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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. It attained worldwide fame after being covered by Soft Cell in 1981 and has since been covered by numerous groups and artists.
American artist Gloria Jones recorded the original version of "Tainted Love", which was written and produced by Ed Cobb. It was the B-side to the 1965 single "My Bad Boy's Comin' Home", which was a commercial flop, failing to chart in either the US or the UK. Before Jones recorded the song, Cobb had offered it to The Standells, which he managed and produced, but they rejected it.
However, in 1973, British club DJ Richard Searling purchased a copy of the almost decade-old single while on a trip to the United States. The track's Motown-influenced sound (featuring a fast tempo, horns, electric rhythm guitar and female backing vocals) fit in perfectly with the music favoured by those involved in the UK's Northern Soul club scene of the early 1970s, and Searling popularised the song at the Northern Soul club Va Va’s in Bolton, and later, at Wigan Casino.
Soft Cell are an English synthpop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s, consisting of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball. The duo are principally known for their 1981 hit version of "Tainted Love" (#8 US) and 1981 debut album entitled Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret.
In the United Kingdom, they had ten Top 40 hits including "Tainted Love" (#1 UK), "Torch" (#2 UK), "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" (#3 UK), "What!" (#3 UK), and "Bedsitter" (#4 UK), and also had four Top 20 albums between 1981 and 1984. In 1984, the duo split but reformed from 2001 to 2004 to tour and record new material, releasing their fifth studio album, Cruelty Without Beauty in 2002.
Soft Cell's songs have been covered by various artists including Nine Inch Nails, David Gray, Nouvelle Vague, Marilyn Manson, and A-ha. Their track, "Memorabilia", earned recognition for the band as pioneers of the synth-oriented techno genre. The duo have sold 10 million records worldwide.
Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American musician, songwriter, actor, painter, multimedia artist, and former music journalist. He is known for his controversial stage personality and image as the lead singer of the band Marilyn Manson, which he co-founded with Daisy Berkowitz and of which he remains the only constant member. His stage name was formed by juxtaposing the names of two American cultural icons, namely actress Marilyn Monroe and murderer Charles Manson.
He is best known for his band's records released in the 1990s, most notably Antichrist Superstar and Mechanical Animals, which along with his public image earned him a reputation in the mainstream media as a controversial figure and an allegedly negative influence on young people. In the U.S. alone, three of the band's albums have been awarded platinum and three more went gold, and the band has had eight releases debut in the top ten, including two number-one albums. Manson has been ranked number 44 in the Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists by Hit Parader, and has been nominated for four Grammy Awards.
Tainted is a 1988 U.S. motion picture written and directed by Orestes Matacena and starring Shari Shattuck. The movie is a low-budget suspense drama about Cathy (Shattuck) a young school teacher married to the owner of a crematorium. The movie is centered on Cathy's attempt to cover-up the murder of an intruder who attempted to rape her. The cover up of the rape is due to the man that raped her being her ex-husband in the movie.
Love is a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection ("I love my mother") to pleasure ("I loved that meal"). It can refer to an emotion of a strong attraction and personal attachment. It can also be a virtue representing human kindness, compassion, and affection—"the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another". It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans, one's self or animals.
Non-Western traditions have also distinguished variants or symbioses of these states. This diversity of uses and meanings combined with the complexity of the feelings involved makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, compared to other emotional states.
Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts.
Love may be understood as a function to keep human beings together against menaces and to facilitate the continuation of the species.
Music video by Soft Cell performing Tainted Love. (C) 1981 Some Bizarre
Tainted Love Soft Cell Lyrics. A great song by Soft Cell. Hope you enjoy singing to the music!
music video Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love
Sometimes I feel I've got to run away, I've got to get away from the pain that you drive in the heart of me. The love we share seems to go nowhere. I've lost my lights. 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. 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. You 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. Tainted l...
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Scorpions' official music video for 'Tainted Love'. Click to listen to Scorpions on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/ScorpionsSpotify?IQid=SCTL As featured on Comeblack. Click to buy the track or album via iTunes: http://smarturl.it/ScorpCBiTunes?IQid=SCTL Google Play: http://smarturl.it/ScorpTLplay?IQid=SCTL Amazon: http://smarturl.it/ScorpCBamz?IQid=SCTL More from Scorpions Eye Of The Storm: https://youtu.be/8M-FfwBAVFo Rock You Like A Hurricane: https://youtu.be/zHQAElxHdHg Rhythm Of Love: https://youtu.be/vFAf_29KYTs More great Classic Rock videos here: http://smarturl.it/ClassicRocks?IQid=SCTL Follow Scorpions Website: http://www.the-scorpions.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Scorpions Twitter: https://twitter.com/scorpions Subscribe to Scorpions on YouTube: http://smarturl.it/...
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Fan made music video for Tainted Love by Marilyn Manson featuring The Joker and Harley Quinn from Suicide Squad. I do not own the rights to the music or footage. This is a fan edit. Music: Tainted Love by Marilyn Manson
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As attainable as where the ring of smoke
where the finger be swirling at all on it's own.
There's no point in trying, in calling you back
but taking control of the following act
I've been sensing a tension in your delay
hesitation in drawing the velvet drop
There's no way of unravelling the plot
without taking the slide in the rabbit hole with me
Are you ready to play the game
Ready to lose it all
Sure you want to play
this tainted love
Ready to play the game
Ready to lose it all
Sure you want to play
this tainted love
Ready to play the game
Ready to lose it all
Are you sure you want to play
Should you give me a moment and let me think
I will come up with something you can't resist
demonstrating myself in a certain way
with the lighting so subtle and perfectly dim
A suggestion of mine which you will not take
is to pack your belongings and steal away
for the play is in progress and what's to come
may not be your thought of marvelous fun
at all
Are you ready to play the game
Ready to lose it all
Sure you want to play
this tainted love
Ready to play the game
Ready to lose it all
Sure you want to play
this tainted love
Ready to play the game
Ready to lose it all
Are you sure you want to play
Take this moment, don't reason it through
Leave all caution, fall for my need
Let me see
Are you ready to play the game
Ready to lose it all
Sure you want to play
this tainted love
Ready to play the game
Ready to lose it all
Sure you want to play
this tainted love
Ready to play the game
Ready to lose it all
Are you sure you want to play
This tainted love
Ready to play the game
Ready to lose it all
Sure you want to play
this tainted love
Ready to play the game
Ready to lose it all