Talk:Tainted Love

Soft Cell? Really?
Why, oh why, does it say this song was composed by Soft Cell, when the first recorded version is the real original by Gloria Jones? Grande (talk) 02:25, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Blue Oyster Cult???
Does anyone actually know of this recording? I checked all of their discography, and can't find it. So, unless someone can prove it otherwise, I think it should come off of the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sedna1000 (talk • contribs) 16:08, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

I have (I thought) every BOC studio recording from the '70s-80's and none have Tainted Love. If it exists, it could be a foreign release, something more recent than 1990, or possibly on a live album. All that said, there are a ton of sketchy BOC compilations put together by various labels in order to fulfill contracts or milk every last dollar out of the band. SCORPIONS however do Tainted Love as a regular part of their touring setlist, so I'm pretty sure it will appear on one of their studio or live recordings as well. That should be part of the main article IMO but someone who is a Scorpions fan will need to research it further. Moucon (talk) 09:29, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Newformula
I deleted some content relating to a cover band of the same name. I then read the guidelines of wikipedia, realising I probably shouldn't just delete... hence the discussion. This content is not notable, so inappropriate for this page in my opinion. Newformula

Max Raabe
The song was covered by Max Raabe, too. --Ansgar2804 (talk) 11:32, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Skinny Puppy
Want to check on this. I can find no evidence of Skinny Puppy actually covering this. The only "version" I have heard credited to skinny puppy I have found to be officially from Deathline Intl. Does anyone else have more information on where this information was obtained, and if the year is correct for the "skinny puppy" deathline cover? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.208.85.42 (talk • contribs) 08:40, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Skinny Puppy didn't cover it, it was a mislabelling on p2p. I've removed this information.23funnel23 16:31, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

The Cure
Never covered this song, it is a misconception due to P2p mis-labelling. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.21.176.155 (talk • contribs) 21:48, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Indeed, the version that's has "The Cure" as the author on P2P is actually the the Soft Cell version. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.94.10.83 (talk • contribs) 18:01, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Depeche Mode
Have never covered this song AFAIK. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.50.173.48 (talk • contribs) 18:08, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

i think they may have done a cover —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.68.170.80 (talk • contribs) 03:18, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

who did it then? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.180.144.132 (talk • contribs) 06:02, 28 November 2006

depeche mode did a techno mix of the song. dont remember which year. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.22.36.85 (talk • contribs) 02:01, 2 February 2007

There is no such thing as a Depeche Mode remix of Tained Love. It's plausible that they may have performed a cover of it live at some point of their career, but this is just pure speculation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.115.62.100 (talk) 14:24, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

The one I heard that was attributed to Depeche Mode turned out to be Social Distortion, I think. I'm continuing research, since I hate to have mislabeled songs, but it REALLY doesn't sound like Depeche Mode. -Ceol3531 (talk) 18:08, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Singstar
Which cover is the one in Singstar?

Duplicate
I am almost sure Bad Religion's and Pennywise's versions refers to the same one. I don't know which one is the real, though.

Ramones
The Ramones have never ever covered this song.

Alkaline Trio
Another band that has never covered this song, as far as I'm aware. --Hotdoglives 07:36, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Trivia
It says ''The 2005 Doctor Who episode "The End of the World" featured the Soft Cell cover on a jukebox in the far future. At that time, it was supposed to be classical music. '' i saw it and i only heared britney spears's Toxic!
 * That's what I thought, too, but it turns out that both songs were used, at different points in the episode. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.253.224.170 (talk) 06:00, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

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Dubious
When and where The Clash did a cover for this song? This information has been added by User:212.219.204.66 (Talk | contrib) (Revision history of Tainted Love version 14:56, 16 March 2006). It is an IP address registered to Cumbria and Lancaster Education Online and may be shared by multiple users. IMO it is a hoax, but I'm not sure. I made some searches, but I didn't find anything about it. There is a web site (www.blackmarketclash.com) with around all of their gigs and set lists, but "Tainted Love" doesn't exist. —P Joe F. (talk • contribs) 14:10, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

The Clash
Did The Clash actually cover this song in concert? Can anyone say right or wrong? A friend sent me an mp3 that he claimed was The Clash covering it, but it was a studio recording. A quick Google search seems to indicate that it is commonly mislabelled, perhaps like the Cure. I don't know for sure either way. Styracosaurus 02:25, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

