General Article Tears in heaven: ten inspirational modern funeral songs

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Songs about love and loss can seem even more significant when they are played at a funeral – and even more so, when the song in question was written in tribute to someone who died.

While funeral hymns and sombre music are traditional, the songs we loved in our happiest moments are becoming the memorial songs of choice at many final farewells today.

These ten hits from the 80s, 90s, Noughties and more recent years have become evergreen funeral songs. With lyrics written in loving memory, they ...

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