When I Get Where I'm Going
2005
George Teren and Rivers Rutherford wrote it; Dolly Parton's harmony carries a song about grief and the afterlife.
★ 3.5
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Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)
2001
Monahan woke from a dream of his late mother, and Paul Buckmaster's strings carry the whole ache.
★ 4.8
One Sweet Day
1995
Nathan Morris had written nearly the same song for his late road manager, Carey said; sixteen weeks at number one.
★ 5.2
Go Rest High on That Mountain
1995
Gill started it for Keith Whitley in 1989 and finished it after his half-brother died, Patty Loveless singing harmony.
★ 5.5
Ocean Breathes Salty
2004
Recorded at Sweet Tea in Oxford, Mississippi, and it turns a hard look at mortality into something close to serene.
★ 5.6
I'll Fly Away
2000 · From O Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack
A 1932 hymn Brumley began while picking cotton, carried here by Krauss and Welch over mandolin and guitar.
★ 5.6
Spirit in the Sky
1969
A Jewish songwriter watching Porter Wagoner sing gospel on television, a Telecaster with the fuzz built in, and heaven.
★ 5.9
Tears in Heaven
1991
Will Jennings helped finish a lyric Clapton wrote after his four-year-old son died; three Grammys followed in 1993.
★ 5.9
Tha CrossroadsBone Thugs-n-Harmony
Tha Crossroads
1995
Recut after Eazy-E's death, the elegy spent eight weeks at number one and won the group a Grammy.
★ 6.3