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Tainted Love performed by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Soft Cell's Tainted Love re-imagined in lockdown by the BBC Philharmonic.

We asked our listeners to nominate a West Yorkshire anthem for the BBC Philharmonic's Great Northern Playlist.

Soft Cell was formed by Marc Almond and Dave Bell when they were both students at Leeds Polytechnic (now Leeds College of Music).
Tainted Love was their second single, reaching number 1 in the UK singles chart and becoming the best-selling single of 1981.

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58 seconds