A song people chose
What a Wonderful World
by Louis Armstrong
159 people have chosen this as their last tune
Jazz · 1967 · What a Wonderful World
Why they chose it
"This one's mine. Always has been."
"It says what I never could."
"It's the song I want people thinking of when they think of me."
"It reminds me of being young and thinking I had all the time in the world."
"I want people to remember the sound of this, not the silence after."
"I want this to be the last thing people hear me 'say'."
"No other song comes close."
"It's the song that's always been there, quietly, in the background of my life."
"It's the song that reminds me of falling in love, properly, for the first time."
"It's the song that makes sense of everything else."
"This song feels like an old photograph — warm, faded, mine."
"This song belongs to a version of my life I think about often."
"We chose this for our wedding because it said everything we couldn't."
"This song is as close to a self-portrait as I'll ever get."
"I want whoever's in that room to know I loved deeply."
"I want people to remember the sound of this, not the silence after."
"I want this to be the soundtrack of how people picture me, after."
"It feels like it was written for exactly this moment."
"This song never fails to lift my mood, no matter what."
"This is the song that made me believe in 'the one'."