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Fun Music Information -> Soft Cell
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Band Name Origins:
- 'Soft Cell' is the title of an early chapter in John Brunner's 1968 science fiction novel 'Stand on Zanzibar'. The band takes their name from this book, not the Frank Zappa song. Submitted by: Donnie Wilcox
- Named after the Frank Zappa song 'Soft Cell Conclusion' Submitted by: Cokeahollic
Stupid Band Names:
- If you go to jail, is the cell SOFT? No, it isn't. I mean really, you can't expect the name to be intellectual if it's an eighties band...drugs were very popular then. Submitted by: Number Six
Vainity Songs:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Insecure Me" | Contains the lyrics: "And you can really go to hell if you give me the soft cell; it's not me, this feeling insecure" - John |
New Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Sex Wharf" | "Sex Dwarf" | Regina Haniger |
| "Sects Dwarf" | "Sex Dwarf" | Regina Haniger |
| "Essex Dwarf" | "Sex Dwarf" | Regina Haniger |
| "Tainted Blood" | "Tainted Love" | Snipe |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name |
| "Rock And Roll Band," Boston | "Tainted Love," Soft Cell |
| "Cheated On Me," Gavin DeGraw | "Tainted Love," Soft Cell |
| "Tainted Love," Soft Cell | "It Hurts," Angels And Airwaves |
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Divided Sou" originally "Divided Soul"
Sou = former kind of French coin
Karen Smith
"Divide Soul" originally "Divided Soul"
Joanna Hawthorne
"Ex Dwarf" originally "Sex Dwarf"
When Snow White & the seven dwarfs break up?
Bob
"Tinted Love" originally "Tainted Love"
Alison Runyon
"Say Hell, Wave Goodbye" originally "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye"
nuwavechick
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"Tainted Clove" originally "Tainted Love"
Candy Welty
"Divided Seoul" originally "Divided Soul"
Seoul isn't divided, but its country certainly is
Karen Smith
"Tainted Lover" originally "Tainted Love"
Candy Welty
"Sexy Dwarf" originally "Sex Dwarf"
Naomi Swanson
"Tainted Glove" originally "Tainted Love"
surprised this wasn't up here yet!
Mark Richardson
Change a Letter:
"Tainted Lode" originally "Tainted Love"
Candy Welty
"Tainted Lore" originally "Tainted Love"
Candy Welty
"Tainted Move" originally "Tainted Love"
Alan the Ottoman
"Tainted Dove" originally "Tainted Love"
Candy Welty
"Sax Dwarf" originally "Sex Dwarf"
Bob
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Tainted Love" | "Dated Duds" | the_conqueror_of_parodies |
| "Tainted Love" | "Painted Cave" | Jonathan Caws-Elwitt |
| "Tainted Love" | "Bloody Limbs" | Below Average Dave |
| "Sex Dwarf" | "Worf" | Rice Cube & Watt Daddy |
| "Tainted Love" | "Tantive IV" | Rice Cube & Watt Daddy |
| "Tainted Love" | "Dainty Thugs" | McKludge |
| "Tainted Love" | "Tainted Meat" | Lushscreamqueen |
| "Tainted Love" | "Painted Curb" | Jonathan Caws-Elwitt |
| "Tainted Love" | "Twenty-Two (US 22): Other Version" | Andrew D. Lacroix |
| "Tainted Love" | "Twenty-Two (US 22)" | Andrew D. Lacroix |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Tainted Love | Marriage Planner | Tatiana |
| Tainted Love | Poison Control Center | Anna('ello govena) |
| Tainted Love | Marriage Counseling | Hazel |
| Chips On My Shoulder | Fish And Chip Joint | 8345748902 |
| Tainted Love | Escort Service or Dating Service | Melhi |
| There are additional on hold music ideas available. | ||
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Time To Say Goodbye Andrea Bocelli | Say Hello, Wave Goodbye Soft Cell | Time To Say Hello, Wave Goodbye | Jacynthia Maries |
| What About Love? Heart | Tainted Love Soft Cell | What About Tainted Love? | Britney Spears into pruning hooks |
| Mama Used To Say Junior | Say Hello, Wave Goodbye Soft Cell | Mama Used To Say Hello, Wave Goodbye | Jacynthia Maries |
| Let's Make Love Tim McGraw & Faith Hill | Tainted Love Soft Cell | Let's Make Tainted Love | Edward |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Soft Cell Machine
Soft Machine combined with Soft Cell
Submitted By: Hilary Nevis
Soft Machine Cell
Soft Machine combined with Soft Cell
Submitted By: Hilary Nevis
Soft Brain Cells
Bad Brains combined with Soft Cell
Bad Brains doing "Tainted Love" would kind of leave me that way.
