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Celebration of Life Playlist

A curated collection of songs for memorial services, celebrations of life, and moments of remembrance.

88 songs across 8 categories Open in Spotify

Hymns & Spiritual

Amazing Grace — John Newton
How Great Thou Art — Carl Boberg
It Is Well with My Soul — Horatio Spafford
Abide with Me — Henry Francis Lyte
Be Still My Soul — Katharina von Schlegel
In the Garden — C. Austin Miles
Nearer My God to Thee — Sarah Adams
Ave Maria — Franz Schubert
On Eagle's Wings — Michael Joncas
The Old Rugged Cross — George Bennard

Classic Remembrance

Wind Beneath My Wings — Bette Midler
My Heart Will Go On — Celine Dion
Tears in Heaven — Eric Clapton
Unforgettable — Nat King Cole
What a Wonderful World — Louis Armstrong
Over the Rainbow — Judy Garland
Time to Say Goodbye — Andrea Bocelli
Ave Maria — Andrea Bocelli
You Raise Me Up — Josh Groban
Hallelujah — Leonard Cohen
Bridge Over Troubled Water — Simon & Garfunkel
My Way — Frank Sinatra
Candle in the Wind — Elton John
I Will Always Love You — Whitney Houston

Modern Tributes

See You Again — Wiz Khalifa ft. Charlie Puth
Supermarket Flowers — Ed Sheeran
If I Die Young — The Band Perry
Gone Too Soon — Michael Jackson
Angels — Robbie Williams
One More Light — Linkin Park
Hurt — Johnny Cash
Fix You — Coldplay
When I Get Where I'm Going — Brad Paisley
Dancing in the Sky — Dani & Lizzy
If Heaven — Andy Griggs
Holes in the Floor of Heaven — Steve Wariner
Go Rest High on That Mountain — Vince Gill
Live Like You Were Dying — Tim McGraw

Country & Folk

If Heaven — Andy Griggs
Angels Among Us — Alabama
I Can Only Imagine — MercyMe
Believe — Brooks & Dunn
Three Wooden Crosses — Randy Travis
The Dance — Garth Brooks
Whiskey Lullaby — Brad Paisley ft. Alison Krauss
He Stopped Loving Her Today — George Jones
Go Rest High on That Mountain — Vince Gill
If You Get There Before I Do — Collin Raye

Gospel

I'll Fly Away — Albert Brumley
Precious Lord Take My Hand — Thomas Dorsey
His Eye Is on the Sparrow — Civilla Martin
Swing Low Sweet Chariot — Traditional
Going Up Yonder — Walter Hawkins
Take My Hand Precious Lord — Mahalia Jackson
I Believe I Can Fly — R. Kelly
Order My Steps — GMWA Women of Worship
Total Praise — Richard Smallwood
Soon and Very Soon — Andraé Crouch

Instrumental & Peaceful

Canon in D — Pachelbel
Moonlight Sonata — Beethoven
Clair de Lune — Debussy
Air on the G String — Bach
Adagio for Strings — Samuel Barber
Gymnopédie No. 1 — Erik Satie
River Flows in You — Yiruma
A Thousand Years — Piano Version
Somewhere Over the Rainbow — Piano Version
The Swan — Camille Saint-Saëns

For Mom

Dance with My Father — Luther Vandross
Mama — Il Divo
A Song for Mama — Boyz II Men
You Are the Sunshine of My Life — Stevie Wonder
Wind Beneath My Wings — Bette Midler
I Hope You Dance — Lee Ann Womack
Because You Loved Me — Celine Dion
The Best Day — Taylor Swift
Mama's Song — Carrie Underwood
In My Daughter's Eyes — Martina McBride

For Dad

Dance with My Father — Luther Vandross
Daddy's Hands — Holly Dunn
My Old Man — Zac Brown Band
Cat's in the Cradle — Harry Chapin
He Didn't Have to Be — Brad Paisley
The Living Years — Mike + The Mechanics
Father and Son — Cat Stevens
I Loved Her First — Heartland
Just the Two of Us — Will Smith
My Hero — Foo Fighters