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Tainted Love

Soft Cell

1981

jaar
Top 40

5

piekpositie
Top 40

9

weken
Top 40

246

punten
Top 40

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Songinfo

Het originele nummer is geschreven door Ed Cobb en gezongen door Gloria Jones in 1964, maar het Engelse duo Soft Cell heeft er in 1981 een grote hit mee gescoord.

Soft Cell heeft het nummer wat trager gemaakt en heeft er, door syntesizers en een drumcomputer te gebruiken in plaats van elektrische gitaren en blazers, de typischie 80’s sound aan toegevoegd.

En dat heeft ze geen windeieren gelegd. In 17 landen hebben ze een nummer 1-hit gescoord en in de Nederlandse Top 40 stond het nummer 9 weken met een 5e plek als hoogste notering.

Tainted Love is door nog door meer artiesten gecoverd, o.a. door Rihanna, Marilyn Manson, Depeche Mode en Milk Inc.

Artiest

Soft Cell

A-kant Titel

Tainted Love

A-kant Lengte

02:39

A-kant Componist(en)

Ed Cobb

A-kant Producer(s)

Mike Thorne

A-kant Engineer(s)

Paul Hardiman

B-kant titel

Where Did Our Love Go

B-kant lengte

03:14

B-kant componist(en)

Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr.

B-kant producer(s)

Mike Thorne

B-kant engineer(s)

Paul Hardiman

Platenlabel

Vertigo

Hoogste positie UK

1

Hoogste positie US

8

Album

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

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Songtekst

Sometimes I feel I've got to run away
I've got to get away
From the pain you drive into the heart of me
The love we share
Seems to go nowhere
And I've lost my light
For I toss and turn, I can't sleep at night

Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I'll run from you
This tainted love you've given
I give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all

Tainted love (oooh)
Tainted love

Now I know I've got to run away
I've got to get away
You don't really want any more from me
To make things right
You need someone to hold you tight
And you'll think love is to pray
But I'm sorry I don't pray that way

Once I ran to you (I ran)
Now I'll run from you
This tainted love you've given
I give you all a boy could give you
Take my tears and that's not nearly all

Tainted love (oooh)
Tainted love

Don't touch me, please
I cannot stand the way you tease
I love you though you hurt me so
Now I'm gonna pack my things and go

Tainted love (oooh)
Tainted love (oooh)
Tainted love (oooh)
Tainted love (oooh)
Touch me baby, tainted love)
Touch me baby, tainted love
Tainted love (oooh)
Tainted love (oooh)

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