"would opt to write the song that appears on the B-side as this would still entitle the artist to some songwriting royalties stemming from sales of that single. However, as Soft Cell wrote neither ""Tainted Love"" nor ""Where Did Our Love Go"" (the 7"" B-side track), they lost the opportunity to make a greater sum of money from songwriting royalties stemming from one of the most popular songs of the 1980s. Almond expressed regret for this in his book, and attributed the error to naïveté. The duo's first album, ""Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret"", hit UK No. 5 and further explored the"
"and record new material, releasing their fifth studio album, ""Cruelty Without Beauty"" in 2002. Soft Cell's songs have been covered by various artists including Marilyn Manson, Coil, Nine Inch Nails, David Gray, Nouvelle Vague, and A-ha. Their track ""Memorabilia"" earned recognition for the band as pioneers of the synth-oriented techno genre. The duo have sold 10 million records worldwide. Soft Cell was initiated during 1977 after Almond and Ball met at Leeds Polytechnic. Their initial efforts at recording resulted that year in an EP titled ""Mutant Moments"" which was funded by a loan of £2,000 from Dave Ball's mother and"
"ITV. In 1997 the track was used as the inspiration and hook for an advert for Levi's jeans directed by Spike Jonze which uses a hospital heart monitor to recreate the 'bink bink' sound as the badly injured patient and surgeons sing the song. American band Marilyn Manson covered ""Tainted Love"" with an arrangement based on Soft Cell's version. It was released in 2001 as a single from the ""Not Another Teen Movie"" soundtrack. The accompanying music video featured cast members Chyler Leigh, Chris Evans and Jaime Pressly. It was later included as a bonus track on international editions of"
"100 Greatest, Gayest Albums (of All Time). It was also included in Robert Dimery's book ""1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die"". Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret is the debut album by English synthpop duo Soft Cell, released in the United Kingdom on 27 November 1981 by Some Bizzare Records. The album's critical and commercial success was bolstered by the worldwide success of its single ""Tainted Love"", a cover version of a soul song by Gloria Jones, which topped charts worldwide and became the best-selling British single of 1981 in the United States—as a result of the single's"
"Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret is the debut album by English synthpop duo Soft Cell, released in the United Kingdom on 27 November 1981 by Some Bizzare Records. The album's critical and commercial success was bolstered by the worldwide success of its single ""Tainted Love"", a cover version of a soul song by Gloria Jones, which topped charts worldwide and became the best-selling British single of 1981 in the United States—as a result of the single's success the album had reported advance orders of more than 200,000 copies. The album produced two more top five singles in the UK"
"at this time with writer/DJ Anita Sarko, and performed at a number of Art events, as well as meeting many New York Art luminaries, including Andy Warhol. ""Tainted Love"", a cover of a Gloria Jones Northern Soul classic, was number one in the UK and in many countries over the world, and was in the ""Guinness Book of Records"" for a while as the record that spent the longest time in the Billboard Top 100 chart in the US It also won the best-single award of 1981 at the first Brit Awards. Soft Cell brought an otherwise obscure Northern Soul"
"Factory, Gravity Kills and Sister Machine Gun appeared on the 1995 """". The soundtrack was certified platinum by the RIAA in January 1996. Marilyn Manson released its album ""Antichrist Superstar"" in 1996. ""Antichrist Superstar"" sold 132,000 in its first of being released. ""Antichrist Superstar"" was certified platinum by the RIAA two months after its release date. In the United States, ""Antichrist Superstar"" sold at least 1,900,000 units. Marilyn Manson's EP ""Smells Like Children"" was certified platinum in May 1998. Marilyn Manson's album ""Mechanical Animals"" went to number 1, selling 223,000 copies in its first week in stores, knocking ""The Miseducation"
"included. The album reached #37 on the UK Top 40 chart. The Very Best of Soft Cell The Very Best of Soft Cell is an official compilation album by Soft Cell. The album was released on 16 April 2002 and was approved by the band; it includes most of the hit singles and also some b-sides, such as ""Insecure Me"" (in a newly edited version) and ""It's A Mug's Game"". The song ""Numbers"" was also considerably shortened for this release, but its AA side ""Barriers"" is missing. Two new songs, ""Somebody, Somewhere, Sometime"" and ""Divided Soul"", and two brand new"
"a .25-caliber Automatic Colt Pistol. When seventh-grade teacher Jessica Plaisance refused to comply with Doucet's demand to say ""Hail Marilyn Manson"", he fired two shots, narrowly missing her head, before turning the gun on himself. He died from his injuries a week later. Grammy Awards !scope=""row""|1999 !scope=""row""|2001 !scope=""row""|2004 !scope=""row""|2013 https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/marilyn-manson/251375 Marilyn Manson (band) Marilyn Manson is an American rock band formed by namesake lead singer Marilyn Manson and guitarist Daisy Berkowitz in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1989. Originally named Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids, they gained a local cult following in South Florida in the early 1990s with their"
