Funeral Songs and Other Music for a Funeral Service

Are you looking for a beautiful piece of music...just the perfect funeral song to remember someone you love? A fitting tune to say goodbye? You have come to the right place!

This song list is quite long, but by no means complete. If you know of other suitable funeral songs, you are welcome to send in your recommendations by filling in the form at the bottom of the page.


If you want to download a copy of a song, any of the songs with can be purchased for around 99 cents. You can copy them from your computer to a CD, MP3 player or ipod.

You could make a CD of all the songs that were played at a funeral service (plus a few of the deceased person's favourite songs) for a nice memorial gift for everyone that attended the funeral - because they could listen to the CD anytime to bring back fond memories of the person who has passed away. (This idea came from Next Gen Memorials - Providers of Beautiful Urns and Memorial Keepsakes)

On the iTunes websiteyou can listen to a sample of any song by clicking near the track number.

On this Page:

Songs That Can Be Played While White Doves are Being Released

Popular Funeral Songs

Country Music Funeral Songs

Special Songs for the Funeral of a Baby or Child

Classical Music, Instrumental Music and Hymns

Lily's List - Songs that were played at Lily's funeral, plus links to iMixes of other real people's funeral song lists

All Songs are listed in Alphabetical Order by Artist Name

	Enter your search terms Submit search form
	Web heavenlywhitedoves.net

Songs that can be played while white doves are being released

Fly - Celine Dion
Read the lyrics

Wings of a Dove - Charley Pride
The version that can be downloaded here is recorded by Rev. Milton Brunson & The Thompson Community Singers
Read the lyrics

INXS - Never Tear Us Apart

(If You Love Somebody) Set Them Free - Sting

Find music fast at iTunes. Search for any artist, song, or album in the store.

Go to Top of Page

Popular Songs that can be played anytime during a funeral or memorial service

• Bury My Body - Al Kooper

• Con Te Partiro (Time to Say Goodbye) - Andrea Bocelli

• Bright Eyes - Art Garfunkle

• When You're Gone - Avril Lavigne

• Slipped Away - Avril Lavigne

• Memory - Barbra Streisand

• The Way We Were - Barbara Streisand

• The Long and Winding Road - Beatles

• Let it be - Beatles

• Sand and Water - Beth Nielsen Chapman

• The Rose - Bette Midler

• Only the Good Die Young - Billy Joel

• Vienna - Billy Joel

• Lean On Me - Bill Withers

• And When I Die - Blood Sweat and Tears

• Death is not the End - Bob Dylan

• Forever Young - Bob Dylan

• Blowing in the Wind - Bob Dylan

• Holding Out for a Hero - Bonnie Tyler

• A Song for Mama - Boyz II Men

• Turn, Turn, Turn (To Everything there is a Season) - The Byrds

• Child Of Mine - Carole King

• Close to You - Carpenters

• Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens

• Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion

• My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion (From Titanic Soundtrack)

• Prayer - Celine Dion

• The Prayer - Charlotte Church (With Josh Groban)

• Run to Paradise - Choirboys

• Millenium (Lords) Prayer - Cliff Richard

• Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House

• Home - Daughtry

• Save a Prayer - Duran Duran

• Goin' Back - Dusty Springfield

• Candle in the Wind - Elton John

• Circle of Life - Elton John

• Daniel - Elton John

• Funeral for a Friend - Elton John

• One Day at a Time - Elton John

• Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley

• Memories - Elvis Presley
  
  

• Unchained Melody - Elvis Presley

• Elvis Presley - Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Performances

• Return To Innocence - Enigma

• May it Be - Enya

• Only Time - Enya

• A Day Without Rain - Enya

• Change the World - Eric Clapton

• Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton

• My Immortal - Evanessence

• My Way - Frank Sinatra (with Luciano Pavarotti)