Submitted By: neptunevsmars
Margot & The Nuclear So & Soft Cell's
Margot & The Nuclear So & So's combined with Soft Cell
Submitted By: Ricky
There are additional Soft Cell Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.
Misheard Lyrics:
"Tainted Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Once I ran to you [Iran (US pronounciation "Eye-ran") ]
Original Lyrics: Once I ran to you [I ran]
| "Sex Dwarf"
Misheard Lyrics: Saint Paul
Original Lyrics: Sex dwarf
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"Tainted Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Baby boy
or Baby girl Original Lyrics: Tainted love
| "Tainted Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Titty love
Original Lyrics: Tainted love
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"Sex Dwarf"
Misheard Lyrics: Saint Paul
Original Lyrics: Sex dwarf
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Cody Finke I thought it had to do with the capital of Minnesota (and one of the so called Twin Cities, alongside Minneapolis)! |
| There are additional misheard stories available. | |
Misrhymed Song Lyrics:
"Tainted Love"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: Once I ran to you (I ran),
Now I'll run from you. This tainted love you've given, I give you all a boy could give you. Take my tears, and that's not nearly all. Why They're Misrhymed: "You" is rhymed 4 times. The last line doesn't rhyme with anything else.
Submitted by: Katy
| "Tainted Love"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: Sometimes I feel I've got to
Run away, I've got to Get away From the pain you drive into the heart of me. Why They're Misrhymed: "Me" doesn't rhyme with the previous 2 lines.
Submitted by: Katy
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Darker Times"
Opening Lines: these darker times
Comments: Submitted by: mads.
| "Chips on My shoulder"
Opening Lines: chips on my shoulder
Comments: Submitted by: mads
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Song Title Space Change:
"Taint Ed Love" originally "Tainted Love"
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
Band Name Anagrams:
Clot Self Submitted by: Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Cots Fell Submitted by: Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Cost Fell Submitted by: Robert D. Arndt Jr.
Song Title Anagrams:
"Fred's Wax" originally "Sex Dwarf"
Submitted by: Calop
"Tend A Violet" originally "Tainted Love"
Submitted by: Candace Troy Powers
"Vital Net Doe" originally "Tainted Love"
Submitted by: Roxanne Drake
"Dee Not Vital" originally "Tainted Love"
Submitted by: Roxanne Drake
"Valid Net Toe" originally "Tainted Love"
Submitted by: Roxanne Drake
There are additional Song Title Anagrams available.
Songs That Are Banned:
"Sex Dwarf"
Soft Cell generated some controversy in Britain, mainly due to the scandal involved with the "Sex Dwarf" promotional film. The original version of the music video featured Almond and Ball in a bloody butcher shop surrounded by chainsaws, nude actors, and dwarves. However, the film was confiscated by police and censored before it was even released. As a tongue-in-cheek substitute, a re-filmed "Sex Dwarf" appeared in Non-Stop Exotic Video Show featuring Almond dressed in a tuxedo, directing a symphony orchestra of dwarves. *From Wikipedia
Submitted by: 34532
Super Long Pop Songs:
"Tainted Love" Length: 9:00
Back in 1981, the British duo Soft Cell recorded a 12" dance disc about a spurned lover, "Tainted Love" that quickly became a favorite world wide in gay and straight dance clubs. Soft Cell realized from the start that the 9:00 minute version probably wouldn't get much airplay on U.S. top 40 stations and did their own edited version for the album release (along with the 9 minute 12" version). But to the surprise of Soft Cell (perhaps not realizing that the American radio market was changing with FM taking over even for Top 40 stations) and radio stations liking the 9:00 12" version decided to play that version which had mixed into the song a medley or perhaps an early attempt at sampling of the Supremes' 1964 Motown #1 hit, "Where Did Our Love Go". Both versions were played on Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" syndicated radio show. And mainly because of this, "Tainted Love" spent the most time in the Top 40 charts of any single to date.
Submitted by: Peter
What A Band is Best Known For (aside from their music):
"Motorcycle accident"
Marc Almond became victim of a terrible motorcycle accident in 2004 which brought him in coma for a month, but he fortunately survived.
Submitted by: mads.
