| "Tainted Love" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Side B of official 1965 US single | ||||
| Single by Gloria Jones | ||||
| A-side | "My Bad Boy's Comin' Home" | |||
| Released | May 1965 | |||
| Recorded | 1964 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 2:11 | |||
| Label | Champion (distributed by Vee-Jay) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Edward Cobb | |||
| Producer(s) | Ed Cobb | |||
| Gloria Jones singles chronology | ||||
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"Tainted Love" is a song composed by Ed Cobb, formerly of American group the Four Preps, which was originally recorded by Gloria Jones in 1964.[2] In 1981, the song attained worldwide fame after being covered and reworked by British synth-pop duo Soft Cell. The song has since been covered by numerous groups and artists.
- ^ a b Bradley, Larry (November 4, 2014). "The 1960s: Gloria Jones - "Tainted Love". The Alternative Jukebox. Cassell. p. 16. ISBN 978-1-84403-789-6.
- ^ "Tainted Love — Songlexikon". Songlexikon.de. Retrieved July 25, 2013.