Reception
Led by commercial success of its predecessor "Pepper Keibu" which reached the number-4 on the Japanese Oricon chart, "S.O.S" climbed the top of the country's hit parade three months after its release. A single remained on the chart for 38 weeks, selling approximately 650,000 copies. According to the record label Victor, "S.O.S." has sold in excess of 1.2 million units to date.
According to Oricon it was the 8th best selling single from 1977.
The song is used as background music in one episode of the anime TV series His and Her Circumstances, as a song the female lead, Yukino Miyazawa, can't get out of her head.
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