Everyone's last tune

Stand by Me

Ben E. King

"It's the truest thing I know how to share."

Yesterday

The Beatles

"I used to play this on repeat during the hardest year of my life. It helped."

Waterloo Sunset

The Kinks

Space Oddity

David Bowie

"I've loved this since the first time I heard it, and that hasn't changed."

Respect

Aretha Franklin

In My Life

The Beatles

"It's the soundtrack to the moments that mattered most."

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

Space Oddity

David Bowie

Space Oddity

David Bowie

Ring of Fire

Johnny Cash

"This song is rebellion, and I want one last act of it."

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell

"It's the most honest thing I know how to share about how hard life can be."

Ring of Fire

Johnny Cash

"I want whoever's there to know this was a deliberate choice, and it mattered."

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell

"This song belongs to a version of my life I think about often."

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell

"I want this to be the thing people associate with me, long after."

Yesterday

The Beatles

"I've loved this since the first time I heard it, and that hasn't changed."

Ring of Fire

Johnny Cash

"It's my way of having the last word."

Respect

Aretha Franklin

"Out of everything I've ever loved, this stays."

Here Comes the Sun

The Beatles

"It's the song I'd want stuck in everyone's head afterwards."

Stand by Me

Ben E. King

Blackbird

The Beatles

"I want whoever's left to know I was at peace."