If you need a song for a funeral, then consider the selections below. Funeral songs are a great way to pay tribute to someone you’ve lost; whether it be a family member or good friend. Music has great healing powers and will bring a sense of peace to any funeral service. Please be sure to credit the author when using these songs on a website or at a funeral service.

 

Top Funeral Songs

(in no particular order)

  1. In the arms of an angel – Sarah MaLachlan
  2. To Where You Are – Josh Groban
  3. Somewhere over the rainbow – Israel Kamakawiwo
  4. Spirit in the sky – Gareth Gates
  5. Wind Beneath My Wings ~ Bette Midler
  6. Time To Say Goodbye – Andrea Bocelli & Sarah Brightman
  7. Thank You – Johhny Reid
  8. Talking to my angel – Melissa Etheridge
  9. Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton
  10. Only Time – Enya
  11. So Long Marianne – Leonard Cohen
  12. Take My Breath Away – Berlin
  13. Going Home – Mary Fahl
  14. Who you’d be today – Kenny Chesney
  15. Beautiful Boy – John Lennon
  16. Goodbye My Lover – James Blunt
  17. Yesterday – The Beatles
  18. Nothing Compares To You – Sinead O’Connor
  19. The Last Waltz – Engelbert Humperdink
  20. My heart will go on ~ Celine Dion
  21. Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
  22. Swing Low Sweet Chariot – English Rugby Anthem
  23. Country Roads Take Me Home – John Denver
  24. Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
  25. In my life – The Beatles
  26. Farewell My Friend – Dennis Wilson
  27. Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
  28. Freebird – Lynard Skynyrd
  29. You’re My Best Friend – Queen
  30. Every Grain Of Sand -Bob Dylan
  31. My Little Girl – Tim McGraw
  32. Looking Through Your Eyes – LeAnn Rimes
  33. If You’re Reading This – Tim McGraw
  34. Imagine – John Lennon
  35. If I Had Only Known – Reba McEntire
  36. I’ve Had The Time Of My Life – Jennifer Warnes and Bill Medley
  37. If Tomorrow Never Comes – Ronan Keating
  38. I’m Moving On – Rascal Flatts
  39. Old and Wise – Alan Parsons Project
  40. Life is Eternal – Carly Simon
  41. Let Him Fly – Linda Eder
  42. Knockin on Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan
  43. Life Without You – Stevie Ray Vaughan
  44. Love Is Stronger Than Death – The The
  45. Look On Down From The Bridge – Mazzy Star
  46. Morning Bird – The Sleepy Jackson
  47. Into The Mystic – Van Morrison
  48. Keep Me In Your Heart – Warren Zevon
  49. Never Gone – Backstreet Boys
  50. Never Without You – Ringo Starr
  51. Raging Sea – Michael W. Smith
  52. Oh Very Young – Cat Stevens
  53. Really Gonna Miss You – Smokey Robinson
  54. Right Here Waiting – Richard Marx
  55. Ships of Heaven – Blackhawk
  56. Since I Lost You – Genesis
  57. Tell Me I Was Dreaming – Travis Tritt
  58. Ten Ft Tall – Pete Murray
  59. Cheap Trick – The Flame
  60. The Last Words You Said – Sarah Brightman
  61. They Can’t Take That Away from Me – Ella Fitzgerald
  62. Try Not To Breathe –  R.E.M.
  63. What Hurts the Most” – performed by Racal Flatts
  64. The Prayer – Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli
  65. Wish You Were Here – Mark Wills
  66. Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again – The Phantom of the Opera
  67. You’ll Be In My Heart – Phil Collins
  68. You’re Gone – Diamond Rio
  69. Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me – Elton John
  70. Bye Bye -Mariah Carey
  71. Spirit In The Sky – Gareth Gates
  72. Talking to my Angel – Melissa Etheridge
  73. Landslide – Fleetwood Mac
  74. Let It Be- The Beatles
  75. My Immortal – Evanescence
  76. Lullabye – Billy Joel
  77. Ave Maria – Perry Como
  78. I’ll Be Missing You – Puff Daddy ft. Faith Evans and 112
  79. I’ll Remember – Madonna
  80. Through The Years – Kenny Rogers
  81. One Sweet Day – Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men
  82. My Last Breath – Evanescence
  83. You Can Close Your Eyes – James Taylor
  84. No One But You (Only The Good Die Young) – Queen
  85. I’ll See You Again – Frank Sinatra
  86. Time of Your Life – Green Day
  87. Seasons of Love – Performed by the cast of RENT
  88. Angles – Robbie Williams
  89. Love, Me – Collin Raye
  90. Little Willow – Paul McCartney
  91. End of The Road – Boyz II Men
  92. Life Is A Highway – Tom Cochrane
  93. Jesus Loves Me – Various Artists
  94. I Will Remember – Toto
  95. He’s My Son – Mark Schultz
  96. Have I Told You Lately – Rod Stewart or Van Morrison
  97. Go Rest High on That Mountain – Vince Gill
  98. Father and Son – Cat Stevens
  99. How Far Is Heaven – Kitty Well
  100. Left and Right – Charlie Puth and Jungkook
  101. My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
  102. Who’d You Be Today – Kenny Chesney
  103. Hero – Mariah Carey
  104. Never Can Say Goodbye – Gloria Gaynor
  105. Loving Angels Instead – Robbie Williams
  106. If I Die Young – The Band Perry
  107. Heaven – Beyonce
  108. I Lived – One Republic
  109. Memories – Elvis Presley
  110. Fill Your Heart performed – David Bowie or Tiny Tim
  111. Up Where We Belong- Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
  112. Someone like you – Adele
  113. The Last Goodbye – Red Sovine
  114. God Only Cries – Diamond Rio
  115. Nessun Dorma – Various Artists
  116. Pictures Of You – The Cure
  117. Farewell My Friend- Dennis Wilson
  118. I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing – Mark Chestnutt
  119. Billy & Sue – BJ Thomas
  120. Love Me – Collin Raye
  121. What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong