17 July 1981

Friday

1981-07-17

Events

 * Electronic music duo Soft Cell release their new single Tainted Love, a cover version of a song first recorded by Gloria Jones in 1964 and and released in1965. The B-side of the Soft Cell single is another cover version, Where Did Our Love Go, a hit for the Supremes in 1964.
 * Tainted Love would go on to become the best-selling single of 1981 in the UK. It also reached no. 8 in the US during the summer of 1982 and spending a then record-breaking 43 weeks on the Hot 100.