Top 20 Musical Numbers in the Mamma Mia Movies

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[@MsMojo]

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[@John-oh8nq]

Ok

[@John-if5xl]

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[@beckytonge1783]

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[@danidobson88]

Where was "Take a Chance on Me" sung by Rosie and Bill? That deserved a spot on the list for sure

[@emiliewilkinson7857]

YES!!!!!

[@patty1982video]

I think so too my favorite song in first movie!

[@elizapedron8441]

I LOVE THAT PERFORMANCE

[@marcokeller3575]

My favourite as well

[@Trix897]

My absolute favorite from both movies. They were so cute together!

[@HeyItsFluffi]

The fact all the actors were drunk during filming this just make it even better

[@trinaq]

Haha, just hearing that cracks me up, and makes sense, in a way! 😂🤣

[@aoiasahina2146]

U GOT THE LEGEND MERYLL STREEP DRUNK

[@AifDaimon]

LITERALLY DRUNK?! ARE YOU FOR REAL?!?

[@ameliarose8822]

I honestly never knew this but it now makes sense 🤣

[@antoniaandrasi4019]

@@AifDaimon yeah at least when they filmed the first film idk about the second one

[@trinaq]

Meryl and Amanda have terrific Mother/Daughter chemistry in both movies. I always tear up during their duets of "Slipping through my Fingers" and "My Love, My Life." 😭♥️

[@terrymelody9340]

I generally cried at ‘slipping through my fingers’

[@EdricHsu]

Those two numbers and scenes were my top favourites!

[@kerriethompson2073]

I cry every time I hear My Love, My Life especially since I just lost my mom. Miss you, mom.

[@jmff1885]

So trueeeee

[@emmelineanderson8166]

I cry during both of those every time. Meryl and Amanda are perfection!!

[@toyotacamri23]

Ok but Slipping Through My Fingers is the most underrated Mamma Mia number and that’s a hill I’m willing to die on lol

[@glideiz111]

Does Your Mother Know should have been at least #10 I mean.... it's Christine Baranski.... and she's drunk....

[@ninirossau2304]

she is the ultimate girl power

[@abbyscott3167]

EXACTLY

[@christinespiliopoulos5379]

Loved that scene

[@denisenewton5107]

My oldest daughter and I made everyone cry at her wedding reception. No one knew we were going to dance together. Slipping through my fingers started playing and we were both in tears.

[@rhiannahunt3713]

I am extremely offended by does your mother know being number 18 and take a chance on me not even being on here like... choices

[@A-G-A-G]

I know right! All my sister and mum could talk about after seeing the first movie is Christine baranskis legs in does your mother know

[@abbyscott3167]

I KNOW

[@cmrwrite]

I know that pissed me off. But it was still fun to rewatch all of these. Take A Chance On Me, Mamma Mia, and Dancing Queen are my three favorite songs by Abba. I loved Our Last Summer when Colin sang his part. Swoon! I prefer the first movie to the sequel but Fernando was really fun. My mom plays the original all the time and it gets stuck in my head. Lol

[@darianaloro6033]

Literally how is Fernando there and not take a chance on me!! Isn’t Afrodita enough to be iconic these days!!

[@karenstrycharz1499]

@@A-G-A-G adore her!!!! I agree with you!

[@emmelineanderson8166]

I don’t think I will ever fight for something as hard as the writers fought for Fernando to be in the movie.

[@Shyless]

Omg YES! And it pay off, the result was amazing ahaha

[@allisondreher2287]

What do you mean fight did somone not want it in the movie

[@Chechab]

I also loved Chiquitita with Rosie and Tanya

[@justalittlealien]

did anyone else start crying when "I've been waiting for you" started playing or was that just me?

[@Shyless]

Guilty ahaha I had forgot about this song and cried all over again ahaha

[@ellecullen3986]

@@Shyless same. It still hurts 😢

[@lisamcbride8921]

Cried my eyes out!

