Soft Cell Tainted Love (1981)

[@jango7889]

zesty man yells at child for 2 and half minutes

[@ardalla535]

"Hey Marc, what's the budget for this set?" "Uh ... 10 bucks? Say, do you have an aquarium at your house?"

[@thathistoryiscoolguy]

Dude?

[@captainautismo5452]

*10 quid

[@bitterbob30]

The cricket ball, bat, sweater and leg pads cost more than that.

[@romanec3764]

What is a Buck ?

[@sistersuperioraddie5547]

Romane C USD

[@tarrietroubadour895]

That little apple toss is a reference to the 1976 miniseries I, Claudius; specifically to John Hurt’s performance of Caligula, who does the exact same thing in the episode where he is introduced as a character. Takes a bite of an apple and tosses it over his shoulder.

[@lorifarese197]

DO YOU ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME SOMEBODY TOSSED AN APPLE ON A VIDEO ? ! ? IF SO. . . YOU LIVE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD ! ! !

[@tarrietroubadour895]

No it’s not the first time I’ve seen an apple toss… but considering the Ancient Greek clothing and spoiled brat nature and flamboyant expressions; it seems like a reference to me. Also the guy kinda looks like statues of irl Caligula so it makes sense

[@tarrietroubadour895]

*sorry ancient Roman I misspoke

[@RocStarr913]

This is definitely Caligula-inspired, which the film was released not that long ago before the filming of this.

[@lillyfrances]

LOVE that miniseries. i can’t explain it but bitchy flamboyant romans go with new wave so well

[@annemcwilliams1199]

Bonkers video, brilliant song

[@Fireworxs2012]

*It's not his song...Tainted Love has been around since the early 60's and has been covered by dozens of artists..*

[@Saudi_vip_2030]

​@@Fireworxs2012 ask him please: Is this a normal video?? Or is it the beginning of pedophilia in public!! The lyrics are beautiful but the video shows a large amount of heroin use.

[@lilyanne1012]

An Edwardian woman from the 1900s, a guy dressed in Roman costume with Egyptian eyeliner, a crocketer, a 5 year old girl, a slave from the 1800s and a fish tank with piranhas in one clip. The 80s were amazing.

[@killertruth186]

And spiked braces.

[@DUDLEY2000]

Got all that in one sentence.

[@HAL-1984]

the drugs were better in the 80's

[@RenataBruegel]

Alguien sabe como se llama la mujer eduardiana?

[@orlandoorlasaliasorlans1065]

Que alguien ne explique el significado

[@ammitthedevourer7316]

I never in a million years would have expected this song to not only have a music video, but such an odd one at that.

[@RocStarr913]

That’s because this was filmed as part of a “video album” Soft Cell released on home video formats, the first of its kind. There had been no real music video while the single was being promoted on the radio and dance clubs.

[@ammitthedevourer7316]

@@RocStarr913 Video album, is that like instead of different short videos for each song it’s one big film with the album as its soundtrack? That’s a cool concept.

[@RocStarr913]

@@ammitthedevourer7316 It was more the former, but there was a little cohesion here and there with all of the music videos, since they were all filmed specifically for the release.

[@ChucksCherubs3]

Why wouldn't you think the song would have a music video? It actually has two as a matter of fact.

[@steveread4021]

Nor me. But this one looked so sick and generally dodgy that I stopped watching. Wtf?

[@skoomadesu2553]

So here we have a 1800 British woman, julius caesar, a slave, a 5 year old girl and a croquet player

[@Fooludontknowme]

It's cricket you pleeb

[@nikkibox]

Nothing like the 80`s,over the top

[@2ndpartycrasher954]

What more could you want lol

[@nikkibox]

@voilaviolamh Whatever that "Something" means.

[@nikkibox]

@@2ndpartycrasher954 Now I could think of someone on trapeze.

[@michaelfinnegan3805]

Man the vocal performance is just awesome. I always loved this song, didn't know it was a cover till recently.

[@walterhartwellwhite7324]

wait hold up its a cover???? i gotta hear the original lmao

[@michaelfinnegan3805]

@@walterhartwellwhite7324 it's pretty darn good. What's funny is to me the soft cell sounds more Motownish.