"of Soft Cell's ""Tainted Love"" (1981). In the lyrics, Spears lets the subject know he is on her radar, while she lists the qualities the man has. The fourth song and third single ""Break the Ice"" opens with Spears singing the lines ""It's been a while / I know I shouldn't have kept you waiting / But I'm here now"". The song features a choir and Keri Hilson singing background vocals sounding almost like a duet. Hilson explained the song is about ""two people, a girl and a guy, [...] and the girl is saying, 'You're a little cold. Let"
"went."" The Soft Cell recording featured a slower tempo than Jones' version, and was in the key of G rather than the original C to match Marc Almond's lower voice. Synthesizers and rhythm machines replaced the original's guitars, bass, drums, and horns. The band's record label chose to release ""Tainted Love"" on July 7, 1981 as Soft Cell's second single (their first was ""Memorabilia"", which did not chart). The Phonogram Records representatives implied that this single would be Soft Cell's final release on Some Bizzare if it did not sell. The 12"" single version (extended dance version) was a medley,"
"directed by Peter Christopherson, features a man pacing at night and dancing with starry apparitions, while Almond sings amongst the stars. Christopherson's band Coil had covered ""Tainted Love"" in 1985, with a music video that included a cameo appearance by Almond. Soft Cell's version of ""Tainted Love"" ranked number 5 on VH1's ""100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 1980s"". It was also heavily sampled on Rihanna's 2006 single ""SOS"" and the Veronicas's 2007 single ""Hook Me Up"". In 2015 the song was voted by the British public as the nation's fourth favourite 1980s number one in a poll for"
"Brel through Bowie as well as Alex Harvey and Dusty Springfield. Brel became a major influence. Almond and Dave Ball formed the synthesiser-based duo Soft Cell and signed to the Some Bizzare label. Their hits included ""Tainted Love"" (UK No. 1), ""Bedsitter"" (UK No. 4), ""Say Hello, Wave Goodbye"" (UK No. 3), ""Torch"" (UK No. 2), ""What!"" (UK No. 3), ""Soul Inside"" (UK No. 16), and the club hit ""Memorabilia"". Soft Cell's first release was an independent record (funded by Dave Ball's mother) entitled ""Mutant Moments"" via Red Rhino Records in 1980. ""Mutant Moments"" came to the attention of music"
"Sweet, particularly ""Little Willy"" (1972). Schafer of ""Stereogum"" ranked it tenth on his list of ""The 10 Best Marilyn Manson Songs"", commenting: ""In retrospect [""Holy Wood""] comes off as Manson's attempt at a ""Back in Black"", a must-have disc of all singles, but unfortunately most of its tunes are too similar to one another (and too underwhelming compared to their predecessors). 'The Fight Song' is the shiniest apple from that tree, due in large part to the Blur-esque verse riff, which gives things an open, jangly feel unique in his discography, one that serves as a potent counterpoint to the"
"became a record producer and sound engineer. He composed and produced the top-twenty hit, ""Dirty Water"" for The Standells in 1966 with Cobb; ""Every Little Bit Hurts "" for Brenda Holloway; ""Tainted Love"" for Gloria Jones, which became a worldwide hit for Soft Cell in 1982. Somerville went into television acting and providing voice-overs. Larson became a television producer, creating ""Battlestar Galactica"" and ""Knight Rider""; he and Somerville would reunite to collaborate on the song ""Unknown Stuntman,"" the theme song to another one of Larson's TV series, ""The Fall Guy"". Ingram became a commodities broker. Clarke became a music teacher"
"Could Get Lost"" b/w ""Memorabilia"" on 7"" and ""Memorabilia"" b/w ""Persuasion"" on 12"", was produced by Daniel Miller who founded Mute Records. While ""Memorabilia"" was a success in nightclubs, Soft Cell would remain essentially unknown until their next release. After the chart failure of ""Memorabilia"", Phonogram Records allowed Soft Cell to record a second and final single in an attempt to score a chart success. The band opted to record a cover version of ""Tainted Love"", an obscure 1965 northern soul track originally released by Gloria Jones, the girlfriend of Marc Bolan at the time of his death, and written"
"after Soft Cell had an international hit single with ""Tainted Love"". The single featured Mansfield's Fairlight CMI, which was used to sample Russian choirs from short wave radio in an effort to defuse tensions caused by the Cold War, which was a major issue at the time. In addition, vocalist Josephine Warden was sampled and then chopped into assorted rhythms. A Roland Juno-60, a Jupiter 8 and a LinnDrum machine were also used. ""Cccan't You See"" had two B-sides, recorded consecutively. ""8:15 to Nowhere"" was recorded using a Roland TB-303. While Moss and Mansfield were recording it, Warden was watching"
"with sales of nearly 119,000 copies in its first week. It also garnered wide, critical acclaim, helping elevate Nine Inch Nails into one of the most successful rock acts of the 1990s. ""Closer"" became the second single for the album, released on May 30, 1994. The single included remixes from Nothing Records acts Coil and Meat Beat Manifesto, as well as an exclusive cover of Soft Cell's ""Memorabilia."" A music video for ""Closer"" was directed by Mark Romanek. Despite undergoing heavy censorship for television and radio airplay, the song received major airplay, becoming one of the biggest hits of NIN's"