[@alexthecreator5842]

I cried on that one and My love my life

[@cmccammon12]

Nope I can never make it through that song without crying. Also My love My life does that to me as well.

[@jejealbert]

The amount of times I watched both movies is just unreal, I was singing along the entire video 😭🤍

[@fernandals1036]

Omg u have no ideia HAHAHAHA those r my fav movies ever and i've watched it at list 10 times year hihihi

[@julkasteven8198]

I started watching Mamma Mia every Summer since I was 11. And the second part since its release. I sing the songs all the time and what's more it's more and more every year.

[@multifangirl.x4789]

OMG SAMEEEEE!!!! I was actually thinking about watching it again haha

[@katequance5737]

Think I can top everyone on that I watched the first one 27 times in 3 weeks when I was like 5

[@beachboysswiftie]

Literally same! The first Mamma Mia was my childhood movie, it came out when I was 4 so I’ve been obsessed with it most of my life. I’ve seen both movies like a million times and I was also singing to every song this whole video

[@ellagainsborough3560]

You said Streep’s performance of the winner takes it all was flawless. Fun fact: she recorded that in one take. ONE TAKE! LIKE HOW!!! Edit: I’ve just remembered that she also liked to sing on set instead of lip syncing and some of those vocals were used in the final movie. Again. HOW!

[@annademo]

Overwrought singing. She sucked. And I love ABBA.

[@fried463]

Agnetha version will never be beaten

[@Annahoi2]

@@annademo big abba fan here. sure, you might have thought the original version was better, that doesn't make meryl a bad singer

[@annademo]

@@Annahoi2 Yes, the ABBA version was much better and Streep's version was like over the top acting. Bad. She is not a great singer. I'll concede she's a better singer than I am, but that's a low bar.

[@TheImaginator972]

"Dancing Queen" is my most favorite music of all, and that it make me feel like dancing ☺

[@daniellemusella1594]

@Richard The Imaginator I always crack up, when they show Colin Firth and Pierce Brosnan dancing. You can tell how much they were enjoying themselves, which makes us have a good time, too.

[@itslyndsae]

“Take A Chance On Me” and “Thank You For The Music” deserved a spot on the list. I’d rearrange most of the order as well, but it wasn’t a bad list.

[@alexthecreator5842]

Fr

[@maddy1847_fly]

Well it was a credit song so thabk you for the music doesn't count, but I wish it did cause it's my favorite song of all time

[@Ruby-ui6yr]

Probably the best franchise ever made .

[@you.hadme.athello]

AGREED!!!❤🙌🏻💗

[@beachboysswiftie]

Amen!

[@sophielee1130]

Nooo I love Does Your Mother Know and Angel Eyes!! They’re two of my favourites

[@alicebthegachaweirdo8378]

Same

[@Chiis97]

Winner takes it all might be my absolute favorite. I just love Meryl so much.

[@sophielee1130]

My #1 comfort movie❤️

[@monsterfamily9542]

Cher's song "Fernando" deserved a much higher spot on this list. Just saying ...

[@trinaq]

I loved how they named Andy Garcia's character "Fernando" PRECISELY so they could sing that song! 🎶🤣

[@tellyourfriendsitsmejordi]

I disagree. I thought Cher’s whole character was pointless to the story

[@daniellemusella1594]

@@trinaq I also enjoyed the implications throughout the movie, which are emphasized by this song, that he is Donna's father.

[@paddyzammit6588]

Agree

[@A-G-A-G]

Meryl can steal the show with just some wind and a shawl

[@daniellemusella1594]

When "Mamma Mia" is performed in the sequel, I liked the implication that, if Sam had stayed on the island and/or walked into that bar while the Dynamos were performing, Donna would've been nudged into really talking with him. The couple might've even stayed together, raised Sophie, and probably had more kids together. We get a hint of that in the first film. She desperately wants to be with him, but she fears that she' be giving up some of her power, and also acknowledging her deep insecurities, in order to do so. The sequel's "jumping-in-the-water" callback was really cute, too.

