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".
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