No "Pomp and Circumstance" here

With the recent slew of commencement ceremonies now firmly behind us for this year, my colleagues and I were racking our brains over what music to use for montages celebrating high school and college graduations for TV. This led me wonder what the best songs are.

Most classes, if not overly creative or possessing a deep musical catalog, use the flavor of the month. Which is timely and topical, but leaves little to the imagination in terms of meaning. I've heard "If We Go On Together" from The Land Before Time more times than I can count. My high school class had two songs when I donned the cap and gown in 1992: Bon Jovi's "Never Say Goodbye" for the fellas and some church song I can't immediately recall for the ladies (I think it might have been Michael W. Smith's "Friends".)

And, for the record, while I was a major driving force towards using the track from the New Jersey hair metal gods, I knew the chorus would bring tears to me eyes...but the verses, if you listen, have NOTHING to do with the high school experience.

What do you think the best songs to walk the aisle one last time are?