Cover Versions
- The song is used in the ABBA songs-based musical, Mamma Mia!, as well as the 2008 movie adaptation in which it is sung by Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried. The song is used when the mother, Donna, is helping her daughter, Sophie, to get ready for the wedding. In the context of the musical, Donna sings the song in as if she is reminiscing about her joys and also her regrets about raising Sophie all alone.
- American stage musical singer Wendy Coates recorded a cover of the song for her 2001 album Journeys.
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