Everyone's last tune

Respect

Aretha Franklin

Skinny Love

Bon Iver

"It's tangled up with some of my favourite memories, and a few sad ones too."

In My Life

The Beatles

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

John Wayne Gacy, Jr.

Sufjan Stevens

"This song has got me through more than I can say."

Creep

Radiohead

Superstition

Stevie Wonder

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

No Surprises

Radiohead

"It's the one I'd pick on any day, for any reason."

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

Running Up That Hill

Kate Bush

"This song is defiance set to music, and that's how I want to be remembered."

Cemeteries of London

Coldplay

Tiny Dancer

Elton John

"We chose this for our wedding because it said everything we couldn't."

Teardrop

Massive Attack

"I want people to sit with this, even if it's uncomfortable."

Hotel California

Eagles

"This is the song I scream along to when I need to let something out."

Someone Like You

Adele

"I played this on repeat after I lost someone I loved."

Rolling in the Deep

Adele

"I want people to feel the weight of this, just for a moment."

Space Oddity

David Bowie

Black

Pearl Jam

"This song has got me through more than I can say."

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel

Stairway to Heaven

Led Zeppelin

"It's the song that makes sense of everything else."

Comfortably Numb

Pink Floyd

"This song understands something about endings that I never could put into words."