UK’s high funeral songs 2023 – Sinatra and Sheeran overwhelmed by popera traditional

Rather extremely, again in 2014, essentially the most requested track at UK funerals was Monty Python’s hilarious singalong anthem Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, following 4 years within the high twenty.

It was adopted that 12 months by the reasonably extra severe The Lord Is My Shepherd, however hymns would quickly slip out of the highest ten altogether

However, the announcement of this 12 months’s hottest songs performed at funerals seems to indicate the affect of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s solemn and stately ceremony.

For the primary time in seven years, two hymns are within the high ten: All Things Bright and Beautiful and Abide With Me, at eight and 9 respectively on the checklist.

The remainder of the checklist nonetheless accommodates some surprises, even so.

While the highest ten is stuffed with pop stars previous and current the ultimate spot is taken by a little-known Canadian duo.

Vancouver twins Dani and Lizzy’s track Dancing In The Sky is immediately about lacking a beloved one and clearly touched a chord with mourners worldwide.

Elsewhere, Gerry and the Pacemakers’ perennial You’ll Never Walk Alone is at quantity seven.

It’s adopted by three extra ever-popular funeral songs, Eva Cassidy’s Over The Rainbow, Bette Midler’s Wind Beneath My Wings and Vera Lynn’s We’ll Meet Again.

The solely latest track on the checklist is Ed Sheeran’s Supermarket Flowers.

It’s no surprise Frank Sinatra‘s My Way is so extremely positioned yearly for the reason that heartbreaking ballad opens with the notably acceptable strains, “And now, the time has come, to face the final curtain…”

The track has really been the most well-liked UK funeral track eleven occasions up to now twenty years.

This 12 months, the broader checklist additionally contains rockier classics like Queen’s Who needs To Live Forever and, reasonably pointedly, Another One Bites The Dust.

The information launched by Co-Op Funeralcare from over 93,000 funerals reveals that broader tastes additionally embrace Diddy’s I’ll Be Missing You, Beyonce’s Break My Soul and TV themes tunes from Only Fools and Horses and Match of the Day.

But this 12 months, the most well-liked track to serenade family members for the ultimate time is Time To Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman.

The popera traditional was a worldwide smash hit in 1996 and shortly grew to become a well-loved selection at funerals. However, the direct translation of the Italian lyrics really converse of family members not being separated just like the English model however journeying along with the title Con te Partiro which means “I will leave with you.”