Funeral Blues and piano in a collection of settings of Auden poems under the title "Cabaret Songs". "Funeral Blues" is copyrighted by the Estate of W. H. Auden. According to The W. H. Auden Society, only Random House, Faber & Faber, and Curtis Brown Ltd. can give permission to reprint the text. It is the English contribution to the statue commemorating the Heysel Stadium disaster, where a retaining wall collapsed, resulting in 39 deaths on 29 May 1985, when Liverpool F.C. played Juventus FC in the European Cup final. The poem is read in its entirety in the 1994 British romantic comedy
Funeral Blues film "Four Weddings and a Funeral". In the musical "February House", produced Off-Broadway in 2012, a large portion of the poem is sung by Auden himself. The show consists of an original score with music and lyrics by Gabriel Kahane. In the sixth episode of the 3rd season of British TV series "Gavin & Stacey", the poem was read by the character Mick, at the wedding of Nessa and Dave, as it was Dave's favorite poem. In the second episode ("Return of the Golden Child") of the second season of British TV series "The IT Crowd", Derek Pippen begins to