Cover Versions
- British singer Hazell Dean recorded a cover for her 1996 tribute album The Winner Takes It All: Hazell Dean Sings Abba.
- Swedish teen pop group A*Teens covered the song for their debut album The ABBA Generation in 1999.
- The song is used in the musical Mamma Mia! and the lyrics provided the writer of the storyline, Catherine Johnson, with the name of one of her characters - Harry.
- In the film adaptation of the musical, the song is sung mainly by Harry (played by Colin Firth) and Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), but also includes parts sung by Sam (Pierce Brosnan), Bill (Stellan Skarsgård), and Donna (Meryl Streep). In this context, the three 'potential fathers' are telling Sophie about how they spent their last summer with Donna, her mother.
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