there are just some records you really
don’t want played when you’re laid to
rest welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top ten and appropriate funeral songs
for this list we’ve looked across all
genres of music to find those songs that
really just don’t match the mood of a
funeral
number ten highway to hell
we begin with a classic but that doesn’t
make this a CDC number funeral friendly
highway to hell includes arguably one of
the world’s most recognizable riffs and
chorus lines but it’s difficult to
imagine any roomful of mourners ever
singing along
with lyrics originally penned about band
vocalist bon Scott’s frequent pilgrimage
to a favorite watering hole of his
should this start playing at any point
than the entire room will fancy a stiff
drink too pronto
ah
number nine runnin with the devil van
Halen the first song on Van Halen’s
first album this records not the first
you think of when it comes to paying
last respects
with simple lyrics concerning the quest
for a simple life the major problem is
with the main hook regardless of
anybody’s religious sway the suggestion
that the recently departed might now be
rolling with Satan is a little difficult
to drop in any funeral service
iconic rock record yes made for the
funeral march No
number eight forget you CeeLo Green’s a
funeral is all about gathering to
remember and this song is all about
trying to forget quite clearly there’s a
clash here Cee Lo’s lyrics lament a lost
love but they’re nowhere near
appropriate for a lost loved one got
some news for you a render with a chorus
as catchy as anything else out there the
only way this record could get any more
inappropriate at a Funeral is if the
explicit version place
with the 16 f-bombs in under four
minutes it’d be a day ironically
impossible to forget
number seven down with the sickness
disturb
unless you want the funeral party to
leave feeling exactly how our next band
is named then best not request this
record at your send-off my name changes
a heavy hate-filled tirade against the
society that the deceased has recently
departed with this as soundtrack the
mood simply couldn’t be any more somber
again like Cee Lo Green’s forget you the
only way this record could be worse is
if the full edit is used instead of the
radio version abusive mothers don’t make
for good funeral guess
number six
bye-bye-bye in sync probably gonna shot
there’s a time and a place for the turn
of the century bubblegum pop but the
funeral parlor is certainly not it
especially in relation to this
particular record lyrically bye-bye-bye
lacks even a little sensitivity as the
song plays out a romantic breakup but
also brings down the deceased Skerton
way too abrupt sweet sure say goodbye at
a funeral that’s what they’re there for
say it three times if it makes it any
easier but whatever you do don’t start
singing this song number five happy
Pharrell Williams it might seem crazy it
might seem crazy what Pharrell is about
to say and if you’re at a Funeral that’s
because it is one of the coolest
catchiest full-on feel-good records of
recent times happy is designed for the
dancefloor not for the deathbed
that’s what you all happy appearing upon
a funeral playlist would be just plain
wrong and weird as any funeral goer ever
felt like a room without a roof
we’d seriously hope not no right-minded
mourner is clapping along to anything
let alone to these lyrics
number four na na hey hey kiss him
goodbye steam
an instantly recognizable 1960s classic
this song is probably Steve’s most
enduring record mostly because it has
been adopted by sports fans the world
over
universally used as a taut toward the
opposing team or player about to be
beaten or about to leave the field of
play the reasons why the song will never
get the thumbs up for a funeral
are obvious unless you are back to buat
hisat and generally insult to the
recently departed as well which we
really hope you’re not this song’s
entirely unsuitable
number three
dingdong the witch is dead Glinda and
the munchkins
we’ve all heard of a fairytale wedding
but a fairytale funeral doesn’t really
work as well as Paul Runner I’m a mother
I already examined her especially if
this song’s the soundtrack of choice
some during the Wizard of Oz following
the Wicked Witch of the East death there
isn’t an ounce of sorrow to its
sensationally celebratory lyrics yes the
joyous news they spend a wicked old
licks at met is dead ding-dongs
inappropriateness turns into controversy
in 2013 however when it charted at
number 2 in the UK following the death
of former Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher
number two staying alive VG’s
if there’s one general genre of music
that doesn’t match the mood of a funeral
its disco and if there’s one disco
classic that can surely never be played
then it’s this one
with a pulsating beat medically
recommended as a guide when giving CPR
it’s awfully ironic that the subject of
any funeral is beyond saving
while we’re on the topic of disco Gloria
Gaynor’s I Will Survive is inappropriate
and its own right but stayin alive would
make for a slightly more awkward time
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
No
blimey
number one another one bites the dust
queen people live people die why bother
making a scene over it today’s toe
tapping winner when played in a funeral
situation asks exactly that question
another one an iconic record it bring an
apathetic edge to any funeral party
inspiring an indifference toward death
that could only dampen spirits further
with the song asking if we’re ready
we’d have to answer no not really a
group of people gathered to grieve this
is the last song on earth we’d ever be
ready for another one another one
another one
do you agree with our list which
inappropriate funeral song did we skip
for more morbidly akward top tens
published daily be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