[@emmelineanderson8166]

8:26 Fun fact the sunglasses Meryl is wearing are the same ones from Devil Wears Prada.

[@karenstrycharz1499]

Hey… thanks for info! I never noticed that to tell you the truth! Thanks for filling us all in!

[@emiliabela2252]

I love Mamma Mia!!

[@emiliabela2252]

Ps I was first yay

[@jeremiahgoff3817]

Me too!

[@you.hadme.athello]

Me tooooooo!!!!❤❤

[@kadda3003]

Does your mother know is only #18? WHAT!? It's one of the best songs and scenes in the movies!

[@kadda3003]

Also, no Waterloo? C'mon....

[@mireiamorera]

'When I Kissed The Teacher' deserves to be at least at the TOP 10. Best Movie Intro Ever.

[@mariloudagooc5304]

Abba songs timeless Make you wanna dance, make you wanna cry

[@lilsisasu]

I loved that in the first and second versions of Dancing Queen, you have the same woman bursting out in song with everyone.

[@alicebthegachaweirdo8378]

I love ABBA! One of the reasons is they’re Swedish and so am I.

[@AnnaMae41194]

slipping through my fingers is my mom's absolute favorite song from mamma mia and as were both singers we duet it whenever its available

[@sashataylor-davies7807]

the bit where sophie jumps into skys arms never fails to make me cry

[@evemusicara4772]

No musical will ever beat this two movie.. And good lord thanks for Abba Favorite band ever 💋😍 and now we have WAP and all these songs for our generation 😭😭😭

[@bamrn1983]

I loved BOTH movies. It was hard not to cry in the beginning of the the sequel.

[@_..jolene.._]

Okay but do any of yall listen to Abba as well as being a fan of Mamma Mia? Literally anyone who says yes is now my best friend. Also, one thing that confused me with this musical was why they never got a DNA test to see who the father was.

[@ameliebstenanonym42]

Because in the end Sophie didn't want to know it anymore since she was happy with having "three" fathers. I might be wrong but I think it was even mentioned in the first movie.

[@lisamcbride8921]

Maybe that will be mamma Mia three…..the DNA results

[@lucystaplehurst5851]

Would be better without all the narrating over the music.

[@Hufflepuffalous]

The point of the movie wasn’t to find who the biological father was, it was to find family in the people around us. I didn’t matter if she was only related to one of the guys because they all loved her as if she was their daughter.

[@cooperminion825]

@@ameliebstenanonym42 also, DNA tests cost money

[@kendrataylor3683]

"My Love, My Life" should be #1

[@xlebax4860]

true!!!

[@alyzu4755]

Oh man, I sobbed like a baby at that.

[@hollie_marie]

Lay all your love on me and Chiquitita are my favourite ABBA songs

[@christianboulter2254]

WHERE IS WATERLOO ( Donna and Harry ) AND TAKE A CHANCE ON ME ( Rosie and Bill )

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Waterloo is excluded because it’s a credits scene

[@Gabriel131512]

@@jasminejohnston6393 Pretty sure they meant the Mamma Mia II rendition

[@SEGASister]

Favorite song that wasn't on this list? "I Wonder (Departure)" ... too bad the scene was deleted.

[@randlee686]

I laugh and weep and get choked up everytime I hear these songs.

[@Aina-pq9cc]

And the best no-singing moments: APOLONIA

[@mollycherfan4266]

HE LOVES YOU 😂😂😂

[@daniellemusella1594]

@@mollycherfan4266 Best moment EVER!

[@daniellemusella1594]

@Alna Also these: "I'm beginning to think my soulmate is carbs." "I think mine must be wine." ; "You know what helps me, when my heart is broken? Cake? Why can't she just do that? Just eat a bunch of cake, and leave hot Scandy guy to me?"

