Let Love Speak Up For Itself

Album: Choke (1990)
Charted: 51
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Songfacts®:

  • This was the third single released from English alternative rock group The Beautiful South's second album, Choke.
  • The song is about middle-aged romance turning sour. Frontman Paul Heaton explained to Vox magazine: "It's important for people to understand that love can go wrong during marriage and in the middle of your life. It's not just mild teenage angst, then finding a partner and settling down for life." (This interview is available at Rock's Backpages.)

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  • Robert from Delphi, InAn overlooked, cynically sad classic by an overlooked, sweet sounding but bitter-truth proclaiming band.
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