Tainted Love

This article is about the song performed by Gloria Jones and Soft Cell. For the album by Jan Howard, see Tainted Love (album). For the album by Shivaree, see Tainted Love: Mating Calls and Fight Songs.

"Tainted Love"
Side B of official 1965 US single
Single by Gloria Jones
A-side"My Bad Boy's Comin' Home"
ReleasedMay 1965
Recorded1964
Genre
Length2:11
LabelChampion (distributed by Vee-Jay)
Songwriter(s)Edward Cobb
Producer(s)Ed Cobb
Gloria Jones singles chronology
"My Bad Boy's Comin' Home" / "Tainted Love"
(1965) 		"Come Go with Me"
(1966)

"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.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Tainted Love — Songlexikon". Songlexikon.de. Retrieved July 25, 2013.