Who sang the original of "Tainted Love" ?

Answer 1

"Tainted Love" is a song composed by Ed Cobb, formerly of The Four Preps. It was originally recorded in 1964 by Gloria Jones and became a popular song on the Northern Soul scene. It attained worldwide fame after it was covered in 1981 (1982 in the US) by Soft Cell. It has since been covered by numerous other groups.

Selected list of recorded versions
1964 Gloria Jones, northern soul
1976 Gloria Jones with Marc Bolan, glam rock
1981-82 Soft Cell, synthpop
1985 Coil, gothic/industrial
1986 Boppin' Kids on the album Go Wild!, Rockabilly
1990s Tainted Cash, rave music
1993 Inspiral Carpets
1990s Jon K, freestyle music
1990s Señor X
1991 Marc Almond (with Soft Cell)
1992 Flying Pickets, a cappella version
1995 Shades Apart, punk Rock on their Save It album
1999 The Living End, rockabilly-punk rock
1996 Bluekilla, skapunk
1998 Atrocity on album Werk 80, industrial metal
1999 Club 69, electro-house remixes
1999 My Ruin, alternative metal
2000 Mark 'Ruff' Ryder - Joy (Strictly Underground Records, Garage)
2000 Wild Strawberries on album Twist
2000 Head Like A Hole on the album Honky Tonk Jukebox
2001 Marilyn Manson, industrial metal, on album Not Another Teen Movie O.S.T. and Lest We Forget: The Best Of Marilyn Manson. Also as a bonus track on The Golden Age of Grotesque
2001 La Unión, on album Rock en español
2003 Anandi, on album Forever Days
2004 The Hormonauts covered the song for their Stayin' Alive single.
2005 The Pussycat Dolls, Pop
2006 Rihanna samples Soft Cell's cover of "Tainted Love" on the single "S.O.S. (Rescue Me)" from her 2006 album A Girl Like Me
2006 Milk Inc., Dance
2006 John B, electrostep version
2006 Lil Scrappy samples a very little bit of the song on his song "Money In The Bank" that featured Young Buck
2006 Paul Young, on album Rock Swings - On the wild side of swing
29Died
Bad Religion
Billy Idol
Casey McSocial
Hootie and the Blowfish
Pennywise, punk rock
Social Distortion
The Ramones
Depeche Mode

Answer 2

Tainted Love Original

Answer 3

Gloria Jones

"Tainted Love" is a song composed by Ed Cobb, formerly of The Four Preps. It was originally recorded in 1964 by Gloria Jones and became a popular song on the Northern Soul scene. It attained worldwide fame after it was covered in 1981 (1982 in the US) by Soft Cell. It has since been covered by numerous other groups.

Answer 4

Tainted Love
Soft Cell
Music & Lyrics : Ed Cobb
Notes : Arrangement from an "Al Cobb" song during the sixties

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)

Answer 5

Soft Cell

Answer 6

Soft Cell

Answer 7

Soft Cell

Answer 8

Tainted Love" is a song composed by Ed Cobb. It was originally recorded in 1964 by Gloria Jones and became a popular song on the Northern Soul scene. .

Answer 9

The original was recorded by "Soft Cell"

Answer 10

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