[@julkasteven8198]

Apollonia - Alexio

[@aoiasahina2146]

I love this list and haven’t watched it yet

[@alicebthegachaweirdo8378]

Same

[@aoiasahina2146]

Xd

[@trinaq]

Me too! Also, I adore your profile picture! 😍♥️

[@aoiasahina2146]

@@trinaq thank u 💖💖

[@larissaisabel1989]

One of my favorite movies, is really wonderful

[@lillil3370]

This was a great list! The winner takes it all is a great on! And mamma mia and dancing queen are just classics

[@beachboysswiftie]

I grew up on the soundtrack of the first movie. When Mamma Mia came out in 2008 I was only 4 years old, so I’ve been obsessed with it most of my life. As a kid, I would constantly sing along to the songs and watch the movie over and over again, it’s how I learned to sing actually. I remember seeing the sequel the day it came out in theaters, I was so hyped for it. Both Mamma Mia films are still my favorite movies of all time and I think they always will be

[@NickyJohnK219]

My favorite musical number is dancing queen in the first movie and in the second movie

[@jessicadougherty8940]

Mine too

[@NickyJohnK219]

@@jessicadougherty8940 Awesome you’re awesome

[@mikesmithson6805]

Thank you ABBA for the music. I love the waterloo number in the sequel, a very well executed number. Im surprised it's not on your list

[@scottsummers4234]

Cher playing Meryl's mother was a weird casting choice 😂 They are like the same age 😂

[@lisamcbride8921]

Cher must have had Donna at three years old! Crazy, mad props for Cher! She and Andy own that song!

[@cara9851]

Yeah there three years apart lmao also Meryl streep is a little old too to play Donna

[@ace_writergirl]

Does Your Mother Know is my fave. I LOVE IT. Also, Meryl Streep could sing anything and it'd be spectacular.

[@Sofia-qn6fs]

Mamma Mia was an amazing movie sequence. I loved every song from it ❤️

[@casckettfriki]

My favourite numbers are Mamma Mia! (From the sequel) Dancing Queen (from the first film) and Super Trouper (from the sequel). I know Super Trouper is from the credits and not the movie, but it's an amazing number where everyone appears. It's my favourite number from both movies, even if there are a lot of amazing numbers that I love.

[@justalittlealien]

okay started crying again to "My love, my life"

[@Father_of_Death]

Dancing Queen is my favorite ABBA song, because it just has that make you want to get up and dance vibe.

[@GirlWhoLovesStrangerThings]

I love both these movies so much. Yes there is a great lot of songs to listen to. My favourite in Mamma Mia is: Slipping through my fingers and in Mamma Mia here we go again it is: Waterloo.

[@rocket7316]

Love both the movies. Angle Eyes is probably my favourite, found it so funny when I first saw it

[@nicolelylewis]

I don’t think Pierce has a bad singing voice....idk what the fuss is about

[@liveicelive]

He says that his singing drove his family crazy! Lol.

[@Shyless]

Not me loving his voice everytime he sang ahaha

[@robthetindog8218]

Me neither. He can carry a tune. Mb cause many cultures tend to go for higher voices & his is deeper with more gravel? IDK. I think he’s fine. Prefer deeper voices myself;, my parents both had deeper voices; very comforting.

[@lisamcbride8921]

Agree!

[@parinikasharma317]

He has his limits. He sounds beautiful when he respects them.

[@patty1982video]

#20 is one of my favorites cause when my dad passed away it makes me think of him and mom. Plus Mamma Mia Here We Go Again was the last movie my dad saw. #8 & #5 I cry all the time and also during the song at the end of the movie Here We Go Again cause of my mom’s passing in 2015.

[@funkmate1547]

I just watched Mamma Mia Here We Go Again less than a month ago! I got so excited when I saw this video! Also, I cried during the whole "My love, my life" song😭💜

[@greenghoul157]

Mamma Mia is a drunk high on life guilty pleasure for me I vibe to this movie

[@isabelgandarillas3055]

This movie simply changed my life, I was so enchanted when I saw it that I´ve saw it more than 20 times or more

[@tigerdactyl6958]

My love, my life ... your not crying I'm crying. I mean flip that. No flip it back.