"was subsequently covered by David Gray nearly 20 years later when his version reached No. 26 in the UK. During 1982, the duo spent most of their time recording and relaxing in New York City, where they met a woman named Cindy Ecstasy whom Almond would later confirm was his drug supplier (it was Cindy Ecstasy who introduced them to the new nightclub drug of the same name). Soon after ""Say Hello Wave Goodbye"" dropped out of the chart, Soft Cell released a brand new song, another love song called ""Torch"" which was to prove the closest the band ever"
"Soft Winds ""Soft Winds"" is a 1940 jazz standard composed by Benny Goodman, with lyrics by Fred Royal. Charlie Parker performed it regularly in the 1940s. In 1961, jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby released an album of the same name with the song as the title track, recorded at the Plaza Sound Studios in New York City. Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson regularly performed the song in the 1970s and 1980s with the Oscar Peterson Quartet. Chet Baker, Dinah Washington and numerous others recorded it. The theme song to the British dating show ""Blind Date"" closely resembles the standard but Goodman"
"in May 1998. Marilyn Manson's album ""Mechanical Animals"" went to number 1, selling 223,000 copies in its first week in stores, knocking ""The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill"" by Lauryn Hill off of the top spot. ""Mechanical Animals"" was certified platinum by the RIAA in February 1999 and sold at least 1,409,000 copies in the United States. Orgy also experienced mainstream success during the 1990s. The band's 1998 album ""Candyass"" was certified platinum by the RIAA in July 1999. Orgy's cover of New Order's song ""Blue Monday"" went to number 56 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and number 2 on the"
"the ""Born Villain"" song ""Hey, Cruel World..."". The name Marilyn Manson is formed by a juxtaposition of two opposing American pop cultural icons: Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson. Monroe, an actress, was one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and continues to be a major icon over 50 years after, while Manson, a cult leader, was responsible for the murder of actress Sharon Tate, as well as several others; and served a life sentence on murder and conspiracy charges until his death in 2017. Manson has mentioned on at least two occasions that he trademarked the name."
"is not credited. Soft Winds ""Soft Winds"" is a 1940 jazz standard composed by Benny Goodman, with lyrics by Fred Royal. Charlie Parker performed it regularly in the 1940s. In 1961, jazz harpist Dorothy Ashby released an album of the same name with the song as the title track, recorded at the Plaza Sound Studios in New York City. Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson regularly performed the song in the 1970s and 1980s with the Oscar Peterson Quartet. Chet Baker, Dinah Washington and numerous others recorded it. The theme song to the British dating show ""Blind Date"" closely resembles the"
"Love So Soft ""Love So Soft"" is a song by American singer Kelly Clarkson, from her eighth studio album, ""Meaning of Life"" (2017). Written by Mozella, Priscilla Renea, and Jesse Shatkin, and produced by Shatkin, it features a session appearance by the American soul band Earth, Wind & Fire. A soul-trap R&B anthem, it was released by Atlantic Records from the album on September 7, 2017. The song was nominated for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. ""Love So Soft"" is a soul-trap R&B anthem written and produced by Mozella, Priscilla Renea, and Jesse Shatkin. It"
"Mr. Soft ""Mr. Soft"" is a song by the British rock band Cockney Rebel, fronted by Steve Harley. It was released in 1974 as the second single from their second studio album ""The Psychomodo"". In the UK, the song became the band's second hit, following the Top 5 success of ""Judy Teen"". ""Mr. Soft"" was written by Harley, and produced by Harley and Alan Parsons. By the time ""Judy Teen"" successfully broke Cockney Rebel in the UK charts in May 1974, the band had already finished recording their second album ""The Psychomodo"". During May, EMI released the title track, ""Psychomodo"","
"by Madonna's ""You Can Dance"" remix album which was the best-selling remix album of all time until 1997. Sly & The Family Stone's 1979 release ""10 Years Too Soon"" featured disco remixes of the 1960s Family Stone hits. In 1982, Soft Cell's ""Non-stop Ecstatic Dancing"", which contained the track ""A Man Could Get Lost"", notable as one of the precursors to house music, was released. A month after the Soft Cell album, the Human League's ""Love and Dancing"" was released, and just under a year later Imagination's ""Nightdubbing"" was released. The format was later popularized by the Pet Shop Boys'"
"sex and drug use. The vinyl edition was reissued in 2012, but on black vinyl instead of white and blue. The track listing, however, remains the same. Note Credits adapted from the liner notes of ""Mechanical Animals"". Notes Footnotes Bibliography Mechanical Animals Mechanical Animals is the third studio album by American rock band Marilyn Manson. It was released on September 15, 1998, by Nothing and Interscope Records. The album marked a major shift from the industrial metal and alternative metal styles of the band's earlier efforts, into an experimentation with 1970s glam rock with industrial rock and electronic rock styles."
