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What is the most popular non-religious music played at funerals?

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What is the most popular non-religious music played at funerals?

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Increasingly, contemporary music is being used at funerals. According to the largest funeral company in the UK, the Co-operative Funeralcare which carries out more than 80,000 funerals every year, contemporary music now accounts for 40% of music played at funerals. The most popular songs played at funerals include Goodbye My Lover by James Blunt, Frank Sinatra’s classic My Way and Angels by Robbie Williams. Also popular are I’ve Had the Time of My Life by Jennifer Warnes and Bill Medley, Wind Beneath my Wings by Bette Midler and My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion, Candle in the Wind by Elton John, U2’s With or Without You and Eric Clapton’s Tears in Heaven. Vera Lynn’s wartime classic We’ll Meet Again remains very popular. Classical music now accounts for less than 5% of the music chosen at funerals. Nimrod by Elgar is the most popular choice followed by Ave Maria by Schubert and Handel’s Largo.