Elaine Paige: What song would you like played at your funeral?

What song would you like played at your funeral?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Elaine Paige said elsewhere, not written here

Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien. And my headstone should read: “Game, set and match.”

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 September 2016 source ↗

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Suggs Singer

Is That All There Is? by Peggy Lee. I find it uplifting, because we all suffer these things in life. Will my funeral be happy or sad? Depends who you’re talking to. Some people will be happy. A couple will be sad. But I’d like a jolly affair.

Recorded The Guardian, Honest playlist, The Guardian, 16 November 2025 source ↗

Julie Andrews English actress, singer and author

Something triumphant, I couldn’t tell you what but something vibrant and joyous.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 October 2019 source ↗

Julia Stiles American actress

When The Saints Go Marching In, by a New Orleans second line band.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2015 source ↗

Kim Gordon American musician and artist

Cortez The Killer, by Neil Young.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2020 source ↗

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Question How close have you come to death? Death & what remains

One night in Cats, I missed my footing and nearly plunged more than 30ft. As if by magic, the stage manager’s hand appeared and winched me from certain death.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 September 2016 source ↗