Frank Sinatra's My Way is the most popular song played at funeral services, but other more arresting death-bed choices have been revealed in a poll published in Britain.
AC/DC's Highway To Hell has stormed into the funereal charts along with Queen's Another One Bites The Dust, while Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah has a new lease of life after its recent success on a talent show.
More traditionally, hymns including The Lord Is My Shepherd and All Things Bright And Beautiful are among the most chosen pieces to accompany people on their final journey, while Schubert's Ave Maria, Puccini's Nessun Dorma and Bach's Air On A G String are popular with classical music fans.
Television and radio music also feature on burial playlists, including theme tunes from popular programs like Top Gear and The Benny Hill Show.
"As more people choose non-religious funerals, so they incline towards contemporary songs with which they closely identify," said Lorinda Sheasby of Cooperative Funeralcare, the funeral company which commissioned the survey.
Pop songs now account for more than half of the music chosen as people's final soundtrack, according to the poll of over 30,000 funerals.
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