What's the most frequently played music / song at an Australian funeral?

This is a strange one! Have you ever considered what the most frequently played song (or music) is at funerals in your local Church? Among us Methodists it must surely be 'Jerusalem iKhaya lam' (A Xhosa song, Jerusalem is our home in which Jerusalem refers to Heaven). Or perhaps amongst English congregants it is something like Abide with me?

Well here's a STRANGE report from Australia. It not only reflects a rather weird taste in music... It also reflects the fact that even in death the Church in Australia no longer plays an important part (see the section I listed in bold below). We need to take care that we don't go the same way here in South Africa!

A large cemetery and crematorium in Adelaide, Australia reports that Frank Sinatra's "My Way" has become the most-played funeral song. Second on the charts is "Wonderful World" sung by Louis Armstrong. Only two traditional Christian hymns are in the top 10. From the Associated Press:

"Some of the more unusual songs we hear actually work very well within the service because they represent the person's character," Centennial Park chief executive Bryan Elliott said.

Among other less conventional choices were "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" by the Monty Python comedy team, "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead," "Hit the Road Jack," "Another One Bites the Dust" and "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead."

Funeral songs (Yahoo!)