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A Custom Song for the Funeral or Celebration of Life

A lit candle beside white lilies and eucalyptus on soft linen

The service is close, and you want everyone in the room to know who they really were. A song written about them, with their name and your family's stories in it, says it when words are hard to find.

Tell us about them in a few sentences. Your song is ready within 24 hours, or usually about 1 hour with priority delivery, from $29. Free changes until every line sounds like them.

✓ Free changes until it feels right · ✓ Full refund within 14 days

Hear a sample song

A sample song, written for a mom on Mother's Day. Yours is written from your family's stories.

Because of You Mama

Sample · Mother's Day

Love Ballad • 4:55

★★★★★

“It brought me to tears… using all that I had hurriedly shared and making something beautiful out of it.”
Sharon L., on Trustpilot

Ready before the service

Songs arrive within 24 hours. If the service is tomorrow, add priority delivery at checkout; it's usually ready in about 1 hour.

How families use it at the service

  • As people arrive, or with the slideshow
  • Before or after the eulogy
  • At the graveside or the gathering afterwards
  • Sent by link to family who can't travel

Ready for the service

  • Your song comes as a private link that plays on any phone, tablet or computer
  • The MP3 for the venue's speakers or the slideshow, and a printable lyric keepsake with a QR code that plays the song, for the program, the guest table or a frame (in the Forever Memory Package at checkout)
  • A photo video: after the song arrives, add their photos and watch the words appear as they're sung. was $24.99 $14.99 for a memorial song

With faith, or without

Choose the Worship style for a song of faith, or country, acoustic, R&B and more. The song follows your family's words.

At a glance

Price
$29 for their song.
Ready
Within 24 hours, or usually about 1 hour with priority delivery.
Sound
Soft acoustic, country, Worship and more, with a male or female voice.
Changes
Free, as many as you need, until every line sounds like them.
Playing it
A private link that plays on any phone. The MP3 for the service comes with the Forever Memory Package.

How it works

  1. 1

    Tell us about them

    A few sentences in your own words: who they were, what they loved, what they always said.

  2. 2

    We make their song

    Within 24 hours, or about 1 hour with priority. It arrives by email as a private link.

  3. 3

    Play it, share it, keep it

    At the service, with family far away, and on the days you miss them. Free changes until it feels right.

What to tell us about them

  • Their name, and what the family called them
  • Two or three stories people will tell at the service
  • Something they always said
  • The music they loved
  • Who will be there to hear it

Questions people ask

What is a custom funeral song?

A custom funeral song is an original song about the person you're saying goodbye to, with their name and your family's stories in it, written to play at the funeral or celebration of life.

Can I get a custom song in time for a funeral this week?

Yes. Songs are ready within 24 hours, and priority delivery (+$10) is usually ready in about 1 hour.

What is a celebration of life song?

It's a song played at a celebration of life to honor the person's story. A custom one is written about them, with their name and your memories, instead of a song everyone already knows.

How do we play the song at the service?

Your song comes as a private link that plays on any phone or computer. For the venue's sound system or a slideshow, the MP3 comes with the Forever Memory Package.

Can we play it at a church funeral?

Yes. You can play it at the funeral, at church and at the memorial service, and share it with family and friends who couldn't be there.

Can the song be upbeat for a celebration of life?

Yes. Write "make it upbeat" when you tell us about them, and choose the style they loved. Otherwise the song stays gentle.

Can we change a line before the service?

Yes, free, as many times as you need. Changes are usually ready within 24 hours.

Their story, in a song for the service

Ready within 24 hours, or about 1 hour with priority. Free changes until every line sounds like them.

Start their song

✓ Free changes until it feels right · ✓ Full refund within 14 days