This article is about the song performed by Gloria Jones. For the album by Jan Howard, see Tainted Love (album). For the album by Shivaree, see Tainted Love: Mating Calls and Fight Songs.
1964 song by Ed Cobb
"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
"My Bad Boy's Comin' Home" / "Tainted Love" (1965)
"Come Go with Me" (1966)
"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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