“SOS” by ABBA, which is widely recognized as the only hit song where both the title and the artist’s name are palindromes.  This double palindrome makes it unique in music history.

“SOS” by ABBA, which is widely recognized as the only hit song where both the title and the artist’s name are palindromes. 
 This double palindrome makes it unique in music history.

{A palindrome (/ˈpæl.ɪn.droʊm/) is a term given to describe a word, a number, a phrase, or other sequence of symbols that read the same backwards as they read forwards.}

The word palindrome was introduced by English poet and writer Henry Peacham in 1638.[1] The concept of a palindrome can be dated to the 3rd-century BC, although no examples survive. The earliest known examples are the 1st-century AD Latin acrosticword square, the Sator Square (which contains both word and sentence palindromes), and the 4th-century Greek Byzantine sentence palindrome nipson anomemata me monan opsin.[2][3]

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