• You'll Never Walk Alone - Gerry and the Pacemakers

• Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Guns N'Roses

• Live and Let Die - Guns N'Roses

• November Rain - Guns N'Roses

• Someone's Watching Over Me - Hilary Duff

• Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

• Goodbye My Lover - James Blunt

• Fire and Rain - James Taylor

• Angel Standing By - Jewel

• Hear You Me - Jimmy Eat World

• Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes

• I can see clearly now - Johnny Nash

• Mother I Miss You - John Tesh, Dalia Reid and Leroy Ried

• In the Sun - Joseph Arthur

• You Raise Me Up - Josh Groban

• Beautiful in my Eyes - Joshua Kadison

• Celebrate Me Home - Kenny Loggins

• Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

• Shadow of the Day - Linkin Park

• Heaven - Los Lonely Boys

• What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

• Dance With My Father - Luther Vandross

• Butterfly - Mariah Carey

• Music Box - Mariah Carey

• Hero - Mariah Carey

• One Sweet Day - Mariah Carey and Boys II Men

• Always look on the bright side of life - Monty Python

• Amazing Grace - Michael Crawford

• Nothing Else Matters - Metallica

• Beloved Wife - Natalie Merchant

• Because I Could Not Stop for Death - Natalie Merchant, Susan McKeown and The Chanting House

• Unforgettable - Nat King Cole

• Childhood Dreams - Nelly Furtado

• Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum

• Don't Look Back in Anger - Oasis

• Oceans - Pearl Jam

• Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

• I'll Be Missing You - Tribute to P.Diddy

• Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

• The Show must go on - Queen

• Everybody Hurts - REM

• I'm Your Angel - R. Kelly (with Celine Dion)

• Right Here Waiting - Richard Marx

• Angels - Robbie Williams

• Forever Young - Rod Stewart

• An Irish Blessing - Roma Downey

• If Tomorrow Never Comes - Ronan Keating

• Time to Say Goodbye - Sarah Brightman

• I will Remember You - Sarah McLachlan

• Angel - Sarah McLachlan

• Affirmation - Savage Garden

• Broken - Seether and Amy Lee

• Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon and Garfunkel

• Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor

• The Last Beat of My Heart - Siouxie and the Banshees

• As I Lay Me Down - Sophie B. Hawkins

• Landslide - Stevie Nicks

• You Are the Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder

• The Best - Tina Turner

• Reminisce + Wait For Me - Tony Valentine Band

• Bury Me Deep in Love - The Triffids

• Beautiful Day - U2

• We'll Meet Again - Vera Lynn

• Keep Me in Your Heart - Warren Zevon

• The Day You Went Away - Wendy Matthews

• I will Always Love You - Whitney Houston

• Can't Cry Hard Enough - Williams Brothers

• Forever Young - Youth Group

• Go Rest High on that Mountain - from Songs of Remembrance Volume 2

  
  
  Thanks to the extremely talented Sheree Brittain and her extensive CD collection for providing some of the song list.
  Special thanks also to the many people who have sent in suggestions in the comments form below, and people who make suggestions on various forums around the internet.
  
  

Country Music Funeral Songs

Angels Among Us - Alabama

Can You Hear Me When I Talk to You - Ashley Gearing

Ships of Heaven - Blackhawk

When I Get to Where I'm Going - Brad Paisley (Featuring Dolly Parton)

Believe - Brooks and Dunn

Carry Me Across the Mountain - Dan Tyminski

I miss my friend - Darryl Worley

I Believe - Diamond Rio

Landslide - Dixie Chicks

Bury Me - Dwight Yoakam

There you'll be - Faith Hill

I want you to live - George Canyon

My Grandfather's Clock - Johnny Cash

Annie's Song - John Denver

Back Home Again - John Denver

Looking Through Your Eyes - Leann Rimes

Don't Cry a Tear - Lyle Lovett

I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Mark Chesnutt

How can I help you say goodbye - Patty Loveless

The Lights on the Hill - Slim Dusty

Holes in the Floor of Heaven - Steve Wariner

Angels in Waiting - Tammy Cochrane

The Dreaming Fields - Trisha Yearwood (beautiful song to remember grandparents)

Go to Top of Page

Special Songs for the Loss of a Baby or Child

• I Will - The Beatles

• Baby Mine - Bette Midler

• Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) - Billy Joel

• One More Day With You - Diamond Rio

• Without You - Dixie Chicks

• Blessed - Elton John

• The Dance - Garth Brooks

• I Will Take You Home - Grateful Dead (song from a father to a daughter)

• Jesus Loves Me

• Jesus Loves the Little Children

• Beautiful Boy - John Lennon

• Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland

• To Where You Are - Josh Groban

• Precious Child - Karen Taylor-Good (www.compassionatefriends.org)

• Goodbye My Friend - Linda Ronstadt

• Even the Darkness is Light to Him - Michael Card

• Gone Too Soon - Michael Jackon

• Masterpiece - Sandy Patti

• With Hope - Steven Curtis Chapman

• Visitor From Heaven - Twila Paris

• Go Rest High - Vince Gill

• Glory Baby - Watermark

Thanks to Jessica and Jim Rose, Founders of The Three Little Angels Foundation for these song suggestions. The Three Little Angels Foundation offers unique tools to help parents suffering the heartbreak of infant death.

