Tainted Love
Tainted Love ( Tainted Love ) is a work composed by Ed Cobb song, which was known in the 1981 version of Soft Cell world. The single reached number one in the UK and Germany.
Gloria Jones version (1965 )
In 1965, Gloria Jones, the original version of Tainted Love on; Producer was Ed Cobb, who was previously at The Four Preps and the play had also composed. This song was released as the B - side of the single My Bad Boy's Comin 'Home. The song had no commercial success and did not reach the charts.
1973 acquired the British club DJ Richard Searling on a trip to the United States a copy of the single. Influenced by Motown sound with its fast pace, the wind instruments used, the electric guitar and female backing vocals seemed to fit into the British Northern Soul club scene of the early 1970s. Searling therefore made known the piece in a club in Bolton and later at the Wigan Casino. In 1976 he brought out a newly produced version, but also missed the charts.
Soft Cell version ( 1981)
The synth - pop duo Soft Cell knew the club version from the local scene and took in 1981 with producer Mike Thorne own, different version of the song on. The Soft Cell version was slower and used drum machines and synthesizers instead of the cast of classic rhythm section and horns. The song was recorded in just one day, and was used Marc Almond's first vocal take.
The record label the band released the song on 7 July 1981 as the second single after Memorabilia, assuming that even this song would not sell much better. There was a 12-inch version, in which the song in a The- Supremes cover, Where Did Our Love Go passed. In the course of that synth-pop wave and supported by an appearance on Top of the Pops, the song reached number one on the charts in the UK and 17 other countries. In the Billboard Hot 100 the song debuted at number 90 a, reached after a few weeks at No. 8 and stayed 43 weeks in the charts.
A music video was shot specifically for the video album Non Stop Exotic Video and shows the band members Marc Almond and David Ball in togas on Mount Olympus. A remixed version of the play by Soft Cell was released in 1991; this, there was also a new video. 2006, this version of the piece was sampled by Rihanna in her piece SOS, which came in at number one on the U.S. charts. The TV channel VH-1 put the pieces on place two of its 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders.
Marilyn Manson version
In 2001, Marilyn Manson on a 3:20 minutes long version, which appeared on the soundtrack to Not Another Teen Movie, as well as on the following album The Golden Age of Grotesque as a bonus track. In the UK, this version reached number five on the charts and was also successful in many other countries, including Germany. The video shows Manson, as he brings friends to a party. Starring in the movie are just to see how Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison and Tim Skold, who was not in the band at that time.
More versions
The song was often gecovert, so also in Spanish ( Falso Amor La Unión ).