“Same Ol’ Situation (S.O.S.)” is a song by Mötley Crüe from their 1989 album Dr. Feelgood. Released in 1990 as the album’s fifth single, it peaked at #78 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #34 on the Mainstream rock charts. According to VH1 Classic All-Time Top 10, the song is about lesbianism.
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The video was shot July 7th, 1990 during a concert at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre. The video is dedicated to their fans and features the band’s signature move during Mick Mars’s solo.
The band
Mötley Crüe is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1981. The group was founded by bassist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, lead singer Vince Neil and lead guitarist Mick Mars. Mötley Crüe has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, including 25 million albums in the United States, making them one of the best-selling bands of all time.
The members of the band have often been noted for their hedonistic lifestyles and the persona they maintained. Following its hard rock and heavy metal origins, with the third album Theatre of Pain (1985), the band joined the first wave of glam metal. Its most recent studio album, Saints of Los Angeles, was released on June 24, 2008. Its final show took place on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2015, and was filmed for a theatrical and Blu-ray release in 2016. On September 13, 2018, Mötley Crüe announced that they had reunited and were working on new music.
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