A song people chose
Baby Can I Hold You
by Tracy Chapman
122 people have chosen this as their last tune
Folk · 1988 · Tracy Chapman
Why they chose it
"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."
"This is the song I want people to remember me by."
"This song was playing when we said our vows."
"I want this to be the last good thing people hear."
"I want this to be the quiet thank you I never got round to saying."
"This is the song that brought our families together on the dance floor."
"We've claimed this as 'our song' and no one can take it from us."
"I want people to really listen to the words this time."
"We chose this for our wedding because it said everything we couldn't."
"There's a sadness in this song that feels like comfort, somehow."
"I want whoever's there to know this was a deliberate choice, and it mattered."
"If you know this song, you know me."