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Frank Sinatra’s My Way has topped the chart of most popular rsongs played at funerals in a list drawn up by Co-op Funeralcare, followed by Time To Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman, and Over The Rainbow by Eva Cassidy.

New entries in this year’s study are Ed Sheeran’s Supermarket Flowers, and You Raise Me Up by Westlife.

No traditional hymns are in this year’s top 10, drawn up from research among the Co-op’s funeral directors, who conduct up to 100,000 services a year.

More adults are telling their families which songs they want played at their funeral, while a growing number ask a family member to sing at their farewell, said the Co-op.

David Collingwood, Director of Funerals at the Co-op said: “We all live such unique lives and funerals should completely reflect that. Each element of a funeral is a very personal decision which is why the music choice plays such an important and impactful role.

“We’re always encouraging people to be more open about their funeral wishes, making it clear to their loved ones what they would want for themselves when the time comes.

“Even knowing what song someone would have wanted can bring such comfort at an incredibly hard time.”

A survey of 2,000 adults by the Co-op found that one in four wanted music played at their funeral to make people laugh.

Popular rock songs played at funerals included Led Zeppelin’s Stairway To Heaven and Meat Loaf’s Bat Out Of Hell, while Angels by Robbie Williams is the most requested pop tune, said the Co-op.

Other popular requests include theme tunes from TV sports programmes such as Match of the Day, or programmes including Only Fools And Horses and Last Of The Summer Wine.

Co-op Funeralcare today released its 2019 Funeral Music Chart . The hot list first launched in 2002.

The full 2019 Funeral Music Chart:

No Song name Artist Movement since 2016 chart 1 My Way Frank Sinatra Non-mover 2 Time To Say Goodbye Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman Non-mover 3 Over The Rainbow Eva Cassidy Non-mover 4 Wind Beneath My Wings Bette Midler Non-mover 5 Angels Robbie Williams Re-entry 6 Supermarket Flowers Ed Sheeran New entry 7 Unforgettable Nat King Cole Up 3 places 8 You Raise Me Up Westlife New entry 9 We’ll Meet Again Vera Lynn Down 3 places 10 Always Look on the Bright Side of Life Eric Idle - from Monty Python's 'Life of Brian' Down 2 places

Revealing a shift in music at final farewells, for the first time ever, no traditional hymns have made the cut. ‘The Lord is my Shepherd’ and ‘Abide with me’, previously strong contenders in the funeral chart have been pushed out as Westlife and Ed Sheeran make their debuts.

New requests identified by Co-op’s funeral directors include George Ezra, Wiz Khalifa, Freya Ridings and Stormzy, perhaps tracks to look out for in future funeral charts.

Furthermore, research from the Co-op reveals a trend in more people keeping music in the family, as a third (32%) of people say they would consider asking a relative to do the honour of performing.

Research also shows a shift in more people sharing their swansongs. A quarter (24%) of UK adults say they have already told loved ones which songs they want playing at their funeral, compared to just a fifth (19%) in 2016³.

When it comes to music genres, pop proves to be the most popular with a quarter (25%) of UK adults revealing they would want such music at their funeral. A further fifth (19%) would opt for rock, whilst a fifth (20%) would choose classical for their final farewell.

Contemporary / Pop top 10:

No Artist Track Movement since 2016 chart 1 Robbie Williams Angels Non mover 2 Westlife You Raise Me Up Non mover 3 Ed Sheeran Supermarket Flowers New entry 4 Wiz Khalifa See You Again Down 1 place 6 Abba Dancing Queen New entry 7 Sam Smith Lay Me Down Up 3 places 8 Dani and Lizzi Dancing In The Sky New entry 9 Westlife Flying Without Wings Down 5 places 10 Ellie Goulding How Long Will I Love You Down 5 places

The research also reveals how music affects the mood at a funeral. Over half (55%) of UK adults say music at funerals makes people feel nostalgic. A third (34%) said it makes mourners feel sad and a further third (32%) said it makes people happy. Just a seventh (14%) said music makes people laugh.

Yet, when considering how UK adults want the music at their own funerals to make people feel, over a quarter (27%) agreed they’d want the music to make guests laugh, highlighting a trend of funerals becoming more of a joyful celebration in the future.

Commenting on the funeral music chart, Sinitta, Singer and TV personality said: “Music at funerals is such a personal choice and it’s interesting to see that whilst some classics such as ‘My Way’ are here to stay, there’s also a good mix of new music making its way into the chart.

“When it comes to my funeral, I’d choose the prayers, readings and create my own track list, so my children wouldn’t have to worry about it. I’d have Shout To The Lord and Always by Stevie Wonder. Always would be a love letter to my children, friends and family telling them I’ll continue to love them and leave them with my love.”

