who sings the song? i know there are many remakes... i woud like to know them all
2007-01-25 06:54:43 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
A long time fan of this northern soul classic, Soft Cell elected to release a cover of it as their third single in July 1981. Produced by Mike Thorne 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 in 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.
[edit] 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
1995 Deathline International, from the album Zarathoustra (Often incorrectly attributed to Skinny Puppy)
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 Lee Harding sang it on Australian Idol for 80's week
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 Anka, on album Rock Swings
29Died
Bad Religion
Casey McSocial
Hootie and the Blowfish
Pennywise, punk rock
Social Distortion
2007-01-25 07:00:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Tainted Love is an old Gloria Jones song that was popularized by Soft Cell. And seriously, EVERYONE’s covered this song. It’s crazy...
Gloria Jones (original)
Soft Cell ( I loved this one)
Palast Orchester (with Max Raabe)
Dan Akroyd in Coneheads
The Pussycat Dolls ( no comment)
Atrocity
Skinny Puppy
Marilyn Manson
The Living End
Social Distortion
Shaun Inman
There are a lot of others, that mostly sound the same as Soft Cell’s version.
2007-01-25 07:04:50 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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
1995 Deathline International, from the album Zarathoustra (Often incorrectly attributed to Skinny Puppy)
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 Lee Harding sang it on Australian Idol for 80's week
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 Anka, on album Rock Swings
Others:
29Died
Bad Religion
Casey McSocial
Hootie and the Blowfish
Pennywise, punk rock
Social Distortion
2007-01-25 07:03:44 · answer #3 · answered by Kurt J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soft Cell did NOT make the original version of Tainted Love, contrary to popular opinion. Gloria Jones made the original in 1964 and it became popular in England. The guys in Soft Cell made a hit remake, but NOT the original.
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Smilefora, are you insane? You say in your post "Soft Cell did the original, I can assure you of that." Then in YOUR VERY OWN LIST, you have 1964 Gloria Jones.
Did you even bother to read what you copied and pasted?
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Nice switcharoo, smilefora
2007-01-25 07:02:19 · answer #4 · answered by bodinibold 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"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.
Soft Cell's cover is the most popular of our time and the most played.....
http://www.radioblogclub.com/search/0/gloria_jones_tainted_love
this link will take you to the original version by Gloria....it's awesome!!!!
For all the answers that say Soft cell is the original, they are wrong....their version is also a cover......
I got this information from wikipedia.com
2007-01-25 07:02:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was originally by Gloria Jones but made popular by Soft Cell. The newest remake is PussyCat Dolls. You can find a list of all covers and samplings of this song at Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainted_love
2007-01-25 07:01:50 · answer #6 · answered by bsugar446 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An old band calles Soft Cell I think there was a remake a few years ago but do not know by who.
2007-01-25 07:02:11 · answer #7 · answered by crawler 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Originally sung by Gloria Jones, but became popular when Soft Cell sang it....check out the links for other remakes....
2007-01-25 07:01:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soft Cell did the original. Remakes- Marilyn Manson,David Benoit,Anandi, Pussycat Dolls
2007-01-25 07:00:53 · answer #9 · answered by Shmesh 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The original is by Gloria Jones I can assure you of that. SOS by Rhianna has the same background. There is also a version, a creepy one, by Marilyn Manson. Everyone knows it by Soft Cell. Here is a full list:
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
1995 Deathline International, from the album Zarathoustra (Often incorrectly attributed to Skinny Puppy)
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 Lee Harding sang it on Australian Idol for 80's week
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 Anka, on album Rock Swings
29Died
Bad Religion
Casey McSocial
Hootie and the Blowfish
Pennywise, punk rock
Social Distortion
2007-01-25 07:02:10 · answer #10 · answered by smileforawile 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