The 1969 song Courtney Barnett wants to be played at her funeral: “It’s just so gentle”

Courtney Barnett has chosen The Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” as the song she would like played at her funeral. She says its gentle, peaceful quality would make mourners feel sad, while its brightness sits alongside a more reflective melancholy.

George Harrison wrote and sang the 1969 song for the band’s album *Abbey Road*. He later recalled writing it in Eric Clapton’s garden after skipping a meeting at Apple Corps, whose business demands had begun to feel like school; the track also features several changes in time signature.