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551:"....So" recorded in The Box,
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1167:The Twelve Inch Singles
1064:Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
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806:"Northern Soul Top 500"
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1099:Happiness Not Included
1092:Cruelty Without Beauty
641:Bubbling Under Hot 100
590:Official German Charts
1297:Soft Cell discography
780:Roberts, Kev (2007).
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482:"Memorabilia" – 5:22
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930:Irish Singles Chart
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984:13 December
953:13 December
896:Ultratop 50
578:Ultratop 50
519:Marc Almond
487:7" (Canada)
382:Mike Thorne
376:Producer(s)
198:Judy Street
188:In 1968 in
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