# What song do you want played at your funeral? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 19, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548 "2000-10-19T16:42:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/201 "2014-01-14T15:04:18Z")
“Good Riddance (The Time of Your Life)” by Green Day “What A Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong “The '59 Sound” by The Gaslight Anthem. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/202 "2014-01-14T15:22:09Z")
If I’ve earned it, [The Sickbed of Cuchulainn](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8ZAqxg__Rs). If not (or if my parents outlive me), [Let It Be](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcBnJw-H2wQ). ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/203 "2014-01-14T15:36:15Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Like any good Episcopalian, I’m not allowing anyone to leave before the entire congregation sings all eight stanzas of [For All the Saints](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_All_the_Saints). (#287 in the _Hymnal 1982_ found in your pew.) You will, of course, have arranged for someone to stand up and yell “one more time from the top!” right after the last stanza, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/204 "2014-01-16T07:03:37Z")
“Don’t Let Us Get Sick”-Warren Zevon [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOkAU9gOm0w) ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/205 "2014-01-16T12:49:19Z")
“Just a few more weary days, and then I’ll fly away. To a land where joys will never end I’ll flay away.” The Allison Krause version is heavenly, I swear. ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/206 "2014-01-17T14:36:55Z")
Any song performed on the kazoo. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548/207 "2014-01-17T15:10:24Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You revived a ten and a half year old thread…but I wonder if any of those who posted got their wish? While this is still a valid topic, it’s easy enough to start a new one. If anyone would like to, Cafe Society would be the place. Closing this thread. RIP. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/37548.md?page=10)