How to Choose a Perfect Funeral Song?
We put so much thought into what funeral songs to play at our beloved’s or even our own funeral. We think about what songs would be meaningful to the ceremony, the attendants, and the deceased. Carefully, we choose beautiful songs that evoke love, life, memories, loss, and hope.
To choose perfect music, it is good to think about what type of music the person loved, what personifies their life, their favorite songs, and what songs would remind the attendants of the deceased personality or belief in life.
A great starting place is to think of their favorite type of music or their indicated wishes for music at their final ceremony. You may choose anything including country music, Christian music, or even appropriate rock or jazz.
A great way to narrow down your choices for perfect funeral music is our funeral and memorial song picker. Here you can choose the perfect funeral music based on genre or topic.
If you put this type of care into choosing funeral music, it is unlikely that it would be inappropriate at a funeral. You may want to double check with your venue, to make sure they have no objections, if you are choosing something questionable.
Worst Funeral Songs – What makes a song bad for funerals?
Is there music you absolutely should not use at a funeral or memorial ceremony? Well, it should be pretty easy to identify inappropriate funeral music. Did the deceased hate this type of music? Does it portray a type of life they did not espouse? Does the music have offensive language or would it deeply offend attendants? Some basic song themes to not pick for a funeral would include hell, death, abuse, break ups, survival, and celebratory happiness.
Here is a list of 50 of the worst funeral songs in our opinion, unless the deceased has specifically requested it be played at their funeral, or if the attendants and deceased have a very strong sense of ironic humor. Be forewarned, though, these songs may certainly upset Great Aunt Beatrice!
50 of the Worst Funeral Songs
- Another One Bites the Dust – Queen
- #Selfie – The Chainsmokers
- A Little Piece of Heaven – Avenged Sevenfold
- All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
- Anaconda – Nicki Minaj
- As Deep as the Knife Will Go – Cannibal Corpse
- Axel F – Crazy Frog
- Best Day of My Life – American Authors
- Blurred Lines – Robin Thicke
- Bodies – Drowning Pool
- Burnin’ in the 3rd Degree – Tahnee Cain and the Tryanglez
- Bye Bye Bye – Nsync
- Celebration – Kool and the Gang
- Come as You Are – Nirvana
- Dance (A$$) – Big Sean
- Ding Dong the Witch is Dead – Glinda and the Munchkins
- Dominion / Mother Russia – Sisters of Mercy
- Don’t Fear the Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
- Don’t Worry be Happy – Bobby McFerrin
- Don’t Bring Me Down – Electric Light Orchestra
- Don’t Close Your Eyes – Kix
- Don’t Wake Me Up – Chris Brown
- Down With the Sickness – Disturbed
- Everything Is Awesome!!! – Tegan and Sara
- Forget You – Cee Lo Green
- Friday – Rebecca Black
- Gloryhole – Steel Panther
- Ha Ha You’re Dead! – Green Day
- Happy – Pharrell Williams
- Hell Awaits – Slayer
- Hells Bells – AC/DA
- Highway to Hell – AC/DC
- I’m Alive – Don Fardon
- I will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
- I’m a Gummy Bear (The Gummy Bear Song) – Gummibär
- Let It Go – Idina Menzel
- Look at Me Now – Chris Brown
- Loyal – Chris Brown
- Problem – Ariana Grande
- Runnin With the Devil – Van Halen
- Sexy and I Know It – LMFAO
- Since U Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson
- Stayin’ Alive – The Bee Gees
- Stupid Hoe – Nicki Minaj
- Sweet Victory – David Glen Eisley
- The Best Day Ever – SpongeBob SquarePants
- The Final Countdown – Europe
- The Stroke – Billy Squier
- Thriller – Michael Jackson
- Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae) – Silento
So, use our funeral and memorial song picker for better options. Or stick to the requested funeral songs or the funeral songs recommended by your funeral provider.
Here is a list of the best Country songs for a funeral
Or, if country is not your type of music, try our list of best Christian music for a funeral