[@somethingelse4878]

lol same as of today

[@althrace-49]

​@@walterhartwellwhite7324The original is by Gloria Jones

[@moredistractions]

The extended version adds another cover to the end of the song, Where Did Our Love Go by Diana Ross, performed in an equally awesome manner.

[@juanpabloazambuyo4964]

I think I have the answer to this video.. the little girl and Almond are brother and sister. The father (Ball/Cricket Player) separates from his wife (1900 english rich woman), within a disscution (scratch in his face) because she cheated with the Servant guy. Almond hates his mixed race sister because she broken the family, at the point he dont went out with her sister to see 'their father' play cricket.

[@audieaudit]

sadly no one will realize this 😭

[@S5S5066]

Oh

[@Hannah-t5z]

Finally, context!

[@no.meowww]

Man everyone calling this lowkey pdfilia is so lost and should read this. That’s literally the exact meaning to the video

[@rkoff5744]

Thank you. First time seeing this video & it's ridiculous. Love the song though.

[@octangula7914]

he was literally the most perfect new wave twink

[@njektofficial]

Ok good thing I'm not the only one who called him a twink..

[@epicsmiley3598]

@@njektofficial I am pretty sure the guy actually came out as gay recently

[@epicsmiley3598]

His name is Marc almond search him up he’s a gay

[@chuckscarborough5738]

@@epicsmiley3598 Worst kept secret ever.

[@67psych]

A Gay!!! 😂 is that a Species we can see in the city Zoo! There hardly a rare species! 😂

[@atomicamerican7]

The black dude singing WoHOohOH with his face superimposed over the screen steals this whole video. I can't watch without laughing hysterically every time it happens!

[@happyears21694]

I don't find it funny to me.

[@witchflowers6942]

@@happyears21694 well that sucks for you!

[@alexandre7615]

😂😂😂

[@happyears21694]

Well, I find it funny when the camera shows the ball rolling after being thrown at 1:26 and the way Marc acts.

[@ostracon5412]

that's what i've thought for years, we are in the same boat! it's hilarious!

[@xiav3318]

He sits up * doesn’t have pants * *O H.*

[@kittyluvrpop]

Lol

[@simin7140]

it's ok i'm into that

[@solonepeon5805]

​@@simin7140😂😂😂😂😂😂💀

[@48sharksOfficial]

[Intro] [Verse 1] Sometimes I feel I've got to Run away I've got to Get away From the pain you drive into the heart of me The love we share Seems to go nowhere And I've lost my light For I toss and turn I can't sleep at night [Chorus] 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 Oh, tainted love Tainted love [Verse 2] 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 And you think love is to pray But I'm sorry, I don't pray that way [Chorus] 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 Oh, tainted love Tainted love [Outro] Don't touch me please I cannot stand the way you tease I love you, though you hurt me so Now, I'm gonna pack my things and go Tainted love, oh, tainted love, oh Tainted love, oh, tainted love, oh Touch me, baby, tainted love Touch me, baby, tainted love Tainted love, oh Tainted love, oh Tainted love

[@UnknownHandle2]

I had to scroll down to the comments I had to go so deep but I finally found you the guy who puts the lyrics in the comments

[@48sharksOfficial]

@@UnknownHandle2 its a tough job but someones gotta do it lmao

[@jesusse9757]

Muchas gracias por poner la letra de la canción. 👍👏👏👏👏

[@48sharksOfficial]

@@jesusse9757 ¡No hay problema! También me gusta verlos. ¡Gracias!

[@renzmayer1308]

Gracias por la letra de canción saludos desde Lima Perú 🇵🇪

[@tonyhill1264]

Growing up in the 80s was the happiest time of my life!!! The friends,high School,music...What a decade!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@TnseWlms]

The first time I heard this song it was on the car radio driving in England; it switched over to "Where Did Our Love Go" the moment I crossed into Scotland.

[@JeromeCleary]

I love all the 80's music videos cause they all look like they cost five dollars to make.

