What song would you like played at your funeral?

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Recorded Stephen Merchant said elsewhere, not written here
Is That All There Is? by Peggy Lee.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2013 source ↗

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Adrian Edmondson English actor, comedian, musician and writer
Jazz, Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. Whenever Rik and I got stuck writing a script, we would put this on and the world would immediately seem to be a more stupidly brilliant place again.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 July 2018 source ↗
Tracy-Ann Oberman Actor and writer
Our family song – Three Is A Magic Number, which my husband played me on the way back from the maternity hospital.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 August 2021 source ↗
Sara Pascoe English comedian, presenter, writer
Nothing – I don’t like music. I want my funeral to be uncomfortably quiet.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 July 2018 source ↗

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