"S.O.S." is a song by the English new wave and

synth-pop Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s ...

band

ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Television ...

. It was released in early 1984 as the second single from their second

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, ''

Beauty Stab ''Beauty Stab'' is the second studio album by English pop band ABC, released on 14 November 1983 by Neutron Records, Mercury Records and Vertigo Records. The album was recorded over a period of three months between August and September 1983, ...

'' (1983). It peaked at No. 39 on the

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Track listing

#"S.O.S." – 4:48 #"United Kingdom" – 3:19

Chart performance

References

External links

* 1984 singles ABC (band) songs Songs written by Martin Fry 1983 songs Mercury Records singles Songs written by Mark White (musician) Songs written by Stephen Singleton Song recordings produced by Gary Langan {{1980s-pop-song-stub