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 ...

Simple Minds, Soft Cell, and Modern English lit up the place and gave those braving the heat a reason to dance and celebrate.

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.

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.

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.

If knowing the words to “Tainted Love” describes the breadth of your appreciation for Soft Cell, their show at the YouTube theater this week wasn't for you. But it was for us.

From the beginning, Soft Cell never looked quite right together. When the British duo made its debut on Top of the Pops in 1981, as its strutting, stripped-down cover of “Tainted Love” was ...

These songs are very familiar, but many forgot or didn't know these 80s artists didn't create them. advertisement. ... "Tainted Love" - Soft Cell (1981) Original artist: Gloria Jones (1964) ...

Throughout his career, Almond has covered classic songs and made them his own, such as Tainted Love with Soft Cell in 1981, Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart with Gene Pitney, and The Days Of ...

Soft Cell's signature song Tainted Love was originally recorded by soul singer Gloria Jones, 78, in 1964. The icon 80s video for Soft Cell's Tainted Love.

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