Mamma Mia! - The Winner Takes It All

Just last Sunday, I caught this show with San over DVD. I was totally mesmerised and captured by this song in the show (originally by ABBA). It left me humming it for the next few days... :)

The composition is GREAT, and the lyrics is so well written!!!... In addition, the music blend in really well with the lyrics. I simply LOVE the way Meryl Streep expresses herself towards Pierce Brosnan (her lover in the show) during her singing. The initial part when Meryl Streep sang the sentence 'The Winner Takes It All', it carries a kind of negative, small, 'lost it all' kind of feeling. BUT towards the end of the song, she turns it around, coupled with the change of music, 'The Winner Takes It All' was sung in a Stronger, Powerful, when she sort of 'claim' herself as the winner despite of her confusion and heart pain. When I hear her sings, I can literally feel the pain that she felt at that point in time. It was simply so engaging.

The lyrics can be found here.

This show is highly recommended!!!... Do check it out if you can... :) You will probably hear many hit songs by the popular '70s group ABBA in it too... :p