Funeral Music & Songs

Funeral songs play a major part in a funeral service. Changing trends in funeral music from hymns to contemporary songs is a good example of this.  Whether it’s a tear-jerker, rock anthem, upbeat or quirky song, demand for this type of funeral music is increasing.

What are good funeral songs?

Chosen carefully, the right funeral song can be a personal reminder to family and friends of happy times but with so many different songs to choose from, where do you start? To help, here is a list of the UK’s top 10 funeral songs, classical pieces and more unusual options.

In this section you will find the results of a recent survey conducted by The Co-operative Funeralcare showing some of the most popular pieces of funeral songs and funeral music. This includes:

• Top 10 Funeral Songs
• Top 10 Classical Funeral Music

Top 10 Funeral Hymns

• Abide With Me
• The Lord is My Shepherd
• All Things Bright and Beautiful
• Old Rugged Cross
• How Great Thou Art
• Amazing Grace
• Jerusalem
• Morning has Broken
• The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended
• Make Me A Channel Of Your Peace

Top 10 Funeral Songs

• My Way - Frank Sinatra / Shirley Bassey
• Time to Say Goodbye - Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli
• Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler
• Over the Rainbow - Eva Cassidy
• Angels - Robbie Williams
• You Raise Me Up - Westlife / Boyzone / Josh Grobin
• You’ll Never Walk Alone - Gerry and the Pacemakers
• We’ll Meet Again - Vera Lynn
• My Heart Will Go - On Celine Dion
• Unforgettable  - Nat King Cole

Top 10 Classical Funeral Songs

• Nimrod from Enigma Variations - Elgar
• Canon in D - Pachelbel
• Ave Maria - Schubert
• Nessun Dorma - Puccini
• Pie Jesu from Requiem - Faure
• The Four Seasons - Vivaldi
• Adagio - Albinoni / Bizet
• Air on a G String - Bach
• Largo from Xerxes - Handel
• Clare de Lune - Debussy

Top Unusual Funeral Songs

• Always Look on the Bright Side of Life Eric Idle
• Ying Tong Song Spike Milligan
• Bat Out of Hell Meatloaf
• Spirit in the Sky Doctor and the Medics
• Match of the Day TV Theme
• One Foot in the Grave TV Theme
• TV Countdown music
• Last of the Summer Wine TV Theme
• Dr Who TV Theme
• Top Gear TV Theme
• The X Files TV Theme
• Red Dwarf TV Theme
• Six Feet Under TV Theme
• The Muppets ‘It’s Time to Face the Music’ TV Theme

Rock & Modern Songs

• Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
• Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
• Who wants to live forever - Queen
• Highway to Hell - AC/DC
• Lay me down - Sam Smith
• Another one bites the dust - Queen
• Knocking on heavens door
• My Immortal - Evanescence
• Halo - Beyonce
• I'll be missing you - P Diddy
• Wonderwall - Oasis
• Yellow - Colplay
• One day like this - Elbow

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