[@SweetLilWren]

You'd be surprised, $5 went a lot further then

[@jennic2251]

Best comment

[@shadowblood95]

Despite the explosion in popularity at the time, Soft Cell didn't make much at all from Tainted Love. Since it was a cover. Though you might guess that by the video and its 5 dollar budget lol.

[@aaronjones6439]

AND the drama teacher on vacation, lol

[@i_am_a_cunt8967]

@@shadowblood95 he really hates that kid 😭😔👏🏻

[@EXILE-_-CJ]

The way the black guys eyes keep faintly showing up is killing me 😂 1:00

[@MoarteMorrison]

I always said that would make a good meme lol

[@eleliotmanuel2060]

its rasist tho

[@EXILE-_-CJ]

@@eleliotmanuel2060 How?

[@shannonxpennywise]

@@eleliotmanuel2060 Get a grip! 🙄

[@bradengoertzen4259]

Fnaf vibes

[@jaycope3968]

39 years after this song comes out I finally see the music video today and I easily could’ve gone my whole life without seeing it.

[@MrPoopnoddy]

Unfortunately, it will take some time to unsee it...

[@rogerbaker5112]

Same. Even better- I just found out this is a cover and the original is a masterpiece. Sad that it's so unknown.

[@MrPoopnoddy]

@@rogerbaker5112 I don't know about masterpiece, but Gloria's version was far, far, far better than Almond's effort - and it was only the B side. Every now and then you are genuinely embarrassed to share your country of origin with someone. Marc Almond is, to me, one such occasion.

[@nunyabiz6925]

I love it! Great sense of humor

[@lauryse4643]

Right it’s creeping me out he’s singing about tainted love to a little girl

[@dereka8041]

Honestly, I've listened to this song for like 40 years, and I have never seen the original music video, until tonight.

[@kevinbejkoxdxd1514]

I Assumed You Listened To It When It Came Out In 1981

[@ct6852]

Same. Two years later.

[@petedudson6671]

Love it but the original is Gloria Taylor 1964. In NZ we only got the crap other video as well.

[@edwardpate6128]

Never gets old! God I love the 80's!

[@HSMiyamoto]

I love the 1980s when so many bands, especially British ones, were populated by art school students, and their videos look like experimental films. Marc Almond was doing performance art before he was recording music. Don't try to interpret it logically. Imagine it as someone's dream. On a related note, Marc Almond as a mad Roman is like Kenneth Williams playing Julius Caesar in a Carry On film. "Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it In For Me!"

[@altardoll]

Wow the next Timothy Chalamet movie looks great

[@stankygoestohollywood6408]

AAAAAAAAAA

[@elizelizabeth09]

💀💀💀💀💀

[@modernmilner9836]

I’m not a fish expert, but I’m guessing there are piranhas in that tank.

[@captainautismo5452]

They look a little small for piranhas but idk, im not a fish expert either.

[@seantran5997]

Captain Autismo lmao

[@edwardlacorte6357]

They are Baby Red Bellied Piranha!!!

[@elliw1473]

D-did he j-just push her in..

[@puffersparadise481]

Dude The song is clearly child porn

[@isabellelevy-banchereau3271]

Merci pour cette vidéo J'adore ce morceau depuis mes 25 ans Plus de 40 ans plus tard c'est pareil Un morceau au top du top Indémodable Quelle était belle ma période New Wave

[@jesuislhybre]

J'ai 25 ans aujourd'hui, et je peux vous dire que la période musicale dans laquelle vous avez grandi a été assez fructueuse en termes de titres iconiques. Grâce à KZbin, et aussi aux 33 et 45 tours des parents, on peut désormais les passer en flambeaux, et je trouve ça beau

[@paulreynolds2569]

Marc Alomnd is like a perverse therapist in a music box you run to listen to, when life is or seems to be caving in on you. Great song!

[@molassesjuice]

timothee chalamet really popped off here

[@maiphuong3338]

I'm crying

[@niamhmoffett7878]

,jekjhdxkskh virus virus ok b os HIV

[@justaride77]

😂😂

[@eliora6429]

STAWP

[@princesstay4442]

CHILDDDDDDDD😭😭😭😭😭

[@fabianevich]

This is so Jean Cocteau! I can't think about anything else while watching this work of art!

