Lyric discussion by dougbarbin 

Cover art for Tainted Love lyrics by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

I've never heard of MFATGG playing this song live, but maybe they do...they aren't exactly consistent with their set lists. REGARDLESS of all that, they have definitely not ever recorded a cover of "Tainted Love" as of yet. The mislabeled MP3 that most people download as the MFATGG cover is actually done by a band called "Shades Apart" and I think it's on the "Cinema: Beer Nuts:" compilation from Hopeless Records. The original song was by Gloria Jones, in the 1960s. Later, in the 1980's. Soft Cell's cover popularized the song, and is probably the most well-known version.