Slipping Through My Fingers was originally released by ABBA in 1981 on the album The Visitors, written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and sung by Agnetha Fältskog about a mother watching her daughter grow up. It reached a wider audience through the Mamma Mia stage musical and the 2008 film, where the song underscores a mother-daughter farewell. In recent years, short excerpts have circulated online in nostalgic edits, graduation videos and family montages, keeping its quiet reflection on passing time familiar to new generations of listeners.