-Positive they did not cover this song live. Ahubling (talk) 06:26, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

212.219.204.66 contributions 16 and 30 March 2006
In conclusion, I think that it was a hoax and the Clash never did a cover for that song. More than 10,000 web pages reports of a Clash version for "Tainted Love" with lyrics, mp3 and more. I dowloaded one mp3 "The%20Clash%20-%20Tainted%20Love.mp3", but it's the Soft Cell version. I hope to be wrong about that! I added a fact and dubious templates. —P Joe F. (talk • contribs) 14:10, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

This appears to be another mislabeling problem in the P2P community. I am doing research on the history of rock music, and the P2P mislabeling appears to be a very big problem across the board.Jkolak (talk) 08:02, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

There is also a mislabeled P2P file attributing it to The Cure.222.123.174.24 (talk) 01:57, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

This article is full of dross
I've removed the "In the Media" section completely, as it's entirely unsourced and for the most part non-notable. If anyone can find citations for any of this stuff (below), feel free to replace it. Malcolm XIV (talk) 18:22, 24 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Gloria Jones' original version is played on the in-car radio station Master Sounds 98.3 in the game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The station's track listing consists almost entirely of original versions of songs which were later covered by another musician/band and then popularly believed to be the original release of said musician/band, as with Soft Cell's version of "Tainted Love".
 * The song has been used in the films Coneheads, 13 Going on 30, Beauty Shop, 200 Cigarettes, and Talk to Me.
 * The 2005 Doctor Who episode "The End of the World" featured the Soft Cell cover on a jukebox (referred to as an 'iPod') in the far future; the owner of the jukebox refers to the song as "classical music."
 * The sixth episode of the television show Ashes to Ashes features the Soft Cell cover in the opening minutes.
 * Spike Jonze featured the song in a popular 1997 television commercial for Levi's jeans, matching the synthesized beat to an EKG machine.
 * One episode of CSI features as well the Marilyn Mansion version in the beginning of an episode of the 5th season, when a friend of Brass' daughter disappear
 * The character Boyce in the British TV sitcom Green Wing sang the Soft Cell version at the beginning of the eighth episode of the first series to raise money for charity.
 * Dishwalla played live on radio in the late 1990s at KNRK in-studio performance.
 * In the 2004 episode of Friends 10th season entitled "The One Where the Stripper Cries," Danny DeVito's character performs a striptease to the song.
 * The Pussycat Dolls perform a cover of this song on an episode of the NBC show Las Vegas.
 * Emiliana Torrini sings a 1930's jazz arrangement of the song in the 2004 movie Piccadilly Jim.
 * The song is included as a bonus soundtrack in the PSP game Activision Hits Remixed, along with other 80's pop music.
 * Semi-finalist Danny Noriega sings the song on American Idol (season 7) on March 4, 2008.
 * In Newgrounds.com, a parody was made titled "Taint of Love" under the "FDA" Series in the year 2000.
 * In one episode of Full House Jesse, Danny, and Joey sang "Tainted Love" together
 * The song appears on the game Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore.
 * The song is sung by members of the lead vehicle in the third episode (Screwby) of the HBO series Generation Kill
 * The song is sampled in Rihanna's 2006 single SOS (Rescue Me).
 * The song is also sampled in Hilary Duff's 2008 Bermudez & Chico Mix of the single Reach Out (featuring The Prophet).

Cricket/togas video
Just happened to watch that video. Are we sure that's Mt. Olympus? It just looks to me like the lair of a spoiled Roman emperor type (Almond). Also, I'm assuming the cricketer (singular) *is* Ball.Sillypillows (talk) 22:00, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Covers
Numerous covers (lacking references etc] removed as per WP:SONGCOVER which states ...the rendition is discussed by a reliable source on the subject of the song (not on the subject of the rendition),the rendition itself meets the notability requirement at WP:NSONGS. They don't.--Egghead06 (talk) 10:43, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, you're right. When a song has renditions discussion of a particular artist's rendition should be included in the song's article but only if at least one of the following applies: The rendition is discussed by a reliable source on the subject of the song (not on the subject of the rendition), OR the rendition itself meets the notability requirement at WP:NSONGS. Anyway, I will let others decide what to do with your edits. Bye. Mrt3366   (Talk?)   11:20, 13 August 2012 (UTC)


