The S.O.S. Band had a hit single with Jam & Lewis’s post-disco banger Just Be Good To Me years before it was co-opted by Fatboy Slim.

It’s only hearing this now that I realise I only know the song from the 1990 version by Beats International. Not that Norman Cook acknowledged that it was a cover when he stuck his name on the songwriting credits.

He released it, initially as an instrumental B-side called The Invasion Of The Estate Agents before retooling it as the reggae-flavoured Dub Be Good To Me.

Featuring the vocals of Lindy Layton and the rapping of David John-Baptiste (aka DJ Deejay) – “Tank fly boss walk jam nitty gritty you’re listening to the boy from the big bad city, This is jam hot” – it borrows Paul Simonon’s bassline from Guns Of Brixton and the harmonica of Morricone’s score to Once Upon A Time In The West.

Seven years earlier, in 1983, The S.O.S. Band had a hit with the startlingly similar Just Be Good To Me, written not by Fatboy Slim (or Morricone, or The Clash) but by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.

This electro-soul anthem, sung by Mary Davis, reached a more modest No.13 in the singles chart.

The S O.S. Band had come to fame in 1980 with the massive post-disco boogie-funk anthem Take Your Time (Do It Right) and went on to enjoy other hits including High Hopes, The Finest and Tell Me If You Still Care.

They formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1977 with the confusing band name Sounds Of Santa Monica and sensibly changed their name to the catchier S.O.S. – an acronym for Sounds Of Success.