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Summer Breeze, by the Isley Brothers.
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Beverley Knight
Singer and stage actor
It’s another bloody Prince song, I’m so sorry – Mountains. I love how the chord structure ascends and the vocals – “It’s only mountains and the sea / There’s nothing greater than you and me” – feel like an ascension. I’d like to think, when I shuffle off this mortal coil, I’m going to be ascending as opposed to descending. I think I’ve been a good girl.
Gemma Whelan
English actress
I want people to really, really cry so The Lark Ascending by Vaughan Williams.
Sinéad O'Connor
Irish singer and songwriter
Bob Marley's Ride Natty Ride.
Chris O'Dowd
Irish actor and comedian
Monster Mash, by Bobby Pickett.
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