[@Linaxtic]

These movies always hold a special place in my heart. I love them so much. My dad adored ABBA and the first one was something we always enjoyed. My now-wife and I were just friends when the second movie came out, and she'd lost her mom in 2016...I saw it first and neglected to tell her about Donna's spirit appearing during My Love My Life and she sobbed like a baby.

[@chelseacanales8763]

You can dance You can jive Having the time of your life Ohh, see that girl Watch that scene Digging the dancing queen

[@jessicasmith1611]

I love all mama Mia songs

[@randallrona9618]

Dancing Queen remains one of my childhood songs to this day. Thank you, Abba and Mamma Mia! movies. ♥️

[@titilopeomole1550]

Ms. Mojo how can I resist ya!!!!!!❤️💗🕺💗

[@jeremiahgoff3817]

I love both Mama Mia movies! My favorite musical number is sos.

[@annailonastadler5722]

My FAVOURITE movie of ALL TIME is Mamma Mia! ((I love Abba)) And my mother promised me, we will dance to Slipping threw my fingers at my wedding... I was only 6 when we agreed on it...

[@wotan10950]

Good choices! But I would’ve put “Does Your Mother Know” way upfront. Christine Baranski just stops the show with her singing, dancing, and emoting. And the male and female dancers are the icing on the cake.

[@karenstrycharz1499]

I would too! Fernando just didn’t “do it first me”, honestly & I adore Cher! Super Trooper & Mama Mia are a tie for “first place in my heart!”♥️

[@dalenevandenheever4930]

It is absolutely fantastic. I enjoy every moment of Mamma Mia. Thank you every one for making it possible. Blessings

[@scottsummers4234]

I hated that they killed Donna in the sequel. WHY? 😩

[@hannedesmet-vandamme7271]

Because meryl streep didn’t want to do another movie

[@scottsummers4234]

@@hannedesmet-vandamme7271 but she was in the sequel. As a ghost.

[@EvaSofie]

@@hannedesmet-vandamme7271 Not true that she didn’t want to do another movie, she just didn’t want to do as much as the first one. They could’ve come up with something else.

[@patlawson216]

I read that Meryl doesn't do sequels of any type.

[@AnnaMae41194]

rosie is my grandma incarnated on film. my family swears that someone stalked my grandma for rosies looks, mareisims, and personlity cause theyre the same

[@kylem519]

i always said how much i wouldve loved to be an extra/back up dancer in mama mia!! just seems like a good time!

[@bexyPTX]

I'm mostly just shocked y'all decided that there's enough songs in these movies to make a top 20 list. I mean I guess it's not the worst thing to have basically all the songs in a list.

[@scoobydoo6986]

Let's all be honest for a second. If Dancing Queen was not number 1, there would be a riot. LOL

[@anakrstic7034]

I like the Dancing Queen of the first movie better, it is somehow more modest but iconic for me 😊

[@alvah6529]

Out last summer deserves a high spot ):

[@Showtunediva]

Top 10. There are many good songs in both movies & I can see why you made a top 20 list! 10. I Have A Dream 9. When I Kissed The Teacher 8. Our Last Summer 7. Honey Honey 6. Waterloo 5. Slipping Through My Fingers 4. Super Trooper 3. Dancing Queen 2. My Love My Life I cried during this scene oh my gosh! 1. Thank You For The Music. You forgot this one! It’s my all time favorite song from Mamma Mia.

