13 Cringe-Worthy Movie Moments That Completely Ruined Great Songs

5. S.O.S. (ABBA) - Mamma Mia

Love 'em or hate 'em, ABBA is one of the biggest, most successful bands the world has ever seen, leading to a stage show in the band's name called Mamma Mia, and the inevitable movie adaptation starring Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried and Pierce Brosnan. Yes, Pierce Brosnan: James Bond, remember? Well, his and Streep's rendition of ABBA's smash hit S.O.S. is easily the movie's low-point, a masterwork of unintentional hilarity, as Streep tries pretty hard, and Brosnan gives possibly the shoddiest vocal performance by a major star in motion picture history. One critic referred to his ropey singing voice as " physically pained choking out the lyrics, as if he's being subjected to a prostate exam just outside of the camera's eye." It's truly impressive that auto-tuning and various computer tricks weren't able to fix his terrible effort, or that executives heard his performance and didn't immediately re-dub it with a sound-a-like. Brosnan especially appears to struggle with the "When you're gone..." line, straining his throat and making the whole thing sound even more hilariously awkward. Duly, Brosnan won a Worst Supporting Actor award at the Razzies, but that doesn't stop his dying animal voice from permeating the song every time we hear it forever more.