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“Tainted Love”, composed by Ed Cobb, sung by Gloria Jones, attained worldwide fame after being covered by Soft Cell in 1981, and has since been covered by numerous other groups and artists.
Soft Cell’s record label chose to release “Tainted Love” on July 7, 1981 as the band’s second single (their first was “Memorabilia”, which did not chart). The label implied that this single would be Soft Cell’s final release if the single did not sell. Produced by Mike Thorne, the track was recorded in a day and a half with the first of two vocal takes being ultimately used on the record. Buoyed by the then-dominant synthpop sound of the time, and a memorable performance on Top of the Pops, it rapidly reached number one on the UK singles chart, eventually repeating the feat in 17 territories.
The following year it charted in the US. Although it took a record-breaking 19 weeks to crack the US Top 40, the song eventually reached #8 and spent a then-record breaking 43 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.
Soft Cell’s record label chose to release “Tainted Love” on July 7, 1981 as the band’s second single (their first was “Memorabilia”, which did not chart). The label implied that this single would be Soft Cell’s final release if the single did not sell. Produced by Mike Thorne, the track was recorded in a day and a half with the first of two vocal takes being ultimately used on the record. Buoyed by the then-dominant synthpop sound of the time, and a memorable performance on Top of the Pops, it rapidly reached number one on the UK singles chart, eventually repeating the feat in 17 territories.
The following year it charted in the US. Although it took a record-breaking 19 weeks to crack the US Top 40, the song eventually reached #8 and spent a then-record breaking 43 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Lyrics:
Sometimes I feel I've got to
Run away I've got to
Get away
From the pain that you drive into the heart of me
The love we share
Seems to go nowhere
And I've lost my light
For I toss…
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Sometimes I feel I've got to
Run away I've got to
Get away
From the pain that you drive into the heart of me
The love we share
Seems to go nowhere
And I've lost my light
For I toss…
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nullachick wrote:
Good song, what's tainted love ? and what's not ?
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inhocvince wrote:
I was in my 20s in the 80s, ahh those tainted loves!
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Senefera wrote:
I miss the 80's. I wish I was a teen back then! Late 90's - early 00 sucked arse.
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thecrowindianer wrote:
da is es ja :) das orginal Feeling:))...
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firefox737 wrote:
ye, dis puts da bizzle in ma nizzle yo. But seriously, it's alright ^.-
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jase100 wrote:
this is the shizzle
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xVEILEDx wrote:
<3 this song!
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Limonata567 wrote:
OH how I love this song!
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pdbeefy wrote:
Give me the 12" version anyday.
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JakeyWolf wrote:
It annoys me how this is all Soft Cell are remembered for. Granted it's a great song, a classic, but all their other songs seemed to be swept under the rug and left there, I find this song to be over played and over covered. It was and is a good song but I really am sick of hearing it, all of Soft Cell's other songs however are fantastic and should be remembered aswell, but oh well, the music industry is evil, what can you do?
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kenet87 wrote:
oh, 80's how i love you. you brought us soft cell..haha.
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mabross wrote:
nice....
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Drudenfusz wrote:
Brilliant cover!
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IKOTAGx wrote:
I dont even remember this from Coneheads lol wtf
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YoBossman wrote:
about damn time this song finally came back around...WTF
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lord_of_beer wrote:
Too damned over played, but it gets suck in my head. If you want ot hear something warped, check out the cover done by Coil. muhahahahahha
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luisa20051972 wrote:
oooh tainted love!
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mysticbumblebee wrote:
awesome song....♥♥
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Lokci wrote:
F***ing Coneheads lol
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EvaOgnianova wrote:
Once I ran to you, now I'll ran from you...
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