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TIL The whole second verse of Rihanna's song "SOS" is made up of 1980s song titles strung together as sentences. The verse includes phrases like "Take On Me", "I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight", "I Melt With You", "Head Over Heels", "You Keep Me Hanging On" and "The Way You Make Me Feel".

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