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“Tainted Love”
Single by Soft Cell from the album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
B-side	"Where Did Our Love Go?"
Released	1981
Format	12 inch single
Genre	Synthpop
Length	2:43
Writer(s)	Ed Cobb
Producer	Mike Thorne
Soft Cell singles chronology
"Memorabilia" (1981) "Tainted Love" (1981) "Bedsitter" (1981)

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Soft Cell version

Soft Cell elected to release it as their third single in August 7, 1981. Produced by Barry Knodle 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 on 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.
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Marilyn Manson cover

“Tainted Love”
Single by Marilyn Manson from the album Not Another Teen Movie soundtrack
Released	2001
Genre	Alternative metal
Label	Interscope
Marilyn Manson singles chronology
"The Nobodies" (2001) "Tainted Love" (2001) "Mobscene" (2003)

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Released in the UK in May 2002, it is Manson's biggest hit to date in that country, reaching a position of #5 in the UK Top 75 charts.

Track listing

1. "Tainted Love"
2. "I Melt with You" (Mest)
3. "Suicide Is Painless"
4. "Bizarre Love Triangle" (Stabbing Westward)

Suicide Is Painless is a song written by Johnny Mandel (music) and Mike Altman (lyrics), which is best known for being featured as the theme song for both the movie and TV series M*A*S*H. Mike Altman was the son of the original films director, Robert Altman...

Selected list of recorded versions

• 1964: Gloria Jones, northern soul
• 1975: Ruth Swann (aka Diana Foster), northern soul UK cover version on Spark label[1]
• 1976: Gloria Jones with Marc Bolan, glam rock
• 1980: Blue Öyster Cult, hard rock
• 1981-82: Soft Cell, synthpop
• 1985: Coil, industrial
• 1986: Boppin' Kids on the album Go Wild!, Rockabilly
• 1990s: Tainted Cash, rave music
• 1991: Marc Almond (with Soft Cell)
• 1992: Flying Pickets, a cappella version
• 1992: Inspiral Carpets
• 1994: Spaceheads, on the album Spaceheads, rock
• 1995: Shades Apart, on the album Save It, punk rock
• 1997: Deathline International, on the compilation Industrial War, industrial (often mistakenly attributed to Skinny Puppy)
• 1997: Atrocity on their cover album titled Werk 80 and on their "Tainted love" single (two different versions) and on their greatest hits double album None plus ultra (1999), gothic metal
• 1997: Hi-Fives, on their album ...And A Whole Lotta You!
• 1998: Country Teasers, on their album Back to the Future, or Brideshead Revisited Revisited
• 1998: The Living End, as a B-side to their single "All Torn Down" and on Triple J Hottest 100, 1998 (#17 on the Hottest 100 list.)
• 1999: My Ruin, on the album Speak and Destroy
• 2000: La Unión, on the album Grandes Éxitos and called "Falso amor"
• 2001: Marilyn Manson, shock rock, on album Not Another Teen Movie Soundtrack and Lest We Forget: The Best of Marilyn Manson. Also as a bonus track on The Golden Age of Grotesque
• 2002: Prozac+, on the album Miodio
• 2003: The Hormonauts, on the album Mini-Skirt
• 2003: Static X, metal
• 2004: Thomas Schumacher, on the EP Tainted Schall
• 2005: The Pussycat Dolls, on album PCD
• 2006: Soft Cell version sampled on "SOS", a song by Rihanna
• 2006: Milk Inc. cover (dance music)
• 2006: John B. feat. Marcy Meow beta recordings (electro)
• 2006: New Found Glory on the album "coming home"
• 2006: Mahjong Connection Mahjong Music
• 2006: Les Sabotages-jam & spoon rmx Music Worx records
• 2007: Richard Grey recorded a dance cover entitled "Warped Bass". It has reached #52 on the UK Singles Chart.
• 2007: Killwhitneydead. recorded a death metal cover entitled "Funny Enough It Sounds Just Like Tainted Love"
• 2007: Grandmagneto acoustic reggae version 7" vinyl on Favourite recordings
• 2007: The Vending Tree - A favourite in their live sets
• 2008: Danny Noriega performed the song on American Idol, which was recorded and sold on iTunes.

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In the media

• Gloria Jones' original version is played on the in-car radio station Master Sounds 98.3 in the game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The station's track listing consists almost entirely of original versions of songs which were later covered by another musician/band and then popularly believed to be the original release of said musician/band, as with Soft Cell's version of "Tainted Love".
• The song has been used in the films Coneheads, 13 Going on 30, Beauty Shop, 200 Cigarettes, and Talk to Me.
• The 2005 Doctor Who episode "The End of the World" featured the Soft Cell cover on a jukebox in the far future; the owner of the jukebox refers to the song as "classical music."
• Spike Jonze featured the song in a popular 1997 television commercial for Levi's jeans, matching the synthesized beat to an EKG machine.
• It has been covered live by The Clash,^{[when?][citation needed][dubious – discuss]} and Shelly Poole, but neither version has been released.
• The character Boyce in the British TV sitcom Green Wing sang the Soft Cell version at the beginning of the eighth episode of the first series to raise money for charity.
• Dishwalla played live on radio in the late 1990s at KNRK in-studio performance.
• In the 2004 episode of Friends 10th season entitled "The One Where the Stripper Cries," Danny DeVito's character performs a striptease to the song.
• The Pussycat Dolls perform a cover of this song on an episode of the NBC show Las Vegas.
• Emiliana Torrini sings a 1930's jazz arrangement of the song in the 2004 movie Piccadilly Jim.
• The song is included as a bonus soundtrack in the PSP game Activision Hits Remixed, along with other 80's pop music.
• Semi-finalist Danny Noriega sings the song on American Idol (season 7) on March 4, 2008.
• In Newgrounds.com, a parody was made titled "Taint of Love" under the "FDA" Series in the year 2000.

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External links

• Producer Mike Thorne discusses Soft Cell's cover of "Tainted Love"
• Danny Noriega sings "Tainted Love" on Amerian Idol (season 7)