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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 for their album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret. The song has since been covered by numerous ...
The use of the 'Tainted Love' sample was well received by critics. Ruth Jamieson of The Observer commented that the sample was an "outrageously hooky Soft Cell rhythm". [22] Jazzily Bass of Contactmusic.com complimented the inclusion of the "Tainted Love" sample, describing "SOS" as "superbly infectious". [13]
The music video for "Tainted Love" was directed by Peter Christopherson with an £8.000 advance, [45] and was aired around same time the single was released. The video features Balance, portrayed as an AIDS victim in his last days, and Christopherson as a hospital orderly. [ 32 ]
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.
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.”
Cobb became a record producer and sound engineer; he composed and produced the top-twenty hit, "Dirty Water" for The Standells in 1966; "Every Little Bit Hurts" for Brenda Holloway in 1964; and "Tainted Love" for Gloria Jones also in 1964, which became a worldwide hit for Soft Cell in 1982. [9]
TOKYO (Reuters) -The make-up of Japan's future government was in flux on Monday after voters punished Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's scandal-tainted coalition in a weekend snap election, leaving ...
The Golden Age of Grotesque is the fifth studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson.It was released on May 13, 2003, by Nothing and Interscope Records, and was their first album to feature former KMFDM member Tim Sköld, who joined after longtime bassist Twiggy Ramirez amicably left the group over creative differences.