Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack

Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Mamma Mia! film cast
Released Standard version:
July 8, 2008
Deluxe edition:
November 25, 2008
Recorded 2007
Genre Pop
Length 69:57
Label Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Producer Benny Andersson
Björn Ulvaeus (executive)

Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack [1] is the soundtrack album for the 2008 Universal Pictures musical film Mamma Mia!, based on the stage musical of the same name. It features performances by the film's cast including Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Dominic Cooper, Stellan Skarsgård, Colin Firth, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski, Ashley Lilley, and Rachel McDowall. The recording was produced by Benny Andersson who along with Björn Ulvaeus had produced the original ABBA recordings. Also many of the musicians from the original ABBA recordings participated in making the soundtrack album. In keeping with the setting, the musical arrangements featured the use of traditional Greek instruments, most noticeably the bouzouki.

The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.

Track listing

CD

  1. "Honey, Honey" - Amanda Seyfried, Ashley Lilley & Rachel McDowall - 3:07
  2. "Money, Money, Money" - Meryl Streep, Julie Walters & Christine Baranski - 3:06
  3. "Mamma Mia" - Meryl Streep - 3:34
  4. "Dancing Queen" - Meryl Streep, Julie Walters & Christine Baranski - 4:04
  5. "Our Last Summer" - Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgård, Amanda Seyfried & Meryl Streep - 2:57
  6. "Lay All Your Love on Me" - Dominic Cooper & Amanda Seyfried - 4:29
  7. "Super Trouper" - Meryl Streep, Julie Walters & Christine Baranski - 3:53
  8. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" - Amanda Seyfried, Ashley Lilley & Rachel McDowall - 3:51
  9. "The Name of the Game" - Amanda Seyfried - 4:55
  10. "Voulez-Vous" - Full Cast - 4:35
  11. "SOS" - Pierce Brosnan & Meryl Streep - 3:19
  12. "Does Your Mother Know" - Christine Baranski & Philip Michael - 3:01
  13. "Slipping Through My Fingers" - Meryl Streep & Amanda Seyfried - 3:50
  14. "The Winner Takes It All" - Meryl Streep - 4:57
  15. "When All Is Said and Done" - Pierce Brosnan & Meryl Streep - 3:17
  16. "Take a Chance on Me" - Julie Walters, Stellan Skarsgård, Colin Firth, Phillip Michael & Christine Baranski - 4:01
  17. "I Have a Dream/Thank You for the Music" (Hidden track) - Amanda Seyfried - 8:33

Deluxe edition

The Deluxe Edition of the soundtrack features the original soundtrack (with no new songs) and a bonus DVD that features a "Behind the Music" special that shows some of the recording process for the movie, as well as a music video for "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" featuring Amanda Seyfried. The booklet for the deluxe edition is different from the original, containing all the lyrics, an article written by Musical Director Martin Lowe, taping location info, and additional photos from the movie.

Excised songs

  1. "Chiquitita" - Christine Baranski & Julie Walters
  2. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" - Full Cast
  3. "Waterloo" - Full Cast

Sales

The album peaked at #1 in the USA on the Billboard 200 albums chart in August 2008.[2] It was certified Platinum by the RIAA on August 18, 2008, and has sold 1,694,000 copies in the United States as of July 2014.[3] Worldwide, the soundtrack has sold over 5 million copies to date, spending a total of 2 weeks at #1 on the world charts.

The album had outsold the top 10 albums in the UK Albums Chart by 20 June 2008; however, it was ineligible for the main chart.[4] In New Zealand, the album debuted at number 8 on July 14, 2008, and climbed to number one the following week. In Greece, it peaked at number one on the international chart[5] and number 1 on the main albums chart for many weeks.[6] In Australia, the album reached #1 in its second week on the ARIA Albums Chart, knocking off the highly successful Coldplay album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends.

"Honey, Honey" has also charted at #16 on the Norwegian Singles Chart and #50 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, due to high download sales. Other tracks selling well enough to chart in Australia include "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" (#70), "Lay All Your Love on Me" (#85), "Dancing Queen" (#96) and "Mamma Mia" (#98).

