Everyone's last tune

Respect

Aretha Franklin

John Wayne Gacy, Jr.

Sufjan Stevens

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

Good Vibrations

The Beach Boys

"It's the song I want people thinking of when they think of me."

Big Yellow Taxi

Joni Mitchell

"It's the smell of my childhood home, somehow, in song form."

Imagine

John Lennon

"It's joyful, and that's exactly the note I want to end on."

Lose Yourself

Eminem

This Is the Day

The The

Don't Stop Me Now

Queen

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

Black

Pearl Jam

First Day of My Life

Bright Eyes

In My Life

The Beatles

Heroes

David Bowie

"It says what I never could."

Holocene

Bon Iver

Hurt

Johnny Cash

Such Great Heights

The Postal Service

"I want this to be the soundtrack of how people picture me, after."

What a Wonderful World

Louis Armstrong

"This one's mine. Always has been."

Heroes

David Bowie

"It's the ultimate feel-good song, and I mean that."

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

Monty Python

"It makes me feel like everything will be okay."

The Drugs Don't Work

The Verve

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

Unfinished Sympathy

Massive Attack

"I want people to know exactly who they were saying goodbye to."