‘Death does not steal our loved ones. On the contrary, it preserves them for us and immortalizes them in our memories,” said the French writer François Mauriac. (1905–1970) and it is precisely the memories that are preserved of those who have physically abandoned the reason for them to stay alive.

For many, music is an effective way to evoke memories and moments that we share with our loved ones. Here we share a short list of songs from various artists that address the theme of death in their lyrics.

“When a Friend Leaves,” Alberto Cortez

The moving single has become a classic for memorializing a deceased being. According to what he said during his lifetime, the Argentine singer-songwriter and poet (the song) was inspired by the death of his father, whom he also considered his best friend.

Released in 1969, the song has had multiple versions, in different musical genres, and has been performed by artists such as María Marta Serra Lima, Facundo Cabral and Ricardo Montaner.

‘Eternal Love’, Rocío Dúrcal

Written by Mexican singer-songwriter Juan Gabriel, it is one of his productions with the highest number of reproductions and interpretations worldwide. It was composed in the 1970s and marketed with the voice of Rocío Dúrcal.

One of the theories of the story that inspired this melody was precisely the death of Victoria Valadez Rojas, mother of Divo de Juárez, who died in Parácuaro (Michoacán) while on tour in Acapulco.

‘Three weeks’, Marco Antonio Solís

With more than 45 million views on YouTube, the song is considered one of the saddest in the repertoire of the Mexican artist, who plans to perform in Ecuador this month.

The song is the first single from their album titled Thanks for being here. The lyrics and story in the music video are about the love and devotion that mothers give to their children, who are often not reciprocated with them, and learn to appreciate them when they are gone.

Three weeks It was nominated for a Lo Nuestro Award (2015) for Best Pop Song of the Year.

“I confess,” Kany García

It is the Spotify platform, it is the third most popular song of their production. It took several months for the song written by the Puerto Rican to be recorded, the artist confessed at the time about the sad story that gave way to the lyrics of this song released in 2018 and which emerges from her album It’s me.

The single was dedicated to his father, he revealed after playing it at one of the shows. The higher voice, and his compositional process – he said – was a catharsis. “I’m never going to record this song because it destroyed me every time I sang it,” García said on the said television program.

The artist’s father died, as she told in an interview, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.