Shania Twain’s honest playlist: ‘If Dancing Queen comes on, you rush out’
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- Shania Twain named "Gabriel's Oboe" by Ennio Morricone from The Mission soundtrack as the song that changed her life, saying it "hit me hard."
- Shania Twain said she loves Abba and admitted she "secretly listens to Lloyd Webber" in the interview.
- Shania Twain said "If Dancing Queen comes on, you rush out," describing her reaction to the Abba classic.
- Shania Twain teased an unnamed British heartthrob's single as the track that gets her out of bed in the morning, declining to name the heartthrob.
Why it matters: Shania Twain's reveal that Morricone's cinematic 'Gabriel's Oboe' — not a country or pop track — changed her life gives fans a look at influences outside her Nashville roots, while her Lloyd Webber 'secret' hints at a taste list that stretches from film scores to West End musicals.
