Even more surprising is that "Tainted Love" was written by Ed Cobb of The Four Preps. Cobb, who acted as Jones’ producer, discovered the young artist.
Rare LP Version
Released by Champion Records in 1965 as the flipside to “My Bad Boy’s Coming Home,” neither Gloria Jones song charted. A longer version had been recorded and is somewhat a rarity. I don’t believe that it appeared on any of Jones’ albums during the 1960s; however, it could be found on several soul compilations. The song is twice as long as the original single and has a :52 second intro which is terribly long considering that the single’s intro was only :09 seconds.
1976 Remix
After a lackluster solo career, Jones began doing studio sessions and met up with T-Rex’s Marc Bolan with whom she had a child. Jones served as a backing member of T-Rex providing keyboards and backup vocals.
When her original recording of “Tainted Love” became a moderate success in the “Northern Soul” music scene in England, Bolan encouraged her to re-record the song to capitalize on the nightclub popularity of the 1964 recording. Produced by Bolan in 1976 and featured on her solo LP “Vixen,” the updated version of “Tainted Love” produced the same reaction as the original – no chart action. The “Northern Soul” interest in the 1964 prompted Soft Cell to record the song in 1981.
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