According to a survey, popular songs are now the norm at funerals

• “’My Way’ by Frank Sinatra was the most requested piece of music overall, followed by
• ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’ by Bette Midler and
• ‘Time To Say Goodbye’ by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman.

Other favourites include ‘You Raise Me Up’ by Westlife, ‘Angels’ by Robbie Williams and ‘Over The Rainbow’ by Eva Cassidy. 

More unusual choices are:-

• ‘Always Look On The Bright Side of Life’ from Monty Python’s Life of Brian
• The Radio 4 Shipping Forecast
• The themes to everything from Only Fools and Horses and Top Gear to Benny Hill, Z Cars and Channel 4 Racing.

So people are choosing to express themselves and their loved ones in ways which are more meaningful to them.  Our individuality  is so precious to us, and is the very essence of what we value in others.  If a business does not express that it values its people in just this kind of individualistic way, it won’t get the best out of them.  To be seen, and to be valued is what we all crave. 

• Telegraph article