SOS
ABBA | Artist Essentials
First released: 1975 (year verified)
Original English-language studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The restrained piano opening makes the chorus's sudden scale especially striking.
YouTube opens a title-and-artist search. The selected recording and date are identified below.
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1975 (year verified)
The original English studio recording appeared on ABBA in 1975. Later single success and reissues do not change that original year.
Recording: Original English-language studio recording
Credit: ABBA
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: ABBA
ABBA - official deluxe edition announcement
Explicit original 1975 album date and original Mamma Mia and SOS track membership, separate from Spanish and television bonus versions. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
In the yearly lists
This selected recording is beyond the current yearly lists.
About ABBA
ABBA brought together Swedish performers Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. Andersson and Ulvaeus developed the group's songwriting and production partnership, while Fältskog and Lyngstad's voices became central to its recordings. The 1974 Eurovision victory with Waterloo introduced the quartet to a wider international audience. Its 1970s catalog ranges from closely arranged pop songs to dance music and ballads. The members' separate solo and duo recordings belong to different artist histories.
Artist background sources
ABBA - official history
Group members, songwriting partnership, Eurovision breakthrough and original group career; separate member careers. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Continue listening
Recommended positions express one editorial listening sequence. They are not measured quality scores.
Browse by year
1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.