Read My Lips (Enough Is Enough)


"Read My Lips" is a song written and performed by Scottish singer-songwriter Jimmy Somerville from his 1989 début solo album Read My Lips. The song discusses the need for increased funding to fight HIV/AIDS.
Released in 1990 as Somerville's third solo single from the album Read My Lips, the song didn't chart as well as the previous single, "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)", a cover of the Sylvester original, which hit number 5 earlier the same year. However, it did chart inside the Top 40, peaking at number 26 on the UK Singles Chart, and was featured on Now That's What I Call Music! volume 17.

Critical reception

David Giles, reviewer for Music Week magazine, deemed "Read My Lips " was "a better bet for a single" than "You Make Me Feel ", adding that the song has "lots of airy keyboard sounds drifting around and generally detracting from the dynamic Hi-NRG pulse of the original", but concluded that he has "still hit material though". Tim Jeffery of Record Mirror stated it has "a subtle melody with right-on lyrics... Quite rousing in an offbeat way, but somehow it just doesn't quite hit the mark".

Track listing

;12" Vinyl Single - London Recordings
  1. "Read My Lips "
  2. "Read My Lips "
  3. "Strangers "