Song artist 719 - Soft Cell

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Soft Cell Region Profile

Soft Cell Chart Profile

This page lists the song chart entries of Soft Cell. The songs are listed with the most widely successful first.

# Artist Song Title Year Chart Entries
1 Soft Cell Tainted Love 1981 UK 1 - Aug 1981 (30 weeks), Canada 1 - Nov 1981 (18 weeks), France 1 - Aug 1981 (4 weeks), Belgium 1 - Oct 1981 (9 weeks), ODK Germany 1 - Oct 1981 (26 weeks) (2 weeks at number 1) (16 weeks in top 10), Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - Feb 1982, Australia 1 for 3 weeks - Feb 1982, Springbok 1 - Dec 1981 (19 weeks), Germany 1 for 2 weeks - Nov 1981, Brit best song 1982, Austria 2 - Dec 1981 (3 months), Switzerland 2 - Nov 1981 (15 weeks), Germany 2 - Jan 1982 (5 months), Scrobulate 2 of 80s, Australia 3 of 1982, Sweden (alt) 4 - Oct 1981 (24 weeks), France (SNEP) 4 - Dec 1981 (3 months), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Sep 1981), Holland 5 - Oct 1981 (9 weeks), South Africa 5 of 1982, Canada 7 of 1982, US Billboard 8 - Jan 1982 (43 weeks), Holland free40 9 of 1981, US BB 11 of 1982, POP 18 of 1982, nuTsie 19 of 1980s, ARC 29 of 1982 (peak 5 20 weeks), Germany 37 of the 1980s (peak 1 18 weeks), KROQ 38 of 1982, Virgin 41, US CashBox 50 of 1982, US Radio 59 of 1982 (peak 8 9 weeks), UKMIX 95, Acclaimed 163 (1981), Belgium 242 of all time, France (InfoDisc) 255 of the 1980s (peak 4, 27 weeks, 431k sales estimated, 1981), OzNet 451, WXPN 745, RYM 4 of 1981, Guardian Pop 57, Party 142 of 2007
2 Soft Cell Torch 1982 UK 2 - May 1982 (9 weeks), Holland free40 5 of 1982, Belgium 8 - Jul 1982 (9 weeks), Holland 10 - Jun 1982 (8 weeks), Poland 15 - Aug 1982 (4 weeks), ODK Germany 75 - Jul 1982 (1 week), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Jun 1982), RYM 46 of 1982
3 Soft Cell Say Hello Wave Goodbye 1982 France 1 - Apr 1991 (4 weeks), UK 3 - Feb 1982 (9 weeks), ODK Germany 29 - Feb 1982 (8 weeks), Belgium 30 - Mar 1982 (1 week), Holland free40 41 of 1982, UK Silver (certified by BPI in Mar 1982), RYM 23 of 1982
4 Soft Cell What 1982 UK 3 - Aug 1982 (8 weeks), France 6 - Sep 1982 (2 weeks), Poland 21 - Sep 1982 (6 weeks), Belgium 25 - Sep 1982 (1 week), ODK Germany 64 - Oct 1982 (1 week), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Sep 1982), RYM 144 of 1982
5 Soft Cell Bed Sitter 1981 UK 4 - Nov 1981 (12 weeks), France 4 - Feb 1982 (1 week), Holland free40 21 of 1982, Belgium 29 - Jan 1982 (1 week), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Dec 1981), RYM 82 of 1981
6 Soft Cell The Night 2003 France 3 - May 2003 (2 weeks), UK 39 - Feb 2003 (2 weeks)
7 Soft Cell Where the Heart Is 1982 UK 21 - Dec 1982 (9 weeks), Poland 27 - Feb 1983 (1 week), RYM 137 of 1982
8 Soft Cell Monoculture 2002 France 3 - Feb 2003 (2 weeks), UK 52 - Sep 2002 (1 week)
9 Soft Cell Sex Dwarf 1982 KROQ 3 of 1982
10 Soft Cell Soul Inside 1983 UK 16 - Sep 1983 (5 weeks), RYM 82 of 1983
11 Soft Cell It's A Mug's Game 1983 KROQ 74 of 1983
12 Soft Cell Insecure Me 1982 KROQ 85 of 1982
13 Soft Cell Numbers/Barriers 1983 UK 25 - Mar 1983 (4 weeks)
14 Soft Cell Down in the Subway 1984 UK 24 - Feb 1984 (6 weeks)
15 Soft Cell Tainted Love (1985) 1985 UK 43 - Feb 1985 (6 weeks)

In addition to the above listed songs Soft Cell also contributed to the following entries:

# Artist Song Title Year Chart Entries
1 Soft Cell & Marc Almond Tainted Love 1991 UK 5 - May 1991 (8 weeks), ODK Germany 22 - Jun 1991 (12 weeks)
2 Soft Cell & Marc Almond Say Hello Wave Goodbye '91 1991 UK 38 - Mar 1991 (3 weeks)

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9 May 2011

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soft cell or bronski beat? look at Guinness

You are correct the songs "Tainted Love" (1991) and "Say Hello Wave Goodbye '91" were attributed to Bronski Beat where they should have been Soft Cell

Thanks for the correction