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21 May 2017, 10:25 am

No, it's not by Soft Cell. It's by Gloria Jones:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJKe2j9Wjh4



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21 May 2017, 6:59 pm

Yes! Marc Bolan's girlfriend!


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21 May 2017, 7:41 pm

The Soft Cell version is credited on more than a few sites as being by The Cure


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22 May 2017, 5:07 pm

Written by Ed Cobb of the Four Preps and recorded by Gloria Jones in 1965.


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