"spending a second week at number 100, it started climbing again. It took 19 weeks to crack the US Top 40. The song reached number 8 during the summer of 1982 and spent a then record-breaking 43 weeks on the Hot 100. A video was recorded specially for Soft Cell's video album ""Non-Stop Exotic Video Show"" featuring band members David Ball as a cricketer meeting Marc Almond in a toga on what seems to be Mount Olympus. A remixed version of the song was issued in 1991, seven years after Soft Cell's dissolution in 1984. The video for the remix,"
"In 2001 Hitchcock reunited and toured with Kimberley Rew, bassist Matthew Seligman, and Morris Windsor for the Soft Boys' re-release of their best-known album, 1980's ""Underwater Moonlight"". The following year they recorded and released a new album, ""Nextdoorland"", which was accompanied by a short album of outtakes, ""Side Three"". The reunion proved to be short-lived. The 2002 double album ""Robyn Sings"" comprised cover versions of Bob Dylan songs, including a live re-creation (performed in 1996) of Dylan's so-called ""Live at the Royal Albert Hall"" 1966 concert. Hitchcock celebrated his 50th birthday in 2003 with a concert at the Queen Elizabeth"
"""Long Hard Road Out of Hell"". Marilyn Manson was formed in 1989 by the eponymous vocalist and guitarist Daisy Berkowitz. For the next seven years, the name of every band member was created by combining the given name of a female pop culture icon with the surname of a male serial killer. Their highly visualized concerts quickly earned them a loyal fanbase in the South Florida punk and hardcore music scene. Within six months of forming, they were performing sold-out concerts in 300-capacity nightclubs throughout Florida. Eventually, the band gained the attention of Nine Inch Nails vocalist Trent Reznor, who"
"she was ""a soul/blues stylist of considerable flair and passion"". Since the advent of CDs, only two of her solo tracks, ""Superman"" and ""Excuse Me"", have been released on various artists' CDs, but none of her solo albums have been re-released. (with lead vocal uncredited on label) Alison MacCallum Alison MacCallum (born 7 April 1951), also written Alison McCallum, is an Australian rock singer from the late 1960s and 1970s. Her two studio albums are ""Fresh Water"" (March 1972) and ""Excuse Me"" (October 1975). In March 1972 she issued her most successful charting single, ""Superman"", which peaked at No. 12"
"in the April 29 issue and peaked at number 80 during its four weeks on the Hot 100 and number 24 on the Easy Listening chart, where it also spent four weeks. In the UK Williams began a run of nine weeks on August 5 of that year that led to a number 42 showing. Speak Softly, Love ""Speak Softly, Love"" is a popular song published in 1972, with music by Nino Rota and lyrics by Larry Kusik. The song was first introduced as an instrumental theme in the 1972 film ""The Godfather"" that was simply known as ""Love Theme"
"while a Hot Topic-exclusive CD single followed two weeks later. After playing an instrumental version of ""Arma-goddamn-motherfuckin-geddon"" to Interscope's A&R department, it was chosen as the album's official lead single, with an employee telling Manson, ""This is gonna be a hit!"". Manson then quipped to the employee, ""Well, I'm glad that you have no consideration for what I [might] put on top of it."" A heavily censored version of the profanity-laced track – re-titled to ""Arma ... geddon"" – was serviced to radio from April 13, and peaked at number thirty-seven on ""Billboard""'s Mainstream Rock chart, becoming their lowest-peaking single"