How can you resist them?
There’s possibly no set of films that quite captures the ethos of a sunny escape likeMamma Mia!
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Here We Go Again(2018).
We’ve ranked every number from both of theMamma Mia!films, because how can we resist it?
“I Have a Dream” (Mamma Mia!)
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Who cares if you have a song to sing?
“Chiquitita” (Mamma Mia!)
This wedding has enough refreshments, like take the extra cheese away.
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“One of Us” (Mamma Mia!
“I Have a Dream” (Mamma Mia!
“Honey, Honey” (Mamma Mia!)
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But, while it lasts, how it thrills us.
“Kisses of Fire” (Mamma Mia!
“Our Last Summer” (Mamma Mia!)
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This pokes immense holes in the timeline ofMamma Mia!
Here We Go Again,but it’s still a charming mini travelogue around a Greek island.
It’s a surprisingly heartfelt love song, and who knew Colin Firth could play the guitar?!
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“Knowing Me, Knowing You” (Mamma Mia!
“Money, Money, Money” (Mamma Mia!)
Must be funnywell it is, but it’s also trying too hard.
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(A Man After Midnight)" (Mamma Mia!)
Gimme, gimme, gimme indeed.
“Voulez-Vous” (Mamma Mia!)
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We dare you not to dance along to this one.
Nothing promised, no regrets.
“The Winner Takes It All” (Mamma Mia!)
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But the power of the song itself just isn’t fully realized on screen here.
The loser has to fall, after all.
“The Name of the Game” (Mamma Mia!
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“Lay All Your Love on Me” (Mamma Mia!)
“Take a Chance on Me” (Mamma Mia!)
“Waterloo” (Mamma Mia!
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to play up the Napoleon-ness of the whole situation.
“SOS” (Mamma Mia!)
So, darling, can you hear me?
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Yes, yes, we can.
And we love it in spite of ourselves.
“Andante, Andante” (Mamma Mia!
Lily James absolutely nails this ballad about taking it slow and being gentle with someone’s heart.
We want to luxuriate in the sultriness of these chords forever.
She’s luminous on this love song, distilling Donna’s charm and talent into one beautiful number.
“Waterloo” (Mamma Mia!)
But we rest our case in four words:Colin Firth in spandex.
“Angel Eyes” (Mamma Mia!
One look and you’re hypnotized.
“Super Trouper” (Mamma Mia!
It makes the lyrics “smiling, having fun” blissfully real.
This number is pure frothy musical glory that’s shining like the sun.
“When I Kissed the Teacher” (Mamma Mia!
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Mamma Mia!
Here We Go Againkicks off with a bangthis fizzy numberthat takes audiences through the streets of Oxford University.
The connotations of kissing your teacher are strange, shoehorning the song into a college graduation setting.
Plus, you don’t get much more picturesque and storied than Oxford.
“Slipping Through My Fingers” (Mamma Mia!)
The grand central love story of theMamma Mia!franchise is that between mothers and daughters.
This bittersweet ode to how quickly children grow up is lilting, intimate, and moving.
“Mamma Mia!”
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My my, how can we resist it?
“I’ve Been Waiting for You” (Mamma Mia!
It’s a beautiful ode to the hopes and unconditional love of motherhood.
If you don’t cry during Donna’s labor scene, are you even human?
“Does Your Mother Know?”
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Christine Baranski is a goddess and this number is a testament to that.
We bow down to the queen.
“Super Trouper” (Mamma Mia!)
The trio of Donna, Rosie, and Tanya shines here with infectious enthusiasm.
“Why Did It Have to Be Me?”
There’s a playfulness here that belies the deep attraction and affection at play between the characters.
More like, whycouldn’tit be me?
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Heartbreak never looked or sounded so good.
Donna’s final fall off the bar into Bill’s arms is the cherry on top.
“Dancing Queen” (Mamma Mia!)
While the title of the film isMamma Mia!,“Dancing Queen” is the epitome of ABBA.
“My Love, My Life” (Mamma Mia!
It’s a pitch-perfect, incredibly emotional ending to what is really just two movies about a great mom.
When we think ofMamma Mia!,we think of Greek island getaways and disco spandex.
We can see it all so clearlyall this love so dearly.
“Fernando” (Mamma Mia!
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Cher.Andy Garcia.
Need we say more?
We always knew Cher’s role inMamma Mia!
But then they break into song and the literal fireworks happen?
There’s something in the air that night, indeed.
Can we get this prequel now?
Cher and Andy Garcia can just play themselves and pretend to be 40 years younger.
Just take my money.
“Dancing Queen” (Mamma Mia!
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ABBA’s biggest hit was somehow destined to top this list.Mamma Mia!
It’s cinematic and inventive and has the perfect level of silliness.
Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgard do theTitanicpose on the bow of the boat.Colin Firth gets his disco on.
