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This week's 'bad' candidate for the worst musical number: "When All Is Said and Done' (2008) sung by Pierce Brosnan and Meryl Steep from Mamma Mia. This musical was an adaptation of the 1999 British West End musical and later Broadway stage production (2001) of the same name.

In the movie, Brosnan belted out his part in a number of songs including runners up for this week: S.O.S. (Metaphor for relationship is a maritime distress signal) and Our Last Summer (Ensemble performance by Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Pierce Brosnan & Meryl Streep).

The songs were successful pop tunes from the group ABBA with additional numbers composed by ABBA members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. ABBA, a Swedish pop group active from 1972 – 1982, was an internationally popular act who topped the charts again and again in Europe, North America and Australia.

Later this week, we will add a 'best' musical selection. Let us know what your choices are for the best and the worst in musical numbers.

Lyrics to "When All is Said and Done" (Original version by ABBA 1981); modified / reworked for the musical by Björn Ulvaeus:

Here's to us one more toast and then we'll pay the bill

Deep inside both of us can feel the autumn chill

Birds of passage, you and me

We fly instinctively

When the summer's over and the dark clouds hide the sun

Neither you nor I'm to blame when all is said and done

It's been there in my dreams the scene i see unfold

Who at last flesh and blood to cherish and hold

Jealous fools will suffer yes i know and i confess

once i lost my way when something good had just began

lesson learned its history all is said and done

In our lives we have walked some strange and lonely treks

Slightly worn but dignified and not too old for sex

We're still striving for the sky

No taste for humble pie

Thanks for all your generous love and thanks for all the fun

Neither you nor I'm to blame when all is said and done

It's so strange when you're down and lying on the floor

How you rise, shake your head, get up and ask for more

Clear-headed and open-eyed

With nothing left to try

Standing calmly at the crossroads,no desire to run

There's no hurry any more when all is said and done

Standing calmly at the crossroads,no desire to run

There's no hurry any more when all is said and done