 * I look forward to engaging with these 'others' and any views on why lists of non-notable and unreferenced performances on albums and at concerts are what an encyclopedia needs.--Egghead06 (talk) 11:37, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

Marilyn Manson / Not Another Teen Movie Single
UK and other releases include b-sides with covers by other artists http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=marilyn+manson+tainted+love 109.224.137.121 (talk) 15:40, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Other versions
What are the Wikipedia requirements to list cover versions? Is there a minimum amount of sales/chart required? Just curious; this song has been covered many times, including by Scorpions, Imelda May, The Pussycat Dolls, Straight No Chaser, and several others. Canute (talk) 21:25, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

WP:SONGCOVER applies.--Egghead06 (talk) 23:18, 9 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks Egghead06. I removed Jan Howard version per WP:SONGCOVER  Sandcherry (talk) 22:41, 26 March 2020 (UTC)


 * I think the fact that Ed Cobb co-produced makes it a noteworthy cover version, regardless of what WP:SONGCOVER says. Adpete (talk) 05:04, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello Adpete Have you considered creating an Ed Cobb article? It could include his influence on Jan Howard and others.  Sandcherry (talk) 23:18, 22 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Done! (That's a joke, there is an Ed Cobb article already!) Anyway, I am a little puzzled by the WP:SONGCOVER guidelines. Tainted Love's popularity is partly evidenced by the many cover versions. I realise we want to avoid a shopping list of every cover and reference ever, as in above; but I also think the article is missing a key fact if it omits mentions of covers entirely. Imelda May and Straight No Chaser don't seem to be especially popular, but surely the cover by The Pussycat Dolls is pretty well automatically notable, due to that band's fame. And like I said, if Ed Cobb himself helped produce a cover by the moderately famous Jan Howard, that is part of the "story" of Tainted Love and deserves inclusion, I'd say. Adpete (talk) 01:46, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

Coil cover
I was surprised to see that the Coil cover for this doesn't have a section - it seems relatively noteworthy. Any objections if I put something together? Happy to paste it here first for comment. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.143.240.34 (talk) 14:17, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

There's actually an entire article about that version at Panic/Tainted_Love! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.128.245.143 (talk) 22:08, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
 * However this article seems to be boring despite so much material being written about. Gleb95 (talk) 13:38, 21 April 2017 (UTC)

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Lyric meanings
It would be helpful to have a section about the meaning of the lyrics, I came here looking for it today and it was missing. Also this made much more confusing by the music video and the excessive use of visual metaphors ("tainted love" could take on multiple meanings after watching the video; forbidden gay love, AIDs crisis, the mixed-race child/affair scenario, pedophelia as another form of "forbidden love" and etc.) Jooojay (talk) 00:56, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I now read Almond's Tainted Life (in Russian, indeed). There, Marc says about rumours that Ed Cobb wrote this song about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. From Russia with love, Gleb95 (talk) 16:18, 30 March 2018 (UTC).

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Magda Szubasnki cover/parody
I think the cover/parody by Australian comedian Magda Szubanski (in character as Sharon Strzelecki) has enough independent coverage to warrant a mention. I realise most people outside of Australia would not have heard of her (unless they have seen Babe (film)), but she is extremely well known in Australia, and it got mention on many (perhaps most) of Australia's mainstream news sources: I found it on the sites of 3 of the 5 main TV networks (Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Channel 9 , Channel 10 ); two major newspaper companies (News Corp Australia and The West Australian ); and many radio stations Some google results. Personally I think that crosses the threshold at WP:NSONGS: "Songs and singles are probably notable if they have been the subject[1] of multiple,[2] non-trivial[3] published works whose sources are independent of the artist and label. This includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, other books, television documentaries or reviews.". I realise it's pretty easy for a news source to do a write-up on "this week's viral video" so it's not massive coverage, but I think the combination of a popular video (covered in several independent major news sources) and a well-known performer, is enough. Adpete (talk) 03:38, 22 April 2020 (UTC)