A song people chose
Big Yellow Taxi
by Joni Mitchell
135 people have chosen this as their last tune
Folk · 1970 · Ladies of the Canyon
Why they chose it
"This was always playing in the background growing up."
"I want people to know exactly who they were saying goodbye to."
"This was the record that was always playing at family gatherings."
"It's the kind of song that makes you want to get up and move."
"I want this to be the thing people associate with me, long after."
"It's imperfect and messy and that's the point."
"Every word of this song means something to me."
"There's a reason this is still my favourite, after all this time."
"It's the song I'd want stuck in everyone's head afterwards."
"I've never once skipped this song. Not once."
"I want whoever's there to know this was a deliberate choice, and it mattered."
"Life is too short not to go out on a banger."
"It's the kind of song that makes you want to get up and move."
"It reminds me of car journeys with my family, windows down."
"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."