Rita Ora: 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.

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Recorded Rita Ora said elsewhere, not written here

Frank Sinatra singing My Way.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 August 2015 source ↗

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Gina McKee British actress

Ronald Binge’s Sailing By.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 January 2016 source ↗

Joan Jett American singer, songwriter and guitarist

Amazing Grace, on bagpipes.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 November 2020 source ↗

Gloria Gaynor Singer

A song I wrote called I Want to See You. It’s about reunion – about seeing your loved ones again in heaven. That’s the message I’d want to leave behind.

Recorded The Guardian, Honest playlist, The Guardian, 21 June 2026 source ↗

Timmy Mallett Broadcaster and painter

At my late brother Martin’s funeral we played He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother by the Hollies. Martin lived a life that inspired me with the way he approached his learning difficulties and the love he showed us all with his Down’s syndrome. I often think that extra chromosome of Down’s syndrome is a chromosome of love, and you can’t have too much love in the world, can you?

Recorded The Guardian, Honest playlist, The Guardian, 1 January 2024 source ↗