Rihanna’s first chart-topping song Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love,” sampled one of the most famous one-hit wonders of the 1980s. During an interview, the vocalist behind that one-hit wonder ...

Soft Cell ponder a romance's expiration date on their hooky new single "Northern Lights," the British duo's first original song in 15 years.

Released on Soft Cell’s 1981 debut, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, “Tainted Love” shot to No. 1 in the U.K. and peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. Tinged in synth, Soft Cell’s reimagined ...

Soft Cell, the duo behind the 1981 hit "Tainted Love," will reunite for their first show in 15 years — but it's just to say goodbye. Vocalist Marc Almond and producer-slash-multi-instrumentalist ...

Despite the popularity of “Tainted Love,” Soft Cell’s second album failed to make much of a dent in the US charts. The band released two more albums before deciding to call it quits in 1984.

The songs of Marc Almond and Soft Cell are set to win over new audiences in a ground-breaking new stage musical - Tainted. Add a Show Listing Next on Stage: UK REGIONAL. Email: Sign-up: ...

Soft Cell rode the wave of success from “Tainted Love” for the better part of a year. While several more hits followed, they only gained traction in their UK home.

Soft Cell, “Tainted Love” Hot 100 Peak: No. 8 (July 17, 1982) It’s usually a curse for an artist to land their one major Hot 100 hit with a cover, a burden to bear for their whole career.

Soft Cell—the UK synth-pop duo of Marc Almond and David Ball—are back.They have shared their first new song in 15 years. Listen to “Northern Lights” below. The track is taken from a new ...

Soft Cell have shared their new single “Bruises on My Illusions” from the synth-pop duo’s first album in 20 years, *Happiness Not Included. Singer Marc Almond and keyboardist Dave Ball ...

No two musical notes are more instantly recognizable and representative of a certain time than the opening of Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love,” the 1981 smash single which stayed on the… ...

And “Tainted Love” made the Guinness Book of Record for the longest time in the Billboard Top 100. So much is down to serendipity that it is almost out of our hands. We just got lucky.