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According to Marc Almond's book Tainted Life, Soft Cell had exited the " Tainted Love " recording sessions with only modest expectations that the track might break into the UK Top 50.

Furthermore, Almond wrote that his only significant contribution to the song's instrumentation ( besides the vocals ) was the suggestion that the song begin with a characteristic " bink bink " sound which would repeat periodically throughout.

Almond also wrote that he dedicated this song to his sometime partner Christian Andrews.