Song Meryl Streep Sings in Mamma Mia Here We Go Again
It's summer and that means it's time to envision island getaways — perhaps lounging on a beach in Greece or sailing around an island with all three of our possible dads.
In that location's maybe no set of films that quite captures the ethos of summertime likeMamma Mia!andMamma Mia! Here We Go Once again. Combine romance on a sun-soaked Greek isle with an irresistible ABBA soundtrack, and you lot take the recipe for a perfect summertime evening. Whether yous're hither for all the mother-daughter beloved between Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) and Donna (Meryl Streep) or y'all love the romantic hijinks of Bill (Stellan Skarsgård), Harry (Colin Firth), Sam (Pierce Brosnan), Rosie (Julie Walters), and Tanya (Christine Baranski), it's impossible to resist. We might not be able to go outside and relish summer to the fullest this year, but we can still get lost in these sublimely campy odes to having the time of your life.
In honor of the summer season, we've ranked every number from both of the Mamma Mia! films, because how can we resist information technology?
34. "I Have a Dream" — Mamma Mia!
This opens and closes the first film, only information technology's an incredibly slow "I Want" song that gives no real sense of taste of the fun to come. Who cares if y'all have a song to sing? Just sing it!
33. "Chiquitita" — Mamma Mia!
There's some military camp delight here in Donna'due south distraught nose blowing and Rosie and Tanya's attempts to cheer her up, merely a memorable banger this is not.
32. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" — Mamma Mia!
We have arable dear for Pierce Brosnan's pained singing, but this song makes an otherwise romantic moment too corny. This wedding has enough refreshments, delight accept the extra cheese away.
31. "One of United states of america" — Mamma Mia! Here Nosotros Become Once more
This establishes the central conflict between Sophie and Sky in the sequel, and it's a lovely break-up ballad, but ultimately pretty forgettable.
30. "I Have a Dream"— Mamma Mia! Hither We Go Again
While this song is a framing device in the first moving-picture show, here it's a literal metaphor for Donna's dream hotel and Sophie'southward realization of that dream. We see the infinite every bit it once was, and as it was envisioned – plus, it's another beautiful link between mother and daughter.
29. "Honey, Beloved" — Mamma Mia!
While we'll e'er love this scene for introducing "…" every bit a euphemism for sex-capades, this is more often than not a frothy ditty that yous forget the moment the song is over. But while it lasts, how information technology thrills united states.
28. "Kisses of Fire" — Mamma Mia! Here We Go Over again
The vocal is used for a brief gag onscreen, demonstrating the joke that is the local taverna band. But this vocal was a huge ABBA discovery for the states, and the splendid soundtrack rendition pushed it higher up our list.
27. "Our Concluding Summer" — Mamma Mia!
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This pokes immense holes in the timeline of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, but it'south still a charming mini travelogue effectually a Greek island. It's a surprisingly heartfelt love vocal, and who knew Colin Firth could play the guitar?!
26. "Knowing Me, Knowing You" — Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Sam and Donna are the ballsy romance of the Mamma Mia franchise, and this is the most ABBA-fied of interruption-up tracks always – but a good jam and cute Greek scenery can but carry you so far.
25. "Money, Money, Money"— Mamma Mia!
This is Donna'south "I Want" song, a showcase into her money troubles and her yearning for romance (played for mercenary laughs). The camp fantasies of Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, and Julie Walters riding jet skis on a yacht is delectable, but the number lacks the pizazz of so many others. Must be funny -- well it is, merely it's also trying too difficult.
24. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" — Mamma Mia!
This song runs together with "Voulez-Vous" in terms of the activeness and is predominantly a background track to Sophie working out the truth nigh her dad(s). Merely we heartily endorse whatever song that is the basis for tying Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgård to poles and frolicking around them. Gimme, gimme, gimme indeed.
23. "Voulez-Vous" — Mamma Mia!
This is the stronger half of the bachelorette political party numbers because information technology features an extensively choreographed number that is arguably the fanciest footwork (literally, the feet shots are <chef'southward kiss>) in the entirety of the beginning pic. We dare you non to dance along to this one. Nothing promised, no regrets.
22. "The Winner Takes It All" — Mamma Mia!
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This might be one of the well-nigh heartbreaking break-upwards ballads ever penned, with the singer resigning themselves to being the loser in love (and life). Meryl Streep gives it her all, packed with throaty emotion, and the dramatic backdrop of the isle cliffs requite information technology that extra something. But the power of the vocal itself just isn't fully realized on screen hither. The loser has to autumn, afterward all.
21. "The Name of the Game" — Mamma Mia! Hither We Go Once again
The slow, sultry beat of this rail makes it ABBA's sexiest song by far. Lily James really leans into that with her rendition, all bolstered by her frolicking through orange groves. It's non the first song y'all call back of when you envision Mamma Mia!, just it's notwithstanding a diverting number that pushes the plot forward.
