Soft Cell - Tainted Love

Tainted Love by Soft Cell from the album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret.

Soft Cell - Tainted Love Music Video

Soft Cell - Tainted Love Lyrics

Sometimes I feel I’ve got to
Run away I’ve got to
Get away
From the pain that you drive into the heart of me
The love we share
Seems to go nowhere
And I’ve lost my light
For I toss and turn I can’t sleep at night

(chorus)
Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I’ll run from you
This tainted love you’ve given
I give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that’s not nearly all
Oh…tainted love
Tainted love

Now I know I’ve got to
Run away I’ve got to
Get away
You don’t really want IT any more from me
To make things right
You need someone to hold you tight
And you’LL think love is to pray
But I’m sorry I don’t pray that way

(chorus…)

Don’t touch me please
I cannot stand the way you tease
I love you though you hurt me so
Now I’m going to pack my things and go
Tainted love, tainted love (x2)
Touch me baby, tainted love (x2)
Tainted love (x3)

Song Info

Released 1981
Genre Synthpop
Length 8:59 (album version), 2:42 (single version)
Writer Ed Cobb
Producer Mike Thorne

Soft Cell - Tainted Love Review

“Tainted Love” is a song composed by Ed Cobb, formerly of The Four Preps. It was originally recorded in 1964 by Gloria Jones, re-recorded by Ruth Swan in 1975 (in a version which influenced, more closely than the original, the ‘feel’ of the subsequent electro-pop chart-topping cover version which brought the track to the attention of a wider audience), and attained worldwide fame after being covered by Soft Cell. It has since been covered by numerous other groups/artists.

Soft Cell elected to release it as their third single in July 1981. Produced by Barry Knodle the track was recorded in a day and a half with the run through vocal being used on the released version. Buoyed by the then dominant synthpop sound of the time and a memorable performance on Top of the Pops it rapidly reached number one on the UK singles chart, eventually repeating the feat in 17 territories. The following year it charted in the US eventually reaching number 8 in a record breaking 43 week chart run.
source wikipedia.com

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