What song would you like played at your funeral?

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Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go by Wham!

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 September 2016 source ↗

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Terence Conran British restaurateur and designer
I have asked a fireworks company to put my ashes in a collection of rockets, so I think the right tune is Handel’s firework music.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 August 2016 source ↗

Sheryl Crow American singer-songwriter
The Rolling Stones’ You Can’t Always Get What You Want.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 April 2017 source ↗

An incredibly long one – maybe the entire St Matthew Passion – just so everybody would have to sit in the church for hours.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 August 2018 source ↗

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