Bilal - Tainted Love

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Here comes another visualization of Bilal and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, which finds both musicians covering Gloria Jones timeless tune “Tainted Love” from 1964.

Know by many as Synthpop duo Soft Cell’s big hit in 1981, “Tainted Love” was originally composed by Ed Cobb, formerly of The Four Preps and originally recorded by Gloria Jones in 1964 as the B-side to “My Bad Boy’s Coming Home”. The original version was by no means a commercial success. In fact, it was a flop. However, in 1973, while British club DJ Richard Searling was on a trip to the U.S., he purchased a copy and found the Motown-influenced sound was a perfect match for the music movement with was growing in the UK club scene referred to as “Northern Soul. Searling took the song and popularized it. So now, we’re back to the original. Bilal, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Daedelus, and more, in the studio jamming away to Gloria Jones’ original version of that great 1964 song. It’s just pure energy. The musicians, the movements, the sounds..No overdubs, no retouches, just 100% LIVE.