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I’m torn between Fauré’s Requiem and The Long And Winding Road.
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Griff Rhys Jones
British actor and comedian
No songs, please. Don’t make a fuss.
Steve Pemberton
British actor and comedian
Tears Of Laughter by Cheese and Crackers. We wrote it for an episode of Inside No 9 and it ends “Laughter is my memory of you...”
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.
Emeli Sandé
British singer
Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder: it would leave everyone feeling good.
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