It’s the determination that is so impressive. Someone genius has taken the Soft Cell track Tainted Love and made a video using screenshots of Twitter profiles that kind of match the lyrics. Not just ...

No two musical notes are more instantly recognizable and representative of a certain time than the opening of Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love,” the 1981 smash single which stayed on the Billboard charts for ...

UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 01: Photo of Marc ALMOND and SOFT CELL; Marc Almond & Dave Ball (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns) Forty years ago, U.K. synthpop duo Soft Cell released 1981’s song of the ...

Today, you should care about Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love” even if you don’t plan to watch VH1 Classic this afternoon. Originally a northern soul track by Gloria Jones, Soft Cell’s hit cover, the first ...

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Official Singles Chart, Soft Cell frontman Marc Almond chats OfficialCharts.com about the group’s million selling single Tainted Love. To date, it has sold ...

Rihanna’s first album, Music of the Sun, was a success. It included two popular singles: “Pon de Replay” and “If It’s Lovin’ that You Want.” These singles both drew influence from Caribbean music, ...

In a just released video, Soft Cell's 1981 megahit “Tainted Love” gets completely reinvented by neo-soul maverick Bilal, electronics genius Daedelus and classical virtuoso Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. The ...

The story behind synth-pop duo Soft Cell's breakthrough hit Tainted Love is an often forgotten one. The song was originally an obscure Northern soul track written by Ed Cobb (formerly of male vocal ...

Kelly Clarkson gave a crash course in New Wave fun on Monday (June 28) with a spirited run through Soft Cell's iconic 1981 take on "Tainted Love." By Gil Kaufman Kelly Clarkson took it old school on ...

July 2021 is the 40th anniversary of Soft Cell’s Tainted Love and to celebrate a brand new, five-minute version by Soft Cell’s Dave Ball using the original studio parts is set for release. Originally ...

Soft Cell, the duo behind the 1981 hit “Tainted Love,” will reunite for their first show in 15 years — but it’s just to say goodbye. Vocalist Marc Almond and producer and multi-instrumentalist Dave ...