20. "Lay All Your Love On Me" — Mamma Mia!
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We don't exactly know what the betoken of this number is, just it has Sky (Dominic Cooper) and Sophie going full From Here to Eternity in the waves and a platoon of shirtless men dancing in snorkels and fins – and honestly, lay all of it on united states of america.
xix. "Accept a Run a risk on Me" — Mamma Mia!
Rosie's relentless pursuit of Bill is adorable (especially with the hindsight of the context that she's been crushing on him for decades), and we beloved how this number hams upwardly the physical comedy by leaning into the lyrics (guys, she literally can't let go). We'll lookout Julie Walters chase Stellan Skarsgaard across a roof whatever day – even if it is slightly blench-y in its portrayal of desperation, the longer yous remember almost it.
xviii. "Waterloo" — Mamma Mia! Here We Become Over again
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"Waterloo" was one of ABBA'south all-time greatest hits, simply information technology plays less nimbly in the context of the films. It'southward a fun moment of wooing for Harry (Hugh Skinner) hither, and nosotros beloved the inventive use of the restaurant paraphernalia every bit props (a baguette is a guitar and and then a sword!) to play upwardly the Napoleon-ness of the whole state of affairs. It has some of the best tableaus in the franchise, merely doesn't quite hit that sugariness spot of combined production value and zany plot.
17. "SOS" — Mamma Mia!
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Much has been made of Pierce Brosnan's less-than-stellar pipes, and so much then that his singing has go less a detractor and more than a campy moment of please in the franchise. Nowhere is it more on brandish than in "SOS" where nosotros can both revel in the split-screen woes of Sam and Donna's human relationship and try not to giggle at his resolute commitment to it all. And so darling tin can you hear me? Yep, yes, nosotros can. And we honey it in spite of ourselves.
16. "Andante, Andante" — Mamma Mia! Hither We Go Again
This is ane of the neat discoveries of the 2d motion picture, a deeper cutting from the ABBA catalogue. Lily James absolutely nails this ballad most taking information technology tedious and beingness gentle with someone's centre. We want to luxuriate in the sultriness of these chords forever. Donna is presented in both films every bit a great vocaliser, and the soulfulness James brings to this number makes that inarguable. She's luminous on this love song, distilling Donna'south charm and talent into one beautiful number.
fifteen. "Waterloo" — Mamma Mia!
The credit sequence numbers aren't meant to be anything but disco riots of joy, and perhaps for that reason, they're the purest expression of what the Mamma Mia! films are all about. The amount of fun beingness had by all here is infectious, and we dearest Meryl Streep'due south improvisational spirit. But we rest our case on four words: Colin Firth in spandex.
14. "Affections Eyes" — Mamma Mia! Here Nosotros Go Again
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The adult Tanya and Rosie don't get quite as much a characteristic in Mamma Mia! Hither We Become Once again, which is why we love this ditty about avoiding the trap of a handsome pair of eyes. It's not only a catchy song, but information technology also plays up the relationship between Sophie, Tanya, and Rosie – and still makes space to poke fun at Rosie'southward dancing in a playful "we're laughing with her" kind of fashion. One look and you're hypnotized.
xiii. "Super Trouper" — Mamma Mia! Here Nosotros Go Once more
While we beloved the joy and improvisational nature of the credit sequence number in Mamma Mia!, they majorly topped themselves in the sequel. Everyone's custom '70s outfits are middle-poppingly amazing. Cher knocks the vocals out of the park, and information technology uses the set in a delightfully playful way. Just nothing beats the unabashed joy of watching the younger counterparts dance with the actors who originated the older version of the roles. It makes the lyrics "smile, having fun" blissfully existent. This number is pure frothy musical glory that's shining like the sun.
12. "When I Kissed the Teacher" — Mamma Mia! Here We Become Once more
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Mamma Mia! Hither We Go Again kicks off with a blindside – this fizzy number that takes audiences through the streets of Oxford University. The connotations of kissing your teacher are weird, shoe-horning the song into a college graduation setting. Only the choreography and camerawork immediately key audiences into the fact that this sequel is taking things to some other level. Plus, you lot don't become much more picturesque and storied than Oxford.
xi. "Slipping Through My Fingers" — Mamma Mia!
The grand primal love story of Mamma Mia! franchise is that between mothers and daughters. This bittersweet ode to how apace children abound up is lilting, intimate, and moving. It's one of the quieter songs to get this high on the list, but information technology perfectly captures the naturalism and 18-carat sense of emotion and connection that drag the films beyond campy diversion.
10. "Mamma Mia!" — Mamma Mia!
