Everyone's last tune

Let Her Go

Passenger

Take On Me

a-ha

"It reminds me of car journeys with my family, windows down."

Stairway to Heaven

Led Zeppelin

Amsterdam

Coldplay

Yesterday

The Beatles

Let It Be

The Beatles

"It's my way of having the last word."

Losing My Religion

R.E.M.

Re: Stacks

Bon Iver

Mad World

Gary Jules

"It says what I never could."

The Scientist

Coldplay

I Will Always Love You

Whitney Houston

Baby Can I Hold You

Tracy Chapman

Bitter Sweet Symphony

The Verve

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

Bitter Sweet Symphony

The Verve

Stairway to Heaven

Led Zeppelin

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

Blackbird

The Beatles

Mr. Brightside

The Killers

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

Lose Yourself

Eminem

"I want the room buzzing, not silent."

I Will Follow You into the Dark

Death Cab for Cutie

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

The Sound of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel

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