Charts

Chart Peak
position		 Copies sold Certification
UK Top 20 Compilations Chart 1 1,200,000+ 4x Platinum[7]
Sweden Top 40 1 120,000+ 3x Platinum
French Top 200 Chart 8 200,000+ Platinum
Australian ARIA Albums Chart 1 140,000+ 2x Platinum
Brazil Top 10 CD 9[8] 60,000+ Platinum
New Zealand Top 40 1 30,000+ 2x Platinum
Irish Albums Chart 1 20,000+ Platinum
Austrian Albums Chart 1 30,000+ Platinum
Greek Top 50 Albums Chart 1 30,000+ 2x Platinum[5]
Norway Albums Chart 1 40,000+ Platinum
Finnish Albums Chart 1 30,000+ Platinum
Danish Albums Chart 1 30,000+ Platinum
Polish Albums Chart 1 100,000+ Diamond[9]
Portuguese Top 30 Albums Chart 1 40,000+ 2x Platinum
Swiss Albums Chart 1 30,000+ Platinum
Hungarian Top 40 Albums Chart 1 30,000+ 5x Platinum
Canadian Top 100 Albums Chart 1 80,000+ Platinum
German Albums Chart 2
Russian Albums Chart[10] 20
Czech Republic Albums Chart 1 10,000+ Gold
Mexican Top 100 Albums Chart[11] 2 50,000+ Gold[12]
Mexican Top 20 International Albums Chart[13] 2
Dutch Top Albums 5 30,000+ Gold
Spanish Top 100 Albums Chart 1 80,000+ Platinum
Estonian Albums Chart 2 5,000+
European Top 100 Albums Chart 3 3,000,000+ 3x Platinum [14]
US Billboard 200 1 1,800,000+ Platinum
US Comprehensive Charts 1
US Billboard Top Soundtracks 1
Belgium Flemish Albums Chart 5 15,000+ Gold
Belgium Wallonia Albums Chart 7
Italian Compilation Chart 1 40,000 Gold

Year-end charts

Chart (2008) Rank
German Albums Chart [15] 23
UK Compilation Chart 1
Swiss Albums Chart[16] 73

Accolades

  • Grammy Award
    • Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media—nominated

Cast

Musicians

  • Benny Andersson: piano, keyboards
  • Rutger Gunnarsson: bass, bouzouki
  • Per Lindvall: drums
  • Lasse Wellander: guitars, bouzouki
  • Jörgen Stenberg: percussion
  • Lasse Jonsson: acoustic guitars
  • Jan Bengtson: flute, piccolo, baritone saxophone
  • Pär Grebacken: recorder, clarinet, saxophones
  • Perra Moraeus: alto saxophone
  • Leif Lindvall: trumpet
  • Calle Jakobsson: tuba
  • Kalle Moraeus: bouzouki, guitar, violin

References

  1. ↑ "Mamma Mia! The Movie Soundtrack". Amazon.co.uk.
  2. ↑ Katie Hasty, 'Mamma Mia!' Leaps To No. 1 On The Billboard 200, Billboard.com, August 13, 2008
  3. ↑ Grein, Paul (2014-07-02). "Chart Watch: Ed Sheeran's Transatlantic #1". Yahoo Music. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
  4. ↑ "Mamma Mia is top selling UK album". BBC. 20 July 2008.
  5. 1 2 "Ελληνικό Chart". Ifpi.gr. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  6. ↑ "Ελληνικό Chart". Ifpi.gr. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  7. ↑ Platinum Status UK Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ "ABPD — Associação Brasileira de Produtores de Disco — July 20 - July 26, 2009". Abpd.org.br. 2009-08-06. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  9. ↑ "Bestseller charts and awards :: Diamond Certification Awards". Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  10. ↑ Россия Top 25: Centr - Эфир в норме (in Russian). 2M-online.ru. 13 December 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  11. ↑ Mexican Top 100 Albums Chart AMPROFON. October 9, 2008.
  12. ↑ "News > Mamma Mia goes Gold in Mexico!". Universal.com.mx. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  13. ↑ Mexican Top 20 International Albums Chart AMPROFON. April 11, 2008.
  14. ↑ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - 2010". Ifpi.org. 2005-09-01. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  15. ↑ ":: MTV | Album Jahrescharts 2008 | charts". MTV.de. 2009-12-18. Archived from the original on 2009-12-18. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
  16. ↑ "Swiss Year-End Charts 2009". Media Control. Hung Medien. Retrieved February 6, 2009.
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July 21, 2008 - August 25, 2008 		Succeeded by
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