A song people chose
Baby Can I Hold You
by Tracy Chapman
145 people have chosen this as their last tune
Folk · 1988 · Tracy Chapman
Why they chose it
"It just feels true, every single time."
"I want people to feel the ache in this, because it's real."
"It's just always felt like it belonged to me."
"I want the room to feel exactly what I feel when I hear this."
"It's the song I want people thinking of when they think of me."
"Some songs you just know belong to you."
"It's the song that played when I knew I'd marry them."
"I want this to be a moment of stillness before everything moves on."
"It's heavy, but it's honest, and I want honesty."
"It's the one song that makes me feel truly alive."
"We walked down the aisle to this song."
"We chose this for our wedding because it said everything we couldn't."
"There's a line in this song that always gets me."
"I want this playing so people know exactly who I was."
"I want people to know I went out exactly as myself."
"I want people to feel the ache in this, because it's real."
"This is, in a way, my closing statement."
"I've loved this since the first time I heard it, and that hasn't changed."
"Simple. Beautiful. True."
"It's the song I'd want carved into the memory of the day."