[@mikesmithson6805]

Sophie sang a snippet of thank you for the music in the sequel so that doesn't count as a musical number

[@beltransalasgarcia6005]

Thank you for the music is my favorite song ever

[@AliAngelpie]

It's odd that in the pictures Sam, Bill and Harry show Sophie, Donna looks 10 years younger than she is in the film instead of 20 since in the sequel, she's a recent college graduate when she meets the men and has her different affairs with them, which results in a pregnancy, so she must be in her earlier 40's when Sophie is getting married, rather than her 50's. Still Meryl Streep and Lily James were perfect for the role of Donna because they had the fierce energy and passion, and you can definitely see the chemistry they shared with their costars

[@Father_of_Death]

I think for those pictures it might have been Mamie Gummer (her IRL daughter)

[@Shyless]

I thinks thats the only aspect that bothered me in the second movie. The man younger counterpart looked nothing like what were showed in the first movie. Like, Colin Firth being all rock 'n roll and so, Billy and Pierce being hippy, they sould had stuck with that

[@kencabanalan1104]

I have been waiting for this!!!!

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

I saw the title of this video and just smiled I was so happy and excited

[@mmarston332]

My favorite song in these movies is "Dancing Queen".

[@andystpierre6086]

Angel Eyes didn’t make the top 10?!!!!!!! Rosie is everything in this scene!

[@didgereemedia194]

Gimme gimme gimme is my favourite abba song, and it was barely featured in the first movie. Call me disappointed

[@beltransalasgarcia6005]

I also thought the same thing !

[@omarramos3727]

Love this count down

[@elena9471]

I needed this video and i didn t know.

[@idana56]

I cry every time I replay my love my life

[@justineves3588]

very very great fun list I like it a lot great job mis mojo one of my very favorite list ever two of the very best musical movies ever with a amazing cast too

[@joycebluestein1985]

My love My Life brought tears to my eyes

[@patriciasnyder6915]

Love “Does Your Mother Know”

[@richardivory606]

Fernando should be higher up.

[@omarramos3727]

I tooootaly agree

[@Shyless]

I love the song but I think they were considering not only the quality but the moving plot capability of the songs! That's why it's so low

[@souky110]

Seriously, am I really the only one who thinks the plot with Cher was unnecessary and also didn't make sence ?? There was no point to it, it felt soooo forced Especially since Donna's mother was described as strict catholic & also dead in the first movie

[@Father_of_Death]

I don't believe the first movie confirms that Donna's mom died. She only implied it, you may want to watch the scene again.

[@souky110]

@@Father_of_Death It was implied very strongly, I don't know what more u want 😂

[@Marjanne0031]

I totally agree! Loved the movie, didn't like that parr

[@souky110]

@Rook It has nothing to do with being rich. But did Cher look like strict conservative catholic mother that would kick you out of house for getting pregnant?

[@GuitarHeroRocks99]

You really need to pay attention to the first movie. Donna and her mother have a strained relationship, but not once is she described as dead OR Catholic

[@stestewart1119]

And thought no5 would have been no 1 I wept so much at that one.... So well done 👌

[@catlover1535]

My favourites are The Winner takes it all, The Name of the game and Knowing me knowing you

[@jasontachin]

rw:i prefer Super Trooper in the credit part of Mama Mia Here we go again.(Damn you WatchMojo ,you rly know how to press my buttons)

[@agatapietka2669]

I loveeeeeee mamma miaaaaa

[@FreeByrd5050]

Love ALL those songs

[@karenstrycharz1499]

Me too, really!

[@FreeByrd5050]

@@karenstrycharz1499 I remember when Abba first started as a group and loved every one of their songs

[@CouldYouTurnOffYourCellPhone]

Did anyone else notice that Fernando of Fuller House was in Mamma Mia 😂

[@molcake8626]

I found out he also dances with Harry

[@madeleinewoodsullivan6175]

JUSTICE FOR DOES YOUR MAMA KNOW

[@BBINCA]

11:59 when Bill slips and Donna laughs at him, is just hilarious 😂 Also I was hopping I wouldn’t see “my love, my life”. It is amazingly good, but it really is a tear jerker. I didn’t want to start the day with crying… aghhhh

[@Queen_Springsteen]

All moments is the best of best. No need for discussion

[@angiemanansala7420]

I agreed with almost all the songs except for the winner takes it all should be number 2 at least. Thank you! I loved watching this.😍