don’t want played when you’re laid to
rest welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top ten and appropriate funeral songs
for this list we’ve looked across all
genres of music to find those songs that
really just don’t match the mood of a
funeral
number ten highway to hell
we begin with a classic but that doesn’t
make this a CDC number funeral friendly
highway to hell includes arguably one of
the world’s most recognizable riffs and
chorus lines but it’s difficult to
imagine any roomful of mourners ever
singing along
with lyrics originally penned about band
vocalist bon Scott’s frequent pilgrimage
to a favorite watering hole of his
should this start playing at any point
than the entire room will fancy a stiff
drink too pronto
ah
number nine runnin with the devil van
Halen the first song on Van Halen’s
first album this records not the first
you think of when it comes to paying
last respects
with simple lyrics concerning the quest
for a simple life the major problem is
with the main hook regardless of
anybody’s religious sway the suggestion
that the recently departed might now be
rolling with Satan is a little difficult
to drop in any funeral service
iconic rock record yes made for the
funeral march No
number eight forget you CeeLo Green’s a
funeral is all about gathering to
remember and this song is all about
trying to forget quite clearly there’s a
clash here Cee Lo’s lyrics lament a lost
love but they’re nowhere near
appropriate for a lost loved one got
some news for you a render with a chorus
as catchy as anything else out there the
only way this record could get any more
inappropriate at a Funeral is if the
explicit version place
with the 16 f-bombs in under four
minutes it’d be a day ironically
impossible to forget
number seven down with the sickness
disturb
unless you want the funeral party to
leave feeling exactly how our next band
is named then best not request this
record at your send-off my name changes
a heavy hate-filled tirade against the
society that the deceased has recently
departed with this as soundtrack the
mood simply couldn’t be any more somber
again like Cee Lo Green’s forget you the
only way this record could be worse is
if the full edit is used instead of the
radio version abusive mothers don’t make
for good funeral guess
number six
bye-bye-bye in sync probably gonna shot
there’s a time and a place for the turn
of the century bubblegum pop but the
funeral parlor is certainly not it
especially in relation to this
particular record lyrically bye-bye-bye
lacks even a little sensitivity as the
song plays out a romantic breakup but
also brings down the deceased Skerton
way too abrupt sweet sure say goodbye at
a funeral that’s what they’re there for
say it three times if it makes it any
easier but whatever you do don’t start
singing this song number five happy
Pharrell Williams it might seem crazy it
might seem crazy what Pharrell is about
to say and if you’re at a Funeral that’s
because it is one of the coolest
catchiest full-on feel-good records of
recent times happy is designed for the
dancefloor not for the deathbed
that’s what you all happy appearing upon
a funeral playlist would be just plain
wrong and weird as any funeral goer ever
felt like a room without a roof
we’d seriously hope not no right-minded
mourner is clapping along to anything
let alone to these lyrics
number four na na hey hey kiss him
goodbye steam
an instantly recognizable 1960s classic
this song is probably Steve’s most
enduring record mostly because it has
been adopted by sports fans the world
over
universally used as a taut toward the
opposing team or player about to be
beaten or about to leave the field of
play the reasons why the song will never
get the thumbs up for a funeral
are obvious unless you are back to buat
hisat and generally insult to the
recently departed as well which we
really hope you’re not this song’s
entirely unsuitable
number three
dingdong the witch is dead Glinda and
the munchkins
we’ve all heard of a fairytale wedding
but a fairytale funeral doesn’t really
work as well as Paul Runner I’m a mother
I already examined her especially if
this song’s the soundtrack of choice
some during the Wizard of Oz following
the Wicked Witch of the East death there
isn’t an ounce of sorrow to its
sensationally celebratory lyrics yes the
joyous news they spend a wicked old
licks at met is dead ding-dongs
inappropriateness turns into controversy
in 2013 however when it charted at
number 2 in the UK following the death
of former Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher
number two staying alive VG’s
if there’s one general genre of music
that doesn’t match the mood of a funeral
its disco and if there’s one disco
classic that can surely never be played
then it’s this one
with a pulsating beat medically
recommended as a guide when giving CPR
it’s awfully ironic that the subject of
any funeral is beyond saving
while we’re on the topic of disco Gloria
Gaynor’s I Will Survive is inappropriate
and its own right but stayin alive would
make for a slightly more awkward time
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
No
blimey
number one another one bites the dust
queen people live people die why bother
making a scene over it today’s toe
tapping winner when played in a funeral
situation asks exactly that question
another one an iconic record it bring an
apathetic edge to any funeral party
inspiring an indifference toward death
that could only dampen spirits further
with the song asking if we’re ready
we’d have to answer no not really a
group of people gathered to grieve this
is the last song on earth we’d ever be
ready for another one another one
another one
do you agree with our list which
inappropriate funeral song did we skip
for more morbidly akward top tens
published daily be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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