[@christinopessoa2145]

Clássico dos primórdios da música eletrônica numa versão que eu não conhecia. Grande Soft Cell!!!

[@davidsenra2495]

Uai, mas essa é justamente a versão eletrônica que fez sucesso na época. A do Marylin Manson quase ninguém escutava.

[@davidsenra2495]

Já a primeira versão da música (também desconhecida do público em geral) é um soul dos anos 60. Procure por "Gloria Jones - Tainted Love".

[@christinopessoa2145]

@@davidsenra2495 Um abraço!!!!

[@victorialawhon2251]

Danced to this countless times at the Bus Stop in Richmond, VA 1981-82

[@tombombadilofficial]

This was how I used to imagine Roman Emperor Nero when he forced people to listen to his music.

[@samrindge8042]

Great song so I'm gonna pretend I never saw this video.

[@eshwar6969]

same

[@gardner9948]

Ditto!

[@richardordonez8331]

He's covered it. It's someone else's song

[@poopyscoopy616]

girl it not child porn or anything, that’s his “wife’s” daughter and he believes the wife cheated with the other guy xd

[@leonreborn1308]

Or maybe grow a brain and understand the meaning of the video, it's a better option.

[@CONNECTELECTRIC]

00:57 explained the whole video. That child is not his because the wife had an affair with the slave.

[@johnholmes2608]

He would be upset with the wife not the kid if that was true

[@nikkibrown1601]

Clearly. lol

[@dchocolate2499]

john holmes the song was for the wife not the girl. But I can see why some people are confused

[@mwtrolle]

but do anyone know who the girl is, I wanna know what happened to her, did she show up in anything else, or were this her 15 seconds of fame?

[@rainbowthesaurus6253]

@@johnholmes2608 You would think but from other situations like it isn't to uncommon that the partner is a bit too craven to settle their problems with the partner and takes it out on the child. Psychologically, this is a old story.

[@andreajardim9454]

Amo tudo isso, essas Bandas e suas músicas 🎶 maravilhosas e únicas. Amooooooooo ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@NathanielWinkelmann]

This is one of those covers where even though I prefer the original I completely get and respect people who prefer this one. Definitely a close second for me.

[@ThePinkRebel]

this is the original....

[@NathanielWinkelmann]

@@ThePinkRebel how is that possible? "Queen of Northern Soul" Gloria Jones recorded a version of this in 1964 that released in 1965. As far as I can tell this version was recorded in 1980 and released in 1981. Can you explain why you consider this to be the original?

[@ThePinkRebel]

@@NathanielWinkelmann i guess im wrong. had no idea'

[@JasonLee1653]

1:52 "Don't touch me please" *touches her first* 🤣

[@blueblood992]

She touched him in the inside XD

[@irelandforever5620]

No this is a conversation between a child and a pedophile.

[@mwoodnc6987]

🤣

[@jonathanmosher72]

That little girl is precious.

[@thedoranwilliamsshow6863]

There is zero information on her. She’s around 50 now

[@danilos.dasilva7547]

Essa música é demais excelente gosto muito, viva os anos 80

[@ericluriergo8251]

Marc Almond was ALWAYS and IS a TWISTED Queek QUEEN!!

[@Kowalsky-fo4mv]

Finally after 42 years I saw the video of the song

[@doctorfrankenstein6272]

Yeah.....makes me wish I could unsee it, lol

[@MsJuliadanny]

@@doctorfrankenstein6272No kidding 😂😂😂 same here and I love the song

[@bestcoastsxmcp]

Right? Same here. 😂

[@RocStarr913]

That’s because this never actually aired on television. This was made as part of a home video “music video album,” one of the first of its kind, called Non-Stop Exotic Video Show. They figured they could go around music video broadcasters like the BBC and MTV, which had standards and practices departments.

[@robertriley1569]

@@doctorfrankenstein6272 Great song creepy video.

