A song people chose
Big Yellow Taxi
by Joni Mitchell
111 people have chosen this as their last tune
Folk · 1970 · Ladies of the Canyon
Why they chose it
"I want people to feel something, not just sit there."
"It reminds me of dancing in the kitchen with people I love."
"It just feels true, every single time."
"The lyrics say everything I've never been able to."
"Simple. Beautiful. True."
"I want this to be the last good thing people hear."
"I want people to remember the sound of this, not the silence after."
"This was the song that played on every road trip we ever took."
"This song belongs to a version of my life I think about often."
"It's the song that makes sense of everything else."
"It reminds me of car journeys with my family, windows down."
"It's the song I'd want as the final note of my story."
"This song reminds me of people who aren't here anymore, in a good way."
"There's a line in this song that always gets me."
"Some things don't need explaining. This is one of them."
"It's the soundtrack to every version of me."
"This is the song I want people to remember me by."
"I'd rather be remembered through this than through a eulogy."
"Some songs you just know belong to you."
"I'd rather be remembered through this than through a eulogy."