The question
What song would you want played at your funeral?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A fixed Guardian Q&A prompt asked directly across respondents and years.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Is That All There Is? by Peggy Lee. I find it uplifting, because we all suffer these things in life. Will my funeral be happy or sad? Depends who you’re talking to. Some people will be happy. A couple will be sad. But I’d like a jolly affair.
The Guardian, Honest playlist, The Guardian, 16 November 2025 source ↗
A song by Ellie Goulding – I am not telling you which one.
Chopin's Romance – Larghetto.
Not one of mine.
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien. And my headstone should read: “Game, set and match.”
Kim Gordon, Gavin Rossdale, Bobby Gillespie, James Bay, Sinéad O'Connor, Jacob Collier
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