'My Way,' OK; But Singing 'Someone Like You' At A Funeral? Isn't That Wrong?

Of course My Way — the Frank Sinatra version — is the most requested contemporary song at funerals in the U.K., according to Co-operative Funeralcare.

That makes sense.

But check out the song that the funeral home firm says soared to No. 22 in the past year on its list of pop songs that folks want to hear at services for the dearly(?) departed:

The song's basically about a spurned lover telling an old flame, "nevermind, I'll find someone like you."

As Gawker says, playing Someone Like You at a funeral is "about as appropriate as playing My Sharona at a tween's birthday party." (Those too young to remember The Knack can check out My Sharona's lyrics here.)

Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.