"We'll Meet Again" (Vera Lynn) Sung by West End artists

It can be such a tearjerker of a song, implying a reunion in death, or it can be a happy, hopeful toe-tapper looking forward to better days.

My favorite recording of the song is actually both: it was Johnny Cash’s last song released before his death, featuring a chorus of close friends and family members. Cash was close to death and the song was his goodbye, but he was also a devout Christian with a lifelong sense of humor, so he chose to do an upbeat, cheerful version of the song instead of a ballad reading. It’s almost got an “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” feel to it. Given how much of his final album series revolves around death, fear and mourning, it seems Cash preferred to go with a wink and a smile.