# What song would you want played at your funeral? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 14, 2002, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905 "2002-07-14T08:25:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RZA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@RZA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RZA)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/1 "2002-07-14T08:25:34Z")
I know this topic has been done before. What song(s) would you want them to play at your funeral? Would it be your favourite song? Would it be happy or sad? My choices: Highway to Hell - AC/DC Another One Bites The Dust - Queen ---
**Author:** ![tetsusaru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f14d63/32.png) [@tetsusaru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tetsusaru)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/2 "2002-07-14T09:32:09Z")
Depends. If I`m cremated, it`s Burn, by Deep Purple. If I`m buried, it`s Going Underground, by The Jam. And if any of my bits go to medical science, it`s Gary Gilmore`s Eyes, by The Adverts. All together now: “Gary don`t need his eyes to see. Gary and his eyes have parted com-pan-eeee!” ---
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/3 "2002-07-14T09:41:49Z")
“Bohemian Rhapsody” “Smells Like Teen Spirit” ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/4 "2002-07-14T09:48:25Z")
“Our Native Land” by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. That’s what we played at my dad’s memorial service. I liked it. Also, something by another favorite, film composer Jerry Goldsmith. Hmm…I dunno, what piece of his would I want played? Maybe something from his score to “A Patch of Blue” (that’s a simple yet elegant score) or “Lilies of the Field”. And the score to “Love Field” is beautiful as well. Also, something from Ennio Morricone’s “Days of Heaven” score. _That_ would be lovely too. ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/5 "2002-07-14T10:34:03Z")
“My Way” by Frank Sinatra. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/6 "2002-07-14T12:53:04Z")
my way by sid vicious The ramones : I dont want to grow up pet semetary by bad religion: better off dead horray for me by social distortion: ball and chain it could of been me i was wrong That will piss off most of my relatives 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/7 "2002-07-14T13:06:07Z")
Cool Question 😃 Protect Ya Neck by Wu-Tang Clan if was discovered hanging from a noose (sp?) 911 Is a Joke by Public Enemy if the ambulance got stuck in traffic Murder One by Bone, Thugs n Harmony if I get shot “Go Away” “Loser” by Snoop Dogg and Beck if I manage to receive a posthumus [Darwin Award](http://www.darwinawards.com) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/8 "2002-07-14T13:56:31Z")
I’m thinking “YMCA” would be fitting. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/9 "2002-07-14T15:04:14Z")
Adagio in G Minor - Tomaso Albinoni (and may that day be very far off in the future!) ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/10 "2002-07-14T15:23:42Z")
Any polka the string quartet is willing to attempt. A string quartet attempting a polka is worth coming back to see. Hey, lets throw in a bagpipe with the string quartet and make it really painful. My reasons for the choice is that if I have to miss enjoying the stupid get together no one else should enjoy it either. ---
**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/11 "2002-07-14T15:26:33Z")
‘Saying Goodbye’ by The Muppets ---
**Author:** ![Swinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Swinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swinger)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/12 "2002-07-14T15:55:59Z")
Dead, by Korn. ---
**Author:** ![Potter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Potter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potter)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/13 "2002-07-14T16:11:08Z")
A friend has already chosen “Who’s Sorry Now?”, so I’d have to go for “If They Could See Me Now”. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/14 "2002-07-14T16:14:24Z")
“Yes, We Have No Bananas.” ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/15 "2002-07-14T16:56:50Z")
“Fanfare for the Common Man” by Aaron Copland. [http://www.wwnorton.com/sounds/sony/56K/6240101\_56.ram](http://www.wwnorton.com/sounds/sony/56K/6240101_56.ram) ---
**Author:** ![airdisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@airdisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/airdisc)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/16 "2002-07-14T17:23:46Z")
“I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor, just for irony’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/17 "2002-07-14T17:27:34Z")
_Disco Duck_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/18 "2002-07-14T17:35:05Z")
Just for the record, I do _not_ want my hand propped in my coffin in a “Gotcha Ya!” pose. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/19 "2002-07-14T17:54:01Z")
Thundar Road by Bruce Springstein ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2002, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/20 "2002-07-14T17:55:54Z")
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