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| "Tainted Love" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Side B of official 1965 US single | ||||
| Single by Gloria Jones | ||||
| A-side | "My Bad Boy's Comin' Home" | |||
| Released | May 1965 | |||
| Recorded | 1964 | |||
| Genre | Soul | |||
| Length | 2:11 | |||
| Label | Champion (distributed by Vee-Jay) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Edward Cobb | |||
| Producer(s) | Ed Cobb | |||
| Gloria Jones singles chronology | ||||
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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.[1] Renowned session musician and virtuoso guitarist Glen Campbell played lead guitar.[2] It attained worldwide fame after being covered and reworked by British synth-pop duo Soft Cell in 1981 and has since been covered by numerous groups and artists. A version by Impedance reached #14 on the Canadian Dance charts, April 14, 1990.[3]
- ^ "Tainted Love — Songlexikon". Songlexikon.de. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
- ^ "Glen Campbell's Other Life as a '60s Session Star," Culture Sonar
- ^ "RPM Top 30 Dance Singles - April 14, 1990" (PDF).
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