# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Fish42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@Fish42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish42)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/61 "2002-07-16T17:33:39Z")
“We’ll Meet Again” For the wake: “In Heaven There Is No Beer” (“In heaven there is no beer/That’s why we drink it here”) ---
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/62 "2002-07-16T19:09:37Z")
“One Step Beyond” by Madness And all my friends have to get up and dance to it. ---
**Author:** ![king\_of\_spain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7cd45c/32.png) [@king\_of\_spain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/king_of_spain)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/63 "2002-07-16T20:35:37Z")
A good jazz version of “When the Saints Go Marching In” and Great Big Sea’s version of “The Night Pat Murphy Died.” ---
**Author:** ![mr.greg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@mr.greg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.greg)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/64 "2002-07-16T21:03:46Z")
**MAN IN THE BOX** by Alice In Chains also **THEM BONES** by Alice In Chains **BROKEDOWN PALACE** by the Dead **LIVE FOREVER** by Oasis oh yeah one more **ALL APOLOGIES** by Nirvana but only if I die young ---
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/65 "2002-07-16T21:45:30Z")
I can’t believe nobody has said Jeff Buckley’s version of ‘Satisfied Mind.’ Come on people. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/66 "2002-07-16T22:04:07Z")
**Danny Boy** **Let it Be** Mozart’s **Requiem** ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/67 "2002-07-17T01:41:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HenrySpencer \* > **I love those lyrics, Coldy, but aren’t they from _When The Crowds Are Gone_?** They’re from both songs, to be precise. First appeared in _WTCAG_, then later in _Believe_, and even later in _Chris’ Song_, on the _Handful of Rain_ album. I took that verse because of its impact, but the entire _Believe_ [lyrics](http://www.savatage.com/bandinfo/albums/streets/believe.html) are beautiful. In addition, it’s a very powerful ballad, finishing an even more awesome album. But I digress. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/68 "2002-07-17T03:16:40Z")
“Gone” by Jerry Cantrell. Definitely. The S&M version of “Nothing Else Matters” by Metallica, because it’s my favorite recording of it. “Fade to Black” by Apocalyptica. Metallica on cellos. “Simple Man” by Lynyrd Skynyrd. As people pay their last respects, “Little Wing” by Stevie Ray Vaughan. -brianjedi ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/69 "2002-07-17T04:07:29Z")
“Funeral for a Friend” by Elton John however, I am going to live forever and never die. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/70 "2002-07-17T12:42:14Z")
I’ve got a list that i have had written down for awhile–i leave it to someone smarter than i to figure out why i’ve done this. Everyday Is like Sunday-- The Smiths Gimme Shelter and Paint it Black-- Rolling Stones Ordinary World and Save A Prayer Duran Duran Halloween --Ministry Don’ t Drink the Water-- Dave Matthews Band Unforgiven I and II , Nothing Else Matter-- Metallica Private Universe, Help is Coming, In the Lowlands, Distant Sun all by Crowded House ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/71 "2002-07-17T13:09:22Z")
**The Lap Dance is Always Better when the Stripper is Crying** by the Bloodhound Gang. ---
**Author:** ![aquariusrhimme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@aquariusrhimme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aquariusrhimme)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/72 "2002-07-17T14:37:44Z")
Monster Bash or the Addam’s Family Theme Even the funeral March (I love that song) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/73 "2002-07-17T14:53:48Z")
71 replies and no one has mentioned **I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead** by Warren Zevon??? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/74 "2002-07-17T15:16:30Z")
Siegfreid’s Funeral March from Gotterdammerung. But then, hey I’ll be dead, so who cares? ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/75 "2002-07-17T16:00:05Z")
First, _So What_ by Miles Davis. Then, _Dimuenndo and Crescendo in Blue_ by The Duke Ellington Orchestra, from the live at Newport album featuring Paul Gonslaves. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/76 "2002-07-17T16:11:16Z")
I’m shocked, and appalled, that no one has taken my choice yet: Norman Greenbaum’s **Spirit in the Sky**. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905/77 "2002-07-17T18:58:25Z")
Damn Coldie, first your a Rush fan now I find out your a Savatage fan too? Plus you ride a motorcycle, hell if you wern’t a mod I might actually have some respect for you! 😃 As for my own picks it’d have to be Killed by Death by Motorhead Hallowed by Thy Name and Powerslave by Iron Maiden and possibly Going to the Run by Golden Earring [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-would-you-want-played-at-your-funeral/118905.md?page=3)