Rihanna fans just realising hit song contains hidden tribute as writer dubbed 'genius'

Rihanna's fans have been left stunned after discovering the hidden meaning behind the iconic song, SOS.

The track, which was released 18 years ago, remains a staple on many party playlists to this day. But despite many fans knowing the lyrics word for word, they are only now spotting a significant pattern in the lyrics that had previously gone unnoticed.

The revelation came about when one of the songwriters, Evan 'Kidd' Bogart, appeared on the Behind the Wall podcast with Daniel Wall and discussed his experiences in the music industry. He co-wrote the lyrics to SOS alongside Edward Cobb and Jonathon Rotem. "When I wrote it, I had no idea what I was doing," he admitted.

Evan revealed he implemented a trick he "thought would be clever" by making all the lyrics in the second verse a tribute to 1980s song titles. Evan elaborated: "The whole second verse of that song is 80s song titles strung together as sentences."

The songwriter then dissected a part of the verse, which includes references to A-Ha's Take On Me, Cutting Crew's (I Just) Died in Your Arms Tonight, Tears For Fears's Head Over Heels, Kim Wilde's You Keep Me Hangin' On and Michael Jackson's The Way You Make Me Feel.

"They're all number one songs from the '80s," he added. The interviewer responded with surprise, saying: "That's incredible. I had no idea." "No one does," said the brilliant lyricist.

The lyrics of the song read: 'Just your presence and I second guess my sanity/Yes, it's a lesson, it's unfair, you stole my vanity/My tummy's up in knots and when I see you, it gets so hot/My common sense is out the door, can't seem to find the lock/Take on me (Uh-huh), you know inside you feel it right/Take me on, I could just die up in your arms tonight/I melt with