Tainted Love

Then we decided to add a couple of cover versions to the live set. I was a huge T Rex fan and had seen Gloria Jones sing with them, so that clinched it.

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I loved the title and the opening line: It was and I was 21, already feeling world weary after some love affairs. I adored the sneering, curled-lip aspect of the song. In the studio, I had a Roland synth drum, this flying saucer-shaped thing that made s disco noises. I did two takes of the vocal and decided that was it.

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It was chopped in two for the 7-inch version, a half for each side. This was the biggest mistake we ever made: That must have cost us millions of pounds.

I wanted to make the same shocking impact on Top of the Pops that Marc Bolan and David Bowie had made on me, so I wore black, with studded wristbands, bangles and eyeliner. The record company said: All over the country, studs and black eyeliner were in.

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