James Blunt’s Goodbye My Lover is the song most requested at British funerals and remembrance services, closely followed by Robbie Williams’s Angels, according to a survey released recently. Research for the Bereavement Register found just over a half (51 percent) of people ask for a specific song be be played at their funeral and 79 percent have talked with family and friends about possible song choices. The survey of 5,000 people also uncovered some unusual final choices for the final goodbye with rock songs like I’ll Sleep When I am Dead by Bon Jovi, competing with classical tracks and soul. “The top 20 really shows how far we have come in terms of saying goodbye. Gone are the days dirges of yore, instead we are seeing contemporary music that is easier to relate to,” said Mark Roy, founder of the Bereavement Register, which removes the names and addresses of people who have died from databases to reduce junk mail.