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There's nothing like the right song to set the mood. We're not sure what kind of mood could possibly be evoked with the "Golden Girls" theme, but for a growing number of people in the U.K., the answer is apparently "somber."

A new study by a British funeral company has revealed that movie and TV themes are outpacing traditional hymns as funeral music. While the trend toward popular music isn't that much of a shocker ("Dust in the Wind," anyone?) it's a trifle more jarring to forgo "Ave Maria" in favor of "Charles in Charge."

The most popular choices included Monty Python's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" (ha, OK) to "The Benny Hill Theme" (hurrrhh?). The survey -- which polled over 30,000 organizers and officials -- also found tunes that some priests refused to play, like AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" and Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust."

Personally, we think a really inappropriate song is much more memorable than a florid eulogy and crappy organ music.

Click here for our funeral song choices.

9. "Suicide is Painless" ("M*A*S*H" theme). Tells your loved ones: I am gone. Now please enjoy some jazz funk.
8. Alvin and the Chipmunks' "Achey Breaky Heart." Tells your loved ones: I hated you.
7. The Theme to "Two and a Half Men." Tells your loved ones: So long, and thanks for all the hookers.
6. Sting's "Every Breath You Take" Tells your loved ones: Don't feel sad! I will be haunting you.
5. The Divinyls' "I Touch Myself." Tells your loved ones: Well, now you know.
4. Schoolhouse Rock's "I'm Just a Bill." Tells your loved ones: How a bill becomes a law.
3. Cutting Crew's "I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight." Tells your loved ones: I was literal.
2. Morrissey's "You Have Killed me." Tells your loved ones: Blame yourself.
1. "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" Tells your loved ones: Superman dat ho.