Everyone's last tune

Blackbird

The Beatles

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

Exit Music (For a Film)

Radiohead

Transatlanticism

Death Cab for Cutie

"I want people to feel the ache in this, because it's real."

The Night We Met

Lord Huron

"This is the sound of everything I couldn't say to the people I lost."

Tenerife Sea

Ed Sheeran

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

"I want this to be the last good thing people hear."

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman

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

Losing My Religion

R.E.M.

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

Hotel California

Eagles

"It's the song that's always been there, quietly, in the background of my life."

Kiss

Prince

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

Exit Music (For a Film)

Radiohead

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

Someone Like You

Adele

"Every word of this song means something to me."

Mr. Brightside

The Killers

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

Angels

Robbie Williams

"I want this to be a moment for whoever needs to grieve, properly."

Mad World

Gary Jules

Dreams

Fleetwood Mac

"This was always playing in the background growing up."

Re: Stacks

Bon Iver

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

"I want people to leave humming this, not crying."

Unfinished Sympathy

Massive Attack

"The artist wrote this when they were broken. So was I when I found it."

With or Without You

U2

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