The Best Funeral Songs

It is no secret that music can be healing to those who are in need, and funeral songs are no exception. Choosing the right song to sing or play at a funeral is not an easy task. If you have to create a playlist to accompany a slideshow, the task can be even more overwhelming.

What funeral songs should I choose?

Is this funeral song too long?

Most Popular Funeral Songs

Funeral SongsTo help make things a little easier, we’ve compiled a list of the most popular funeral songs. If you don’t already own some of the songs listed below, your best bet would be to visit iTunes and purchase the individual tracks in a digital format – so the funeral songs can easily be burned to a CD or DVD.

Have a suggestion for a great funeral song? Send us the artist and title of the song to [email protected] and we’ll add it to the list!

Top Funeral Songs

(in no particular order)

    1. In My Life – Beatles
    2. Bury My Body – Al Kooper
    3. Con Te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye) – Andrea Bocelli
    4. Bright Eyes – Art Garfunkle
    5. Memory – Barbra Streisand
    6. The Long and Winding Road – Beatles
    7. Let It Be – Beatles
    8. Only the Good Die Young – Billy Joel
    9. Lean On Me – Bill Withers
    10. And When I Die – Blood Sweat and Tears
    11. Blowin’ In The Wind – Bob Dylan
    12. Amazing Grace – Elvis Presley
    13. Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley
    14. Goodbye My Lover – James Blunt
    15. Angels – Robbie Williams
    16. Requiem – Pie Jesu
    17. Candle in the Wind – Elton John
    18. With or Without You – U2
    19. Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers
    20. Every Breath You Take – The Police
    21. Dance With My Father Again – Luther Vandross
    22. It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye – BoysIIMen
    23. Wish You Where Here – The Kingsmen
    24. Time – The Alan Parsons Project
    25. Freebird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
    26. Funeral For A Friend – Elton John
    27. Tears In Heaven – Eric Clapton
    28. One More Day – Diamond Rio
    29. Wishing You Were Here – Chicago
    30. Goodbye My Friend – Linda Ronstadt
    31. You’ll Be In My Heart – Phil Collins
    32. The Best – Tina Turner
    33. Like A River – Carly Simon
    34. Little Willow – Paul McCartney
    35. Love, Me – Collin Raye
    36. Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) – Billy Joel
    37. Now is the Hour (Maori Farewell Song) – Bing Crosby
    38. Memories (The Way We Were) – Barbara Streisand
    39. My Angel – Kellie Pickler
    40. My Immortal – Evanescence
    41. My One True Friend – Bette Midler
    42. Not A Day Goes By – Lonestar
    43. One Moment More – Mindy Smith
    44. Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) – Doris Day
    45. Reach for the Stars – S Club 7
    46. Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinead O’Connor
    47. Remember Me This Way –  Jordan Hill
    48. Shine Your Light – Robbie Robertson
    49. Silent Lucidity – Queensryche
    50. Somewhere – Barbra Streisand (From West Side Story)
    51. Thank You – Ray Boltz
    52. The Gift You Are – John Denver
    53. Greatest Man I Never Knew – Reba McEntire
    54. The Way We Were – Barbra Streisand
    55. There You’ll Be –Faith Hill
    56. To Where You Are – Josh Groban
    57. Wasn’t It Good –  Tina Arena
    58. Wherever You Are –  Celeste Prince
    59. Who Wants to Live Forever – Queen
    60. Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler

    61. With Hope – Steven Curtis Chapman

    62. Without You – The Dixie Chicks
    63. Yesterday – The Beatles
    64. You’re Missing –  Bruce Springsteen
    65. Close To You – The Carpenters
    66. Butterfly – Mariah Carey
    67. In The Arms Of An Angel – Sarah McLachlan 
    68. Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole 
    69. Thank You – Johnny Reid
    70. What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
    71. What Hurts the Most – Rascal Flatts
    72. Never Gone – Backstreet Boys
    73. Can’t Cry Hard Enough – Williams Brothers
    74. Tenderly Calling – John Denver
    75. A New Star in the Sky – Air
    76. I’m Already There – Lonestar
    77. If You’re Reading This – Tim McGraw
    78. I’m Moving – Rascal Flatts
    79. Looking Through Your Eyes – Leann Rimes
    80. Never Too Far – Mariah Carey
    81. Into the West – Annie Lennox
    82. May It Be – Enya
    83. The Scientist – Coldplay
    84. We’ll Meet Again – Vera Lynn, Johnny Cash, Rosemary Clooney
    85. Bridge Over Troubled Waters – Simon & Garfunkel
    86. It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday – Boyz II Men
    87. The Rose – Bette Midler
    88. A Satisfied Mind – Jeff Buckley
    89. Leader of the Band – Dan Fogelberg
    90. Live Like You Were Dying – Tim McGraw
    91. In This Life – Collin Raye
    92. My Way – Frank Sinatra
    93. Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye – Ella Fitzgerald
    94. For the Good Times – Kris Kristofferson
    95. I am Your Child – Barry Manilow
    96. Heaven Performed – Hayley Westerna
    97. Gone Too Soon – Michael Jackson
    98. You’ll Never Walk Alone – Elvis Presley
    99. Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sheeran
    100. Even Though You’re Gone- Angelis
    101. I Sure Miss You – The Crabb Family
    102. How Can I Help You Say Goodbye – Patty Loveless
    103. Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver
    104. Gone Away – The Offspring
    105. It’s a Beautiful Day – U2
    106. I Will – The Beatles
    107. Change the World – Eric Clapton
    108. Don’t Cry a Tear – Lyle Lovett
    109. Affirmation – Savage Garden
    110. Mother I Miss You – John Tesh
    111. Forever Young – Bob Dylan
    112. Home – Chris Daughtry
    113. Last Kiss – Pearl Jam
    114. Fire And Rain – James Taylor
    115. Crossroads – Bone Thugs N’ Harmony
    116. Fields of Gold – Sting
    117. Long As I Can See The Light – Creedence Clearwater Revival
    118. Borrowed Angels – Kristin Chenoweth
    119. Cry a River – Amy Grant
    120. Fill Your Heart – David Bowie or Tiny Tim
    121. Going Home – Bill & Gloria Gaither
    122. I Can Never Go Home Anymore – The Shangri-Las
    123. Here Without You – 3 Doors Down
    124. I’ll be Seeing You – Bing Crosby & Various Artists
    125. I’ll See You Again – Westlife
    126. If – Bread
    127. Last Game of The Season (Blind Man In The Bleachers) – David Geddes
    128. Lay Me Down – Sam Smith
    129. Longer – Dan Fogelberg
    130. The Living Years – Mike & the Mechanics
    131. Love, Me – Collin Raye
    132. See You Again – Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth