A song people chose
by Prince
37 people have chosen this as their last tune
Why they chose it
Purple Rain
Prince
"I want people to walk away thinking 'that was so them'."
"I want people to feel the ache in this, because it's real."
"Simple. Beautiful. True."
"This song is rebellion, and I want one last act of it."
"It's the song I turn to when I need to feel less alone."
"I've loved this since the first time I heard it, and that hasn't changed."
"It's the one song that makes me feel truly alive."
"This song is about loss, but somehow it feels like hope."
"I want whoever's in that room to know I loved deeply."
"It's the song that makes sense of everything else."
"This is how I'd want to be summed up, if it came to that."
"It says what I never could."
"It's angry and cathartic and exactly what I needed when I found it."
"It's the truest thing I know how to share."
"It's the song that taught me grief and love are the same thing, really."
"I want whoever's left to know I was at peace."
"It's the song that plays in my head on good days and bad ones."
"I want this to be a moment of stillness before everything moves on."
"I want people to sit with this, even if it's uncomfortable."
"Some songs you just know belong to you."