this is one of my favorite songs!

...but this isn't quite right. they've looped the basic beat over and over for the introduction and the bridge and there's extra horns in a couple places. the original's maybe 2:30 long, and structured just like the classic motown singles (8 bar intro).

maybe this is a DJ re-edit from a northern soul club?

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great!

definitely my favorite version of this track... though plastiquemonkey is right, this copy is some sort of extended re-edit.

Wikipedia says that sometimes is correct:

Gloria Jones (born 12 September 1938 in Longview, Texas) was an American singer. She recorded the 1964 northern soul classic "Tainted Love", later a hit for the British synth-pop duo Soft Cell. She was also the girlfriend of T. Rex singer Marc Bolan with whom she had a son, Rolan Bolan. She sang backing vocals and played Clavinet with T. Rex from 1973 to 1977. She was the driver of the car, an Austin Mini, that crashed and killed Marc Bolan on September 16, 1977. Gloria Jones should not be confused with the Gloria Jones who was an original member of The Blossoms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Jones

no no, of course it's gloria jones. it's just a re-edit of her original single, which is way shorter. the longer parts are loops of the basic rhythm track, a common technique used by dance floor DJs to mix over.

Tainted Love on Hard Drives - No Clever Title Included has been added as a related post - related requested by oritteropo on that post.

I had NO idea !!!!! *promote

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