[@ardalla535]

love how this starts. He's really talking to his sister (that's Marc's sister beside him), but she thinks he's talking about the little girl. Now THAT'S tainted love.

[@gojump7]

I don't think so. Song innuendos were not that twisted in the 80s.

[@icantbiteice]

Go Jump x to doubt

[@gamingbypix]

🤣🤢

[@LEATHERrebelJUSTICE]

Dude, I picked up on that being his sister by looking at her. I kickass. And how many people say dumb shit about this video being ped? I saw a whole video on Bitchute about it. I'm gonna watch it later. Softy looks right at her & speaks of his love to her but I think that is more the innocence of the 80s than what the pedo-hunters online think.

[@square_kirby7852]

Wait what’s your source for that?

[@NRF-zf7qt]

He reminds me of Floop from Spy Kids. And The Penguin from Gotham. All of them like men too. I love the way he says "gonna." Also, the synth is so good in this song 1:12 is the best part I love that nod he does at 2:03

[@maffieduran]

Now I want Marc Almond and Alan Cumming to work together!

[@purple_jacketzflower6905]

1:50 listen in headphones there's a weird sound

[@nadiac]

that is weird i know that right

[@schnoz637]

OH MY GOD MY SIDES

[@allmachtigenallergroter5298]

“o”

[@notasoviet1016]

ʰᵒᵒ

[@C00l-k1d]

I’m confused what is the sound? I have headphones in but I can’t here anything out of the ordinary

[@filo-W-W]

Merci pour cette version que je ne connaissais pas avec la charmante anglaise ! La chanson qui m'a toujours fait regretter de ne pas savoir danser.

[@cynthiarogers2904]

. *TOTALLY AWESOME.* . . *THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES !!!* . - A San Francisco 60's and 70's hippie native

[@renecastel3459]

THIS DUDE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN A MOVIE IN THE ROLL OF CALIGULA !

[@KalaimGaming]

The 80's. When you think you're just gonna get a song but you end up watching a theatrical performance of a play.

[@vikingbynature777]

A disturbing one

[@Hoffinator]

@@vikingbynature777 Makes you wonder why the BBC banned it !!

[@SodomEndGomorra]

and it's well played)

[@joesmith-es1zy]

@@vikingbynature777 Everybody interprets the song wrong, the little girl is the Romans mixed race sister.

[@RocStarr913]

@@HoffinatorI don’t think this was ever submitted to the BBC. This was filmed as part of a “video album” and I’m sure the design was to make music videos to sell directly to people and bypass the standards and practices of British broadcast television at that time, given Soft Cell’s rather bent style and subject matter.

[@solidcell6568]

The sudden overlay close shots of the black guy's face was hilarious.

[@happyears21694]

It isn't hilarious to me.

[@solidcell6568]

@@happyears21694 The cinematography choice to do that is bafflingly hilarious. Not only the wide eye face, but the unexpected suddenness of it. An interesting choice nonetheless.

[@ishouldbesleeping1144]

@@solidcell6568 💀💀 and when it goes from zooming in on his face to just his crazy eyes @ 1:00 lmao hilariously 👏 baffling 👏 gr8 cinematography

[@happyears21694]

I thought you were referring to the wide eye face but you were really referring to the opacity.

[@RocStarr913]

I’m sure this music video was made to be deliberately campy in its intention.

[@peterabram62]

That is the textbook definition of a creepy video, but I've met Marc a few times and he's a lovely guy. I couldn't say a bad word about him or Soft Cell.

[@chrissystewart6268]

I'm not an 80s kid I'm an 90s kid. This song is one of my favorite songs from the 80s. I 💖 this video

[@relax9286]

His voice is big for the video. Love the way he sang it!

[@WeazelJaguar]

As a 50's born Rock n Roller, I love it! The 80's were the best, lol!

[@Julia-fo4tk]

It's from the soul 70s by Gloria Jones. 60s soul was also estupendo.

[@venturefanatic9262]

This song got me into the Alternative Music going into Middle School. Leading me to so many different genres, the 80s change everything.

[@zudemaster]

Ive listened to this song like 10 times in a row and just can't get it out of my head.

