Everyone's last tune

Fast Car

Tracy Chapman

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

"I want people to walk away thinking 'that was so them'."

Black Hole Sun

Soundgarden

"It's the last thing I want ringing in people's ears."

Death With Dignity

Sufjan Stevens

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

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell

"This song reminds me of long summers that felt like they'd never end."

Let It Be

The Beatles

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

Heroes

David Bowie

Take On Me

a-ha

Fix You

Coldplay

"Some things don't need explaining. This is one of them."

The Funeral

Band of Horses

Sweet Child O' Mine

Guns N' Roses

"There's a line in this song that always gets me."

Alright

Kendrick Lamar

"It just feels true, every single time."

Exit Music (For a Film)

Radiohead

Kiss

Prince

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

Unfinished Sympathy

Massive Attack

Casimir Pulaski Day

Sufjan Stevens

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

First Day of My Life

Bright Eyes

"It still gives me butterflies, even now."

What's Going On

Marvin Gaye

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

I Will Follow You into the Dark

Death Cab for Cutie

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

No Surprises

Radiohead