SOFT CELL - TAINTED LOVE/WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO 1989 US OOP SEALED 12” Vinyl SRC

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Soft Cell - Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go 1989 US OOP (Out Of Print) Factory Sealed (Photo #9) 12” Vinyl/Maxi-Single containing 3 tracks. For full track listing and sequence (Photo #4). Phonogram Records chose to release "Tainted Love" in 1981 as Soft Cell's second single (their first was "Memorabilia", which did not chart). The label's representatives implied that this single would be Soft Cell's final release on Some Bizzare if it did not sell. Thanks to a memorable performance on the BBC's Top of the Pops chart show, "Tainted Love" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, and was known as the best-selling single of 1981 in the UK, until the Official Charts Company recalculated the data in 2021 (giving the title to "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League). "Tainted Love" had 1.05 million sales in the UK in 1981, with that total increasing to 1.35 million copies as of August 2017. By the then-dominant new wave sound of the time, "Tainted Love" became a major hit in the US during the Second British Invasion, with the song spending a then-record breaking 43 weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100. On the US chart dated January 16, 1982, the song entered the Billboard Hot 100 Singles at number 90. It appeared to peak at number 64 and fell to number 100 on February 27. After spending a second week at number 100, it started climbing again. It took 19 weeks to crack the American Top 40 and reached number 8 during the summer of 1982. Printed in U.S.A. (Photo #5). With printed barcode (Photo #6) confirming a 1989 release. Condition is "New". Album cover graded excellent due to partial shrink wrap opening about 2 inches in the bottom cover mouth (Photo #12)/front right bottom edge/corner (Photo #10)/back left bottom edge/corner (Photo #11), front left upper section/edge crease and back right lower area dings (Photos #6). . Shipped with USPS Media Mail. Payment is due within 5-7 days from the purchase date. Thanks for stopping by.

Specialty Pressing as indicated by

Pressing Plant ID - Label, Side B, embossed around

centre hole: E A S T

Matrix / Runout - Label, Side A:

(ZAA 1313 S RE-1)

Matrix / Runout - Label, Side B:

(ZAA 1314 S RE-2) (ZAA 1313 VI S RE-1)

Matrix / Runout - Runout, Side A:

DSRE-49856-ZAA-1313-S-RE1-A1 B-16244 re'1

Matrix / Runout - Runout, Side B:

DSRE-49856-ZAA-1314-S-RE2-A1 B-16245-re'2