[@halanebinc9114]

me too i really like the song and the video 😂

[@aylinmiranda1033]

Amo esta canción 🌼❤️✨

[@everythingiseverything6740]

I was in high school and I was at a dance with the local nymphomaniac and her boyfriend. We were dancing in a revolving circle to this song and every time I got close to the girl she would reach out a touch my (fill in the blank) without her boyfriend seeing. I can never hear this song without remembering this very strange night

[@trinitylivingston1286]

This song and Whare Did Our Love Go were my favorite songs as a kid! Used to just blast on the radio whenever it came on!

[@RocStarr913]

Americans were downright lucky that the duo’s record label serviced an edit played on the radio of the “Tainted Love/ Where Did Our Love Go” 12” mix, which was how the song was originally first recorded.

[@thegenericuser1182]

im scared of this comment section

[@jomaticism]

Fr, so many bots

[@richardharris6058]

Tainted Covid!

[@leonsalgeuro]

hello Noodle

[@tarmiricmi670]

@voilaviolamh Spit or swallow?

[@fredgomez9234]

Bunch of WEIRDOS🤣🤣🤣

[@jessicaperez5112]

This will always be one of my most favorite songs I also really love the video.

[@safebans1369]

I love how the entire concept of this video is just Marc berating a child in a camp neoclassical dreamscape

[@NRF-zf7qt]

Well, Marc Almond IS gay so his wife wouldn't be satisfied by him so she would go to the butler for "help." And then had a child with him.

[@gamingbypix]

WHAT. Is this real or just a theory?

[@mikey7189]

is he as GAY as the Rock?

[@niamhmoffett7878]

@@gamingbypix tgjh

[@SirManfly]

@ROSE & CROWN birds have thicker legs than he does....

[@greenstorm5568]

@ROSE & CROWN least i wasn't soy.

[@amberphillips2542]

Good video! I'm liked and share 519 times :D

[@a1ienbydefault178]

😑

[@viz8746]

Easily one of the Top 10 best music videos of all time. Genius.

[@hypnopompicstate9910]

If you're a pedo.

[@aleksandrabielecka8158]

Super utwór....super muzyka.....lata 80.. Brawo:-)

[@bigod3]

Comentando antes que isso comece a ser viral!😊😊

[@IamPreacherMan]

Vintage, classic, romantic, all rolled up in 2.5 minutes.

[@atwaterkent911]

What's more twisted is the servant is the father...ergo his reaction.

[@TheDarkarrow7]

“Don’t TOUUUCH me please, I cannot stand the way you TEEEEESE!!!” I love that part!!!

[@mwoodnc6987]

Yes! 🤣

[@josephinesandquist4590]

If Timothee Chalamet and Ross from FRIENDS merged into one man

[@nadieenespecial.813]

David Schwimmer

[@candyocean7576]

Timothee popped into my mind too!

[@katienicholson5154]

The 80s introductions into music videos...an exciting, experimental journey...it was so hard to record videos then, I mean, it was really expensive.

[@RocStarr913]

This was particularly experimental. Soft Cell made this as part of a whole “video album” that was released on home video formats, one of the first of its kind.

[@CharlieDiamondMusic]

Such a cool version invoking so many memories of roller disco! Added to my playlist to do a version.

[@BlackWingedSeraphX]

and pedophilia

[@iamrashadfox]

This is music you can feel in the soul

[@67omerta]

Tainted Love is a song composed by Ed Cobb from The Four Preps. It was first performed in 1964 by Gloria Jones, then by Ruth Swan in 1975. The popularity comes with the cover of Soft Cell in 1981 on the Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret album. The single will rank first on the British charts and eighth on the Billboard Hot 100. The new wave group Soft Cell became aware of the song as a hit northern soul in the UK and recorded a version with totally different arrangements in 1981. Produced by Mike Thorne, the song by Soft Cell has a more tempo slow as the version of Gloria Jones and is in G major to match the voice of Marc Almond. Synthesizers and rhythm machines replace the original guitar and bass. The Soft Cell version was saved in a day and a half. The final version was produced with the first vocal take by Marc Almond. A clip was made especially for the Soft Cell Non Stop Exotic Video video album. He stages the members of the group Marc Almond and David Ball in togas at Mont Olympe.

