Tainted Love

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Tainted Love by Soft Cell

About Tainted Love

"Tainted Love", composed by Ed Cobb and firstsung 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. .

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About this song

Credited to: Soft Cell
Album: One Hit Wonder · Top 50 · Track 6 of 50
Released: August 22, 2025
Duration: 2:40
On Last.fm: 1,931,526 listeners on Last.fm

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