Go to Top of Page

Beautiful Classical Music, Instrumental Music and Hymns for funeral or memorial service

• The Odes Project - Volume 1 (album)

• The Odes Project - Volume 2 (album)

• Adadgio for Strings - Albonini (Performed by New York Philharmonic Orchestra)

• Mumbai Theme - A.R.Rahman

• Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven

• Hymns (the whole album) - Beth Nielsen Chapman

• Clair de Lune - Claude Debussy

• Psalm 121 - H. Howells

• Solemn Melody - H. Walford Davies

• How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings Fair - J. Brahms

• Air on the G string - J.S. Bach (played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

• Gymnopedies(3)for piano - J.S. Bach

• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - JS Bach

• Lord, Let Me Know Mine End - M. Greene

• Canon - Pachelbel (played by James Galway and John Georgiadis)

• Nessun Dorma - Puccini (performed here by Placido Domingo)

• The Waltz of the Flowers (From the Nutcracker) - Tchaikovsy

• Ave Maria - Verdi

• Ave Verum Corpus - W.A. Mozart

• Abide with me - WH Monk

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  Go to Top of Page
  
  

  Lily's List - Songs that were played at Lily's funeral

  
  This songlist is dedicated to the memory of Lily Bennett who passed away 17th June, 2007 aged 3. 100s of people attended her funeral on a cold but sunny Saturday, 23rd June 2007. Lily loved life and loved music - so music played a large part of her funeral service. Here are some of her favourite songs that were played in her memory.
  • I Can See Clearly Now - Jimmy Cliff
  • Stuck In A Moment - U2
  • Don't Cry - Guns'n'Roses
  • Snow (Hey Oh) - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
  • Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns"n'Roses
  • Never Tear Us Apart - INXS
  • Small Town - John Cougar Mellencamp
  • Angels - Robby Williams
  • 20 Good Reasons - Thirsty Merc
  • Heaven - Live
  • Touch of God's Hands
  • Afterglow - INXS
  • Angel - Sarah McLachlan
  • Ave Maria - Andrea Bocelli

    
    
    

    Other funeral song lists of real people
    (either already passed away or just planning for their final farewell):
    
    

    Christie's Funeral        CRJ funeral       Dad's funeral         Grandmother funeral
    
    

    Haines funeral service music         Jim's funeral songs         Mamma's funeral/94 years
    
    

    Nancy's funeral         Roger's funeral songs         Soldier's funeral         Songs for Sol's funeral
    
    

    Songs to play at my funeral (teenager)       Mom's funeral
    
    

    Go to Top of Page
    
    
    
    

    What are the best funeral songs?

    What is the best song you ever heard at a funeral?
    What song do you want played at your funeral?
    Do you ever hear a song on the radio and it brings back memories of a funeral you attended?
    Are you a musician with an original song that could be added to our list?
    Share your story!

    What is the name of the song?

    Tell Us Your Story! [ ? ]

    Close Help Entering your story is easy to do. Just type!... Your story will appear on a Web page exactly the way you enter it here. You can wrap a word in square brackets to make it appear bold. For example [my story] would show as my story on the Web page containing your story. TIP: Since most people scan Web pages, include your best thoughts in your first paragraph.

    Upload A Picture (optional) [ ? ]

    Close Help Do you have a picture to add? Great! Click the button and find it on your computer. Then select it.

    Add Picture Caption (optional) 

    Author Information (optional)

    To receive credit as the author, enter your information below.

    Your Name	(first or full name)
    Your Location	(ex. City, State, Country)

    Submit Your Contribution

    Check box to agree to these submission guidelines.

    <