Everyone's last tune

Africa

Toto

"I want people to feel something, not just sit there."

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman

"It's the one song I'd never want to live without."

Baby Can I Hold You

Tracy Chapman

"This is the song I want people to remember me by."

This Is the Day

The The

"This is the song that makes the bad days feel survivable."

Baby Can I Hold You

Tracy Chapman

Sweet Child O' Mine

Guns N' Roses

"I can't explain it. I just know it's the one."

Take On Me

a-ha

"This is how I'd want to be summed up, if it came to that."

Africa

Toto

Take On Me

a-ha

"There's a reason this is still my favourite, after all this time."

Take On Me

a-ha

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman

"I want whoever's in that room to know I loved deeply."

With or Without You

U2

"Simple. Beautiful. True."

Take On Me

a-ha

Take On Me

a-ha

"This song makes me believe things generally work out."

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman

Purple Rain

Prince

"This is how I'd want to be summed up, if it came to that."

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman

"This was the record that was always playing at family gatherings."

Kiss

Prince

"This song is as close to a self-portrait as I'll ever get."

With or Without You

U2

"It's the kind of song that makes you glad to have been here."

Baby Can I Hold You

Tracy Chapman