Tainted Love by Soft Cell Song Details

Soft Cell's ' "Tainted Love" was released on its scheduled release date, 1981. The duration of This song is about two minutes long, specifically at 2:33. This song does not appear to have any foul language. Tainted Love's duration is considered a little bit shorter than the average duration of a typical track. There are a total of 29 in the song's album "Non Stop Erotic Cabaret (Deluxe Edition)". In this album, this song's track order is #2. Based on our statistics, Tainted Love's popularity is average in popularity right now. The overall mood can be danceable to some, especially with it's high amount of postive energy.

BPM and Tempo

With Tainted Love by Soft Cell having a BPM of 145 with a half-time of 72 BPM and a double-time of 290 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Allegro (fast, quick, and bright) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall fast tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with jogging or cycling. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song has a musical key of C Minor. Because this track belongs in the C Minor key, the camelot key is 5A. So, the perfect camelot match for 5A would be either 5A or 4B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 5B or 6A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 2A and a high energy boost can either be 7A or 12A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 4A would be a great choice. Where 8A would give you a moderate drop, and 3A or 10A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 8B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-8.057 dB
Acousticness
48%
Danceability
52%
Energy
51%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
29%
Loudness
87%
Speechiness
4%
Valence
65%

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ISRC
This song does not have an ISRC.
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records