How many palindromic hits have there been on the UK singles chart?

There are only two palindromic – a noun, word, line, verse, number, sentence that reads the same backward as forward – hits that have made the UK singles chart

“SOS” by ABBA, who are also the only palindromic artist to grace the UK chart, to date!

And “Wow” – a title used by Kate Bush, Kylie Minogue and Zara Larsson. It was also the title of Bananarama’s 1987 studio album.

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