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 are modern funeral songs with incredible meaning.

When September Ends – Green Day 

‘As my memory rests, but never forgets what I lost.’

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong was just ten years old when his father, Andrew, died of cancer.

This evergreen classic is a fitting modern funeral song, which Billie Joe has described as therapeutic to write, but sometimes difficult to perform

due to the emotions behind the poignant lyrics.

Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton

‘Would you know my name, if I saw...

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