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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. [3] In 1981, the song attained worldwide fame after being covered and reworked by British synth-pop duo Soft Cell .
After the chart failure of "Memorabilia", Phonogram Records allowed Soft Cell to record a second and final single in an attempt to score a chart success. The band opted to record a cover version of "Tainted Love", an obscure 1965 northern soul track originally released by Gloria Jones (the girlfriend of Marc Bolan at the time of his death) and written by Ed Cobb of the Four Preps.
Tan explained the production process of sampling "Tainted Love", as well as the changes which were made: This song uses a stereo two-bar loop from Soft Cell's song 'Tainted Love' as its basis. J.R. played the additional parts with a combination of soft and hardware synths. There were probably 30 to 40 tracks in total.
She recorded the 1965 hit song "Tainted Love" and has worked in multiple genres as a Motown songwriter and recording artist, backing vocalist, and as a performer in musicals such as Hair. In the 1970s, she was a keyboardist and vocalist in Marc Bolan 's glam rock band T. Rex .
Cobb wrote the song "Tainted Love" for Gloria Jones, which Soft Cell reworked into one of the biggest pop hits of the 1980s. [2] He also wrote a number of songs for the American rock band The Standells. He wrote their top ten hit "Dirty Water" and multiple other songs for the band. He is credited for Rihanna’s song “SOS.”
Jasper Cini (October 7, 1927 – October 13, 2009), known professionally as Al Martino, was an American traditional pop and jazz singer.He had his greatest success as a singer between the early 1950s and mid-1970s, being described as "one of the great Italian American pop crooners", [1] and became known as an actor, particularly for his role as singer Johnny Fontane in The Godfather.
An arrangement for Coil's version of "Tainted Love" was heavily changed in contrary to Soft Cell's version, slowed down to the point when it gives a terrifying impression. [24] [25] Beside from synthesizer and percussion parts, Balance sings in a capella approach, giving one of his "most harrowing vocal performances". [26]
In the chorus, she sings: "And I wish I could change it / And we're always gonna be contaminated / I know what you need / You start letting me go, our love is tainted". [6] Gabriel Aikins from Substream Magazine referred to the song's sound as a "haunting mix" of instruments and Burton's production. [ 7 ]