Rock top 10

No Song name Artist Movement since 2016 chart 1 Stairway To Heaven Led Zeppelin Non mover 2 Bat Out Of Hell Meatloaf Non mover 3 Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing Aerosmith Up 5 places 4 Who Wants To Live Forever Queen New entry 5 The Show Must Go On Queen New entry 6 Knocking On Heavens Door Guns and Roses Up 3 places 7 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd Down 3 places 8 Highway To Hell ACDC Down 3 places 9 Another One Bites The Dust Queen Down 3 places 10 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen Down 3 places

Sport top 10:

No Song name Artist Movement since 2016 chart 1 Theme Tune Match of the day Up 1 place 2 Soul Limbo / Cricket Theme tune Booker T and MG Up 1 place 3 You Will Never Walk Alone Gerry and the Pacemakers Down 2 places 4 The Chain (F1 theme song) Fleetwood Mac Non mover 5 I Am Forever Blowing Bubbles West Ham United Non mover 6 Blue Moon (Manchester City theme song) Frank Sinatra New entry 7 Golf Theme Tune BBC New entry 8 Bolton Wanderers Songs New entry 9 Bring Me Sunshine Morecambe FC New entry 10 Racing Theme Tune C4 New entry

Indie top 10

No Song name Artist Movement since 2016 chart 1 Chasing Cars Snow Patrol Non mover 2 Wonderwall Oasis Non mover 3 Don’t Look Back In Anger Oasis Non mover 4 Live Forever Oasis Up 1 place 5 One Day Like This Elbow Up 2 places 6 Bittersweet Symphony Verve New entry 7 Fix You Coldplay New entry 8 Mr. Brightside The Killers New entry 9 Paradise Coldplay New entry 10 Clocks Coldplay New entry

TV/ Film:

No Song name Artist Movement since 2016 chart 1 Only Fools And Horses Theme tune Up 2 places 2 Last Of The Summer Wine Theme tune Non mover 3 Coronation Street Theme tune Down 2 places 4 Match Of The Day Theme tune New entry 5 Always Look On The Bright Side Monty Python Down 1 place 6 Bring Me Sunshine Morecambe and Wise Up 4 places 7 Cricket Theme tune New entry 8 Going Home Hovis theme tune Non mover 9 EastEnders Theme tune Down 4 places 10 Emmerdale Theme tune Down 3 places

Hymns:

No Song name Artist Movement since 2016 chart 1 Abide With Me Traditional Up 1 place 2 All Things Bright And Beautiful Traditional Up 1 place 3 The Lord Is My Shepherd Psalm 23 / Crimond Down 2 places 4 How Great Tho Art Traditional Non mover 5 Amazing Grace Traditional Non mover 6 Jerusalem Traditional Up 1 place 7 Morning Has Broken Traditional Up 1 place 8 Old Rugged Cross Traditional Down 2 places 9 The Day Thou Gavest Traditional Non mover 10 Calon Lan Traditional New entry

Country chart:

No Song name Artist Movement since 2016 chart 1 I Will Always Love You Dolly Parton Non mover 2 Islands In The Stream Dolly Parton and Kenny Rodgers Non mover 3 Country Roads Jon Denver Non mover 4 9-5 Dolly Parton New entry 5 If Tomorrow Never Comes Garth Brooks Up 4 places 6 Annie’s Song Jon Denver Down 1 place 7 Ring Of Fire Johnny Cash Non mover 8 When I Get Where I’m Going Dolly Parton and Brad Paisley New entry 9 Stand By Your Man Dolly Parton New entry 10 The Gambler Kenny Rodgers New entry

Classical:

No Song name Artist Movement since 2016 chart 1 Nimrod Edward Elgar Up 1 place 2 Time To Say Goodbye Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman Down 1 place 3 Canon in D Pachelbel Up 1 place 4 Ave Maria Franz Schubert Up 3 places 5 The Lark Ascending Ralph Vaughan Williams Up 5 places 6 Pie Jesu Faure Up 3 places 7 Adagio For Strings Samuel Barber Down 1 place 8 Air On A G String Bach New entry 9 Four Seasons Vivaldi Down 4 places 10 Claire De Lune Claude Debussy New entry

RnB:

No Song name Artist Movement since 2016 chart 1 I’ll Be Missing You Puff Daddy Non mover 2 I Miss You Beyonce New entry 3 One Sweet Day Boys 2 men Up 1 place 4 Dance With My Father Again Luther Van Dross Down 2 places 5 It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday Boyz II Men New entry 6 Killing Me Softly The Fugees New entry 7 Because I Got High Afrojack New entry 8 Blinded By Your Grace Stormzy New entry 9 Call Out My Name The Weeknd New entry 10 I’ll Be Missing You Chaka Demus New entry

Jazz top 10: