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Monday 15th October 2012 | Raquel
'Someone Like You' is the top song in the funeral world. Creepy?
Adele gets it all, doesn't she? She rules the music world with her sad romantic songs and she's still breaking records and being number 1. The track from last years album 21 entered the the Co-operative Funealcare's chart of top music played at funeals, straight at number 22. The chart has been topped for the last seven years by 'My Way' from Frank Sinatra.
It was concluded that the famous pop music replaced anthems for 2/3 of british funerals and a quarter of the funeral companies refused to play it for matter of taste. Only 4 per cent of funerals still play classical songs.
Check out the top 20 of the most played songs at funerals:
1. Frank Sinatra - 'My Way'
2. Sarah Brightman/Andrea Bocelli - 'Time To Say Goodbye'
3. Bette Midler - 'Wind Beneath My Wings'
4. Eva Cassidy - 'Over the Rainbow'
5. Robbie Williams - 'Angels'
6. Westlife - 'You Raise Me Up'
7. Gerry & the Pacemakers - 'You'll Never Walk Alone'
8. Vera Lynn - 'We'll Meet Again'
9. Celine Dion - 'My Heart Will Go On'
10. Nat King Cole - 'Unforgettable'
11. Tina Turner - 'The Best'
12. Whitney Houston/Dolly Parton - 'I Will Always Love You'
13. Monty Python - 'Always Look on the Bright Side of Life'
14. Luthor Vandross - 'Dance With My Father'
15. Louis Armstrong - 'Wonderful World'
16. Daniel O'Donnel - 'Danny Boy'
17. Eva Cassidy - 'Fields of Gold'
18. Righteous Brothers (and various) - 'Unchained Melody'
19. Westlife - 'Flying Without Wings'
20. Eva Cassidy - 'Songbird'
This also helped XL Recordings which has made 51 million with the success album 21 in 2011.
by Raquel Gomes
