Popular Song Choices For Funerals
Classical Music
Ave Maria – Schubert
Ave Maria – Bach
Ave Verum Corpus – Mozart
Laudate Dominum – Mozart
O Mio Babbino Caro – Puccini
Panis Angelicus – Franck
Pie Jesu – Faure, Lloyd Webber, Rutter
The Lord Bless You and Keep You – Rutter
Time To Say Goodbye – Sarah Brightman, Andrea Bocelli
Hymns and Worship Songs
Be Still For The Presence of the Lord
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
Do not be afraid, for I have redeemed you
For Your Glory (Tasha Cobbs)
Great is thy faithfulness
Guide Me O Thou Grea Redeemer
He Knows My Name (Tasha Cobbs)
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty
How Great Thou Art
How Great Is Our God (Chris Tomlin)
I Vow To Thee My Country
In Christ Alone
It Is Well (both the hymn and the song by Kristene Di Marco, Bethel)
Jerusalem
Love Divine
Lord of all Hopefulness
Make Me A Channel of Your Peace
Morning Has Broken
Oceans (Hillsong)
On Christ The Solid Rock I Stand (My hope is built on nothing less)
My Life, My Love, My All (Kirk Franklin)
My Life Is In Your Hands (Kirk Franklin)
Take Me To The King (Tamela Mann)
The Goodness of God (Bethel Music)
What A Friend We Have In Jesus
What A Day That Will Be
Pop Music
A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)
Angels (Robbie Williams)
Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell)
Blinded By Your Grace (Stormzy)
Bridge Over Troubled Water (Aretha Franklin)
Danny Boy (traditional Irish folk song)
Fields of Gold (Sting / Eva Cassidy)
Hero (Mariah Carey)
Higher Love (Steve Winwood)
I Believe (Michael Ball/Alfie Boe)
I’ll See You Again (Westlife)
I’ll Take You There (Staple Singers)
I Say A Little Prayer (Aretha Franklin)
Lean On Me (Bill Withers)
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door (inspired by Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
My Heart Will Go On (Celine Dion)
One Sweet Day (Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men)
Over The Rainbow (inspired by Israel Kamakawiwoole)
Over The Rainbow (from Wizard of Oz)
People Get Ready (Eva Cassidy)
Simply The Best – Tina Turner (fast or slow versions)
Something Inside So Strong (Labi Siffre)
Songbird (Eva Cassidy)
Smile (Nat King Cole)
Stand By Me (Ben. E King)
There must be an angel (Eurythmics)
They Can’t Take That Away From Me (Ella Fitzgerald)
Unforgettable (Nat King Cole)
Walk On By (Dionne Warwick)
We’ll Meet Again (Vera Lynn)
What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler)
You Raise Me Up (Westlife)
You’ll Never Walk Alone – from Carousel
You’ve Got A Friend (Carole King)