who recorded tainted love first
The Top 10 Best Versions of âTainted Loveâ. 1. American singer Gloria Jones was the first one to record âTainted Love,â which was written and produced by Ed Cobb. It was released as the B-side to âMy Bad Boyâs Cominâ Homeâ in 1965, but it wasnât until the early seventies that the song caught on when a U.K. DJ gave it some love because it fit with the Northern Soul thing happening there.