[@thebroughamshow6985]

AND

[@stephenthekid788]

Thanks Patrick, hey what's with all the news paper everywhere, do, do you have a dog, a little chow. Hahaha is that a raincoat?!?!

[@stephenthekid788]

Jk btw very informative thank you.

[@kevinlongman007]

Ah well that explains why this is not the video i usually see for Tainted Love.

[@estebanb2814]

Ya ya ya ya, si ya lo sabemos….

[@maggienolia3079]

Heard it 500 times yet only actually seeing the video for the first time today. THANKS, I HATE IT

[@happyears21694]

It's better than the 1991 video though.

[@danielwrynn4707]

Great song 🎵 and video.

[@charliek359]

This used to be on repeat at the iceskating rink when we were kids. Love it. Weird video though lol

[@Mizerableklaha]

that little girl is absolutely gorgeous

[@sherylsimmons8111]

One of my favorite 80's songs! 😊

[@snailspeeed2133]

I’ve had this song stuck in my head since 2003 I swear

[@karinpak4815]

Love this song, love The 80's! Always fun to listen/look 🙂. Greetings from The Netherlands

[@cursedone4212]

How did I never see this video. This is most favorite song ever

[@RocStarr913]

It’s because it was filmed as part of a “video album” called Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show that was released on home video formats. This likely never aired on television.

[@luciiditytv]

When he said "I toss and turn I can't sleep at night" I'm like damn that's happening rn

[@natalietilsley2969]

You can never beat the the 80's now so much dancing singing and yes tainted love load's of it.

[@laminage]

This wasn't their song. It was an obscure R & B Song by a singer named Gloria Jones that epitomized Northern Soul. It got it's name from the Black Section of Philly. It was all but forgotten in the 1960's because of Motown & Stax but in England it gained cult status who lived in Council Houses ie Low Income Housing. It was in the Billboard Hot 100 longer than any song in Music History. Rihanna later sampled the song for SOS.

[@isabellelevy-banchereau3271]

Merci pour ce partage Le meilleur de tous J'adore et ne m'en pas depuis 19i1 Toujours le même plaisir

[@fantomas3066]

Cette voix est formidable

[@christinewilliams4740]

I Love Soft Cell And I Also Love This Song ❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕🎤🎸

[@JohnDoe-hr9bt]

Good song. Insane video.

[@valdecirdossantos3394]

Eu adorei essa música e não me canso de escutar

[@davecorry7723]

Jesus, I was 11 years old, and this electrified my life.

[@Kppot]

This is SOOO fabulous, I cannot help myself

[@ClassicalLiberalWarrior]

Doesn't get any weirder than this!

[@jameshunter7303]

So many thick people in the comments who don’t understand the video. “tainted love” because the child is not his. Work it out

[@ladysnowblood9320]

Nope… just No.. nothing to work out.. Stop it.

[@woooooooooooooooooooooooo]

It's pretty obvious XD

[@carolnascimento7494]

I still love this song

[@nathalieandre3816]

Jamais vu ce clip en France merci !

[@briana8088]

This music video changed my life.

[@nichill7474]

I didn’t know this video was so pervy and random. He’s singing to a grade schooler. Damn.

[@ionanya]

boy are you slow

[@needlebfdia]

lol im pretty sure hes singing this to his 'daughter' and he knows hes not the father because of the skin colour..

[@djchriscooley]

I am fairly certain that she (his wife) wasnt the only one foolin around with the dude...

[@khinzal2820]

i was 6 at that time and loved that song as kid..till today with 46

[@thickbrianq]

2024 and this song still jamms! The long version is best. Though. Marc Almond is a genious!

[@ThendyMarblePaulino]

I STILL FEEL THE LOVE.... KEEP DOING EXCELLENT!!! MEMORIES HA HA HA HA SPECIALLY, THE BLOND BLUE EYES GIRL WITH DARK SKIN!!! FANTASTIC!!!!