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Tainted Love

Soft Cell

EP 0681981▶ Official video
Tainted Love by Soft Cell - Behind The Song

Tainted Love wasn't written to be a hit - it was a 1964 B-side nobody remembered until British DJs and two art students in Leeds gave it a second life.

Gloria Jones cut it first as raw Northern Soul. Soft Cell turned it into a synth confession that spent 43 weeks camped on the Billboard Hot 100 - a Guinness World Record at the time.

Did you know the original predates Soft Cell's version by 17 years? Which one gets you first: the soul original or the synth-pop cover?

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