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Fact #102408

When:

22051982

Short story:

Tainted Love by Soft Cell enters the Billboard Top 40 Singles Chart in the USA, where it will peak at No8.

Full article:

THE STORY OF TAINTED LOVE
By Johnny Black

When Soft Cell bulleted Tainted Love into the Billboard US Top 40 in 1982, it came across as a perfect mirror of contemporary attitudes towards the newly discovered AIDS virus which was demonizing the emerging gay culture.