Tracks Include Randy Crawford Modern Romance The Nolans Ultravox The Rolling Stones Cliff Richard Genesis Shakin’ Stevens UB40 Gary Numan Louis Clark & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Electric Light Orchestra The Human League Aneka Soft Cell "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 and reworked by British synthpop duo Soft Cell in 1981 and has since been covered by numerous groups and artists. American artist Gloria Jones made the first recording of "Tainted Love" in 1964. The song was written and produced by Ed Cobb and arranged by Lincoln Mayorga. It was the B-side of her 1965 single "My Bad Boy's Comin' Home",[3] which was a commercial flop, failing to chart in either the US or the UK. According to Nick Talevski,