Who could ever forget the starting time time they saw the iconic overhead shot of an overall-wearing Meryl Streep losing her mind over the reappearance of her iii lovers? This number is supremely cocky-aware in its own silliness, and nosotros love how hard information technology leans into the ethos of the Mamma Mia! films, combining unadulterated glee with just the hint of something ridiculous. My my, how can we resist it?
9. "I've Been Waiting For You" — Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
They re-wrote some of the lyrics to this tune to make it virtually Donna and Sophie singing to their child, and it works flawlessly. It's a beautiful ode to the hopes and unconditional love of maternity. Over the grade of two films, nosotros've watched the ebb and flow of Donna and Sophie'due south relationship, their unbreakable bail, and this song brings that all home. If you lot don't cry during Donna's labor scene, are y'all even human?
8. "Does Your Female parent Know?" — Mamma Mia!
Christine Baranski is a goddess and this number is testament to that. It'southward literally a song almost how she'southward much too sexy and mature for the boys chasing her on this island – and she gets to strut her stuff on a beach while proclaiming it. We bow downwardly to the queen.
7. "Super Trouper" — Mamma Mia!
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This gustation of the glory days of Donna and the Dynamos lets you lot revel in both Sophie's love for her mom and Donna and her gal pal's true talents. The trio of Donna, Rosie, and Tanya shines here with infectious enthusiasm. Plus, information technology gave united states of america the incredible GIF of Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, and Stellan Skarsgaard awkwardly dancing – and who tin ask for more than that?
6. "Why Did It Have to Be Me?" — Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
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Sam may be Donna's soulmate, but this duet between young Donna and Bill is the peak of the immature lovers' tunes. There's a playfulness here that belies the deep allure and affection at play between the characters. It's a primary class in flirtation, and it makes ample use of its nautical setting, leaving us yearning for an island escape of our own. More like, why couldn't it be me?
5. "Mamma Mia!" — Mamma Mia! Here We Get Once again
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From the DIY denim threads of Donna and the Dynamos to the ho-hum a cappella opening that blooms into pop perfection, nosotros desire to alive in every moment of this number. Heartbreak never looked or sounded so good. Donna's final fall off the bar into Neb'due south arms is the cherry on tiptop. Mamma Mia, now we actually know, we'll never let go of how much nosotros love this song.
four. "Dancing Queen" — Mamma Mia!
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While the title of the film is Mamma Mia!, "Dancing Queen" is the paradigm of ABBA. The commencement flick in item has an organic DIY spirit to it, and information technology'south never better than this number, which sees Rosie and Tanya grabbing for props out of Donna's bedroom. It's a testament to their friendship, their history every bit a singing grouping, and their commitment to having a actually adept fourth dimension. It moves from Meryl jumping on the bed out onto picturesque cliffsides before ending with a rousing cannonball into the bounding main. You lot can tell the entire cast is, to quote the song, having their time of their life – and who are we to resist its spell?
3. "My Love, My Life" — Mamma Mia! Here Nosotros Get Again
Donna and Sophie are the soul of this franchise, and this song unites all of them, including a surprise cameo from Meryl Streep. Lyrically, it captures both how our children tin be our whole world, but how we as well have to permit them become. It'due south a pitch perfect, incredibly emotional catastrophe to what is really but two movies about a peachy mom. When we recall of Mamma Mia!, we think of Greek island getaways and disco spandex. But the unabashed sentimentality of this song underscores what actually makes the movies sing – their securely felt, proudly beating heart. We can see information technology all so clearly — all this love so dearly.
2. "Fernando" — Mamma Mia! Here We Become Again
Cher. Andy Garcia. Fireworks. Need we say more? We always knew Cher'southward role in Mamma Mia! Here We Get Over again would be memorable, only we didn't know it would give us 1 of the loftier points of both films. When Ruby (Cher) spots Senor Cienfuegos (Garcia) across the patio and recognizes him as her lost dearest, it'due south a delightful plot twist. But and then they interruption into song and the literal fireworks happen? There's something in the air that night, indeed. Tin can we get this prequel now? Cher and Andy Garcia can just play themselves and pretend to be forty years younger. Just take my money.
1. "Dancing Queen" — Mamma Mia! Here Nosotros Become Again
ABBA'southward biggest striking was somehow destined to pinnacle this list. Mamma Mia! Here We Go Once more takes all the playfulness and glee of this number in the start film and dials information technology upwards by one hundred. Much of the song takes place across several boats ferrying to the isle for a commemoration of epic proportions that's already happening on-board. It's cinematic and inventive and the perfect level of applesauce. Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgård exercise the Titanic pose on the bow of the boat. Pierce Brosnan gets his disco on. Everything culminates in a political party dorsum on the dock, and we've never wanted to be anywhere more right here in the centre of his number. It'due south over-the-elevation musical theatre bliss, which is Mamma Mia! in a nutshell, and we're digging the dancing queen.
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