Interest accrues monthly and is paid when the holder cashes the bond. For bonds issued before May 2005 the rate of interest is recomputed every six months at 90% of the average five-year Treasury yield for the preceding six months. Bonds issued in May 2005 or later pay a fixed interest rate for the life of the bond (0.10% in November 2016).
Gloria Jones version (1965) American artist Gloria Jones recorded the original version of Tainted Love, which was written and produced by Ed Cobb. It was the B-side of her 1965 single My Bad Boy's Comin' Home, which was a commercial flop, failing to chart in either the US or the UK.
Released in 1981, Soft Cell's Tainted Love was a number-one hit in seventeen countries, including the United Kingdom, as well as a number eight single in the United States during 1982, and went on to set a then-Guinness World Record for the longest consecutive stay on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart (43 weeks).