"Every Lover's Sign" is a song by the British duo The Lover Speaks, released in 1986 as third single from their self-titled debut album. It was written by David Freeman and Joseph Hughes, and produced by Jimmy Iovine and The Lover Speaks.

David Freeman and Joseph Hughes formed The Lover Speaks in 1985, having previously worked together in the punk outfit The Flys. After signing to A&M Records in early 1986, the band recorded their self-titled debut album with Jimmy Iovine. The lead single, "No More "I Love You's"", was released in July that year and peaked at No. 58 in the UK. In August, the album was released, but failed to chart, as did a second single, "Tremble Dancing" when released in September.

In October, "Every Lover's Sign" was released as the album's third single (and second in America). For its release as a single, Bruce Forest and Andy Wallace were hired to remix the song. Together, at Sigma Sound Studios in New York, they created a 7" remix, along with an extended version (known as "New Extended Mix" or "New York Mix") and a "Dub Mix", both designed for club play. The "Dub Mix" was edited by The Latin Rascals (Albert Cabrera and Tony Moran) and additional keyboards provided by David Coles. Although it failed to chart in the UK, the song became a club hit in America, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs Chart and remaining on the chart for nine weeks. Attempts to capitalise on the club success of the song, A&M tried to generate airplay to break the song onto the Billboard Hot 100, but they were unsuccessful. It was the duo's only chart entry in the States.

As with each track on The Lover Speaks album, "Every Lover's Sign" is a reference to a concept in Roland Barthes' book A Lover's Discourse: Fragments (Fragments d'un discours amoureux). In the liner notes of the 2015 re-issue of the album, Freeman revealed of the track's lyrics: "Lyrically, "Every Lover's Sign" is a simple concept. Every single sign that any lover makes ever at any time in history has already been made before. Nothing is new. The whole language of love is there before we are born. The idea of that song is that everything I could do to prove I love you outwardly is coming from a pop parade that has existed before we were born." The song is Hughes' favourite from the album. Recalling the demo version the duo produced prior to the album, he said: "The original demo had an aura we couldn't quite capture, but it didn't matter as the album version was great."

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