The most popular songs played at funerals have been revealed, with no traditional hymns making the top 10 for the first time. Frank Sinatra's My Way tops the chart, with Robbie Williams' Angels and ...

Classic hymns and contemporary options. The most popular funeral songs are those that are comforting as well as uplifting. Traditional and contemporary Christian songs fit this category well. However, ...

Hymns are out, Ed Sheeran is in! According to new data from a group of UK funeral directors (via The Guardian), there were no traditional hymns among the top 10 most-played songs at funerals for the ...

My lawyer has advised me to bring my will up to date, seeing as how I wrote my last one 25 years ago. Suffice it to say that things have changed since then. One of the things that hasn't changed is ...

"O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done." These evocative lines from Walt Whitman's famous poem encapsulate the emotional weight many of us feel when confronted with the end of a life journey ...

Pop favourites from the likes of Ed Sheeran and Stormzy are among the new requests for music to be played at funerals. That's the finding of funeral providers who are increasingly seeing a move away ...

Ed Sheeran makes music to follow the human life cycle. The English singer-songwriter has already dominated wedding playlists, and he’s turning to funerals next. Sheeran’s “Supermarket Flowers” is a ...

The list of the fifteen most played funeral songs has been revealed by SunLife. And the results are quite unexpected. The Cost of Dying Report reveals Frank Sinatra's 'My Way' is the most popular song ...

‘Abide With Me’ is the song most likely to be played at a funeral, according to SunLife’s Cost of Dying report, closely followed by ‘My Way’ by Frank Sinatra, and ‘Time to Say Goodbye’ by Sarah ...

Monty Python‘s “Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life,” the jaunty singalong that first appeared in the comedy troupe’s 1979 film The Life of Brian, has long been a staple at funerals for its ...

Queen Elizabeth II is being laid to rest in a state funeral on Monday (19 September). The late monarch’s funeral began at 11am, after King Charles III led a procession to Westminster Abbey from ...

Co-op Funeralcare has today unveiled its 2025 Funeral Music Chart, sharing the UK's top 10 most popular funeral songs. The chart, first launched in 2002, sees Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman's Time ...