Rihanna Songwriter Reveals 'SOS' Easter Egg No One Caught in Nearly 2 Decades!
Rihanna‘s “SOS” is one of her biggest hits, and there’s actually a secret hidden inside the lyrics!
Songwriter Evan “Kidd” Bogart made an appearance on Behind The Wall podcast, where he shared the unexpected story of writing the 2006 smash.
“When I wrote it, I had no idea what I was doing. The whole second verse of that song is ’80s song titles strung together as sentences because I thought it would be super clever,” he revealed.
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“No one thinks about that…it’s like, take on me (A-Ha), I could just die up in your arms tonight (Cutting Crew), I melt with you (Modern English), you got me head over heels (Tears for Fears), oh boy you keep me hanging on (Kim Wilde), the way you make me feel (Michael Jackson)…they’re all number one songs from the ’80s,” he went on.
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Watch him explain in full at the 57:30 mark and check out a TikTok snippet of the conversation…
@danielswall Replying to @N A N Z Why Rihanna’s First #1 Song Has a Secret In our conversation with Evan ‘Kidd’ Bogart, he reveals the surprising secret behind one of the biggest songs he wrote for Rihanna years ago—a detail no one ever noticed. Here’s a clip from our full conversation @kiddbogart @Rihanna #singer #songwriter #rihanna #sos #hitsong #80smusic #songwriting #demo #viralsong #popmusic #musicproducer #singing #secret #trendingsong #2000s #lyrics ♬ original sound – Daniel Wall