Everyone's last tune

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman

This Is the Day

The The

"I want people to leave smiling, not crying."

Take On Me

a-ha

"It captures exactly how I feel about being alive."

Kiss

Prince

With or Without You

U2

Baby Can I Hold You

Tracy Chapman

This Is the Day

The The

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

Running Up That Hill

Kate Bush

Dancing in the Dark

Bruce Springsteen

"It's loud, it's defiant, and that's exactly how I want to go out."

Running Up That Hill

Kate Bush

Kiss

Prince

"It's the kind of song that makes you want to get up and move."

Take On Me

a-ha

"I've never once skipped this song. Not once."

Africa

Toto

Take On Me

a-ha

Kiss

Prince

"I want this to send everyone off in a good mood."

Purple Rain

Prince

Africa

Toto

"This song is, weirdly, the most 'me' thing I own."

Dancing in the Dark

Bruce Springsteen

"It's the song I'd want as my final word, in a way."

Take On Me

a-ha

Purple Rain

Prince