You will By no means Stroll Alone by Gerry and the Pacemakers has taken the highest spot on the record of hottest funeral songs this yr.
The tune has knocked Frank Sinatra’s My Method from the primary place, whereas Eric Idle’s All the time Look on the Vivid Aspect of Life was third, analysis from Co-op Funeralcare discovered.
The anthem, which has lengthy been related to Liverpool Soccer Membership, spent a month on the high of the charts in 1963 and was coated by Sir Captain Tom Moore, Michael Ball and the NHS Voices of Care Choir in April 2020.
Elsewhere on the highest ten charts was Dame Vera Lynn’s We’ll Meet Once more, which additionally topped the charts in the course of the pandemic after being re-released as a duet between Katherine Jenkins and Dame Vera.
You will By no means Stroll Alone by Gerry and the Pacemakers, pictured in 1966, has taken the highest spot on the record of hottest funeral songs this yr
Elsewhere on the highest ten charts was Dame Vera Lynn’s We’ll Meet Once more, which additionally topped the charts in the course of the pandemic after being re-released with Katherine Jenkins
New entries within the high ten songs included Tina Turner’s Merely the Finest at quantity 4, Fleetwood Mac’s The Chain which resurfaced at quantity seven and The Best Showman’s This Is Me which made the record for the primary time.
Classics corresponding to Time To Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman, ‘Someplace Over The Rainbow’ by Eva Cassidy – all of which made the record in 2019 – stay widespread this yr.
Among the many controversial selections this yr was W.A.P by Cardi B ft. Megan Thee Stallion; Ding Dong! The Witch Is Useless from The Wizard of Oz and Ha Ha You are Useless by Inexperienced Day.
Different unconventional selections included Woman On Hearth by Alicia Keys and F*** Perpetually by Babyshambles.
This Is Me from The Best Showman entered the highest 10 most-played funeral songs within the UK for the primary time in 2020
Frank Sinatra’s My Method was knocked off the primary place after topping the record the final time it was compiled in 2019
New entries within the high ten songs included Tina Turner’s Merely the Finest. She is pictured performing earlier this yr
That is the second time that conventional hymns don’t characteristic within the high 10 with The Lord’s My Shepherd, All Issues Vivid and Lovely and Abide With Me normally proving widespread.
The 2016 featured the hymns Abide With Me, The Lord is My Shepherd and All Issues Vivid and Lovely, whereas in 2019 none topped the record.
Sam Tyrer, managing director of Co-op Funeralcare, added: ‘Music performs such a giant half in all of our lives, it is no shock that our favorite songs play a job in the best way we are saying goodbye too.
‘The songs we select for a funeral all maintain distinctive and private which means for ourselves and family members however naturally some songs stay extra widespread than others and we’re delighted to unveil this yr’s music chart.’