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7 identifiers linking SOS across the web's reference databases
25 statements · 40% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
7 identifiers linking SOS across the web's reference databases
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"SOS" is a song by the Barbadian singer Rihanna, and included in her second album, A Girl Like Me (2006). It was released on February 13, 2006, through Def Jam Recordings as the lead single of the album. "SOS" was written by J. R. Rotem and E. Kidd Bogart, with additional credit assigned to Ed Cobb for inspiration built around a sample of Soft Cell's 1981 recording of "Tainted Love". This song was written by Cobb in 1965, later influencing the creation of "SOS". Production of the dance-pop, synth-pop and R&B song was handled by Rotem. Critical reception of "SOS" was generally positive, with the majority of music critics praising the inclusion of the "Tainted Love" sample. Some critics compared "SOS" to Rihanna's debut single, "Pon de Replay".