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Soft Cell
Band Leeds United Kingdom Active 1980–2025 1980s English synth‐pop duo
Soft Cell formed in 1980 in Leeds, United Kingdom and was active until 2025. Soft Cell has 107 chart appearances on 72 radio countdowns from 18 stations on RockLists, spanning 1982–2020. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Tainted Love”, which appears on 64 lists and was voted number one twice. In total the artist has topped 2 countdowns. The station that charted Soft Cell most often is KROQ (Los Angeles, CA), with 29 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1982.
Songs by Soft Cell on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tainted Love#55 of all time | 64 | #1 | 2 | 1982 | |
| 2 | Sex Dwarf | 17 | #3 | – | 1982 | |
| 3 | It's a Mug's Game | 12 | #37 | – | 1983 | |
| 4 | Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go | 3 | #8 | – | – | |
| 5 | Say Hello, Wave Goodbye | 3 | #94 | – | – | |
| 6 | Insecure Me | 2 | #85 | – | 1982 | |
| 7 | What | 1 | #320 | – | – | |
| 8 | Memorabilia | 1 | #1816 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.