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Cell Block Tango from the musical Chicago.
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What song would you want played at your funeral?Originally asked
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Jenna Coleman
English actress
Something tongue-in-cheek: Rescue Me.
Matt Smith
English actor
I don't want to think that far ahead, but a song I like is Herb Alpert's This Guy's In Love With You. Let's pretend it's going to be played at my wedding instead.
Bella Freud
British fashion designer
Get Up, Stand Up by Bob Marley.
Joan Bakewell
English journalist, television presenter and politician
A hymn called The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended.
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An electric-yellow mohair rug.
When I broke my toe.
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