DESCRIPTION:
From '' Meets The Betty Pages Of Fright ''
Label: Dionysus Records ‎-- ID074542
Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Purple
Country: US
Released: 1992

Tracklist
A1 The Creature From The Black Lagoon
B1 S.O.S. (ABBA)
B2 Jingle Bells

International Grunge(abilly) Series #3 • Switzerland.
Edition of 1000.

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"SOS", originally titled "Turn Me On", was the 3rd single from Swedish pop group ABBA's self-titled 1975 album, their 3rd for Polar Music and their second for Epic and Atlantic.
It was released with "Man in the Middle" as the B-side.
Agnetha Fältskog, who sang lead, recorded the song in Swedish on her 1975 solo album Elva kvinnor i ett hus.
"SOS" was ABBA's first major worldwide hit since "Waterloo" and, to date, is the only Hot 100 single (or #1 single in Australia) in which both the title and the credited act are palindromes.

Other cover versions

Dance covers of the song have been recorded by:
Abbacadabra,
E-Rotic,
The Element on the Lay All Your Love On ABBA compilation,
Angeleyes on their album ABBAdance,
Euphorica on their 2003 album ABBA Dance,
Les Blue Belles,
Kyria
and DJ Ensamble on the 2006 album Trancing Queen.

Radha Kali on the compilation The Electronic Tribute To ABBA.
The Rasmus
Pamela McNeill covers it on her album Tribute To ABBA.
The Black Sweden
Th' Faith Healers
Harem Scarem
Brad Sucks and The Hip Cola
In 1975, Lena Andersson
In 1975, Marie
In 1976, Jana Giergielová
"Stars on 45 Medley 2"
In 1988, Kees Zaaijer
In 1989, Men Without Hats
In 1990, Celebrity Skin
In 1991, Israelvis
In 1992, Stonecake.
In 1992, Erasure
In 1995, Trizna
In 1995, Peter Cetera
The 1995 New Zealand compilation Abbasalutely includes a cover by the Able Tasmans.
In 1996, Hazell Dean
In 1998, The Fire Apes
In 1999, A*Teens.
In 2000, Mad Caddies
In 2000, At Vance
In 2001, 2 dance covers of the song by Donna Burke were included on the Japanese import ABBA Ibiza Caliente Mix compilation.
In 2001, the tribute album ABBAMetal (also released as A Tribute to ABBA) included a heavy metal version by German band Paradox.
In 2001, KBO!
In 2002, the Meat Purveyors
In 2003, Lionel's Dad (a.k.a. Mark Towner Williams)
In 2004, Tricia Penrose on the British ABBAMania 2 album.
In 2004, Joie Starr
In 2004, Nils Landgren covered the song on his album Funky ABBA.
On the 2005 German ABBA Mania compilation, the song was covered by Swiss actress/model/singer Michelle Hunziker.
In 2005, Dodd Ferrelle and The Tin Foil Stars
In 2006, Masonic
In 2007, Robby Valentine
In 2007, Nekked
In 2008, BNB on their album Bossa Mia: Songs of ABBA.
Tribute band Gabba (band) recorded a cover of the song, in the style of The Ramones.
Divorcee
Mortimer Bustos
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
In 2009, a DNA-repair themed scientific reprise of the song appeared in the journal Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education
In 2009, Versant
In 2011, Chris De Burgh

Live cover performances

Tonic. Their cover was included on the 2000 compilation Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge.
In 2005, The Conway Sisters
In 2006, Dizzy Reed played an instrumental piano version of the song as his solo spot in Stockholm on the Chinese Democracy Tour.
In 2007, John Frusciante sung the song six times during a solo portion of Red Hot Chili Peppers concerts on the Stadium Arcadium tour.

Appearances in other media

Mama Mia
The song is performed in the Mamma Mia! musical. In the context of the musical.
In the 2008 Mamma Mia! film adaptation, the song is performed by Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan.

In 2000, "SOS" was the main theme song in Lukas Moodysson's film Tillsammans.

In 2001, ABBA's original version of "SOS" was used as the theme song of the Japanese TV drama Strawberry on the Shortcake.
The song was re-released as a single, some twenty-five years after its original release, followed by a soundtrack album.
Both the single and the album were successful on the Japanese charts, and the former became that year's best-selling single by an international music act in Japan, selling some 130,000 copies.
The following year "SOS" won a gold prize at the 17th Japan Gold Disc Awards in honor of its renewed commercial success.
The song frequently used as bumper music for the radio program Coast to Coast AM.

Sampling/Influence on other songs

Punk rock band The Sex Pistols used the riff of "SOS" as the introduction to their track "Pretty Vacant".
The chorus of "Pretty Vacant" was also inspired by "SOS".

The song's bridge melody (from "When you're gone" to "try to go on") was used in the 1983 hit country music song "Islands in the Stream" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton.
The using remains uncredited, as the melody itself was slightly rearranged, with few notes being dropped from the original, and instead of the original piano and synth sounds, horns are used.
In 1989, Austrian group Edelweiss used the melody behind "SOS" as part of their biggest-selling single "Bring Me Edelweiss".