Soft Cell - Tainted Love
70M views · 3:01
Tainted Love
Soft Cell
Directed by Tim Pope
0:00 -3:01
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Tainted Love

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1981 80s synth pop
#58 on The 100 Greatest Music Videos of the 1980s →

Originally composed by Ed Cobb and recorded by Gloria Jones in 1964, this song attained worldwide fame after being covered by British synth-pop duo Soft Cell for their 1981 album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret.

70M views
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1981 released

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