United States.
“No More ‘I Love You’s” is remembered for its melancholic beauty, theatrical arrangement, and emotional depth. Lennox’s interpretation elevated the song into a timeless, artful meditation on love, loss, and emotional fatigue.