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Revision as of 00:05, 10 October 2005
This is a list of songs about London. Instrumental pieces are tagged with an uppercase "[I]", or a lowercase "[i]" for quasi-instrumental including non-lyrics voice samples.
Included are:
- Songs titled after London, or a location or feature of the city.
- Songs whose lyrics are set in London.
Excluded are:
- Songs where London is simply name-checked along with various other cities (such as "New York, London, Paris, Munich", lyrics of "Pop Muzik" by M).
- "Up The Bracket" by The Libertines which occurs on the Cally Road (Caledonian Road Islington N1) and the Vallance Road (Bethnal Green E2)
- "Albion" by The Libertines which namechecks various London districts
- "A Bomb in Wardour Street" by The Jam
- "Aftermath" by R.E.M.
- "Angel Delight" by Fairport Convention
- "The Angel Highbury" by Alan Moore and Tim Perkins in The Highbury Working- each song about a time of Highbury [1]
- "Archway People" by Saint Etienne - title is a reference to the Archway area of London
- "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty
- "Brompton Oratory" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- "By The Sea" by Suede (band)
- "Camden Town" by Madness
- "Carnaby Street" by The Jam
- "Charlotte Street" by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
- "Chelsea Monday" by Marillion in Script for a Jester's Tear - [2]
- "Come Back to Camden" by Morrissey
- "Crawling Up A Hill" by Katie Melua
- "Davey" by Dabby Wilson
- "Down In The Tube Station At Midnight" by The Jam
- "Down to London" by Joe Jackson
- "Electric Avenue" by Eddie Grant, about a street in Brixton
- "Euston Station" by The Oyster Band
- "Experience" by Alan Moore and Tim Perkins in Angel Passage - Blake's life in London [3]
- "Finchley Central" by The New Vaudeville Band
- "First Night Back in London" by The Clash
- "For Tomorrow" by Blur
- "Get out of London" by Interferon
- "Girl from London" by Blue Cheer
- "Girl VI" by Saint Etienne - namechecks numerous London districts
- "Golden Square" [I] by Alan Moore and Tim Perkins in Angel Passage - [4]
- "Guns of Brixton" by The Clash
- "Hampstead Incident" by Donovan
- "Hat-trick" by Alan Moore and Tim Perkins in The Highbury Working- each song about a time of Highbury [5]
- "Hairdresser on Fire" by Morrissey - a song about a hairdresser in "London, giddy London...home of the brash, outrageous, and free"
- "Heaven" by Alan Moore and Tim Perkins in Angel Passage - Blake's life in London [6]
- "Hell" by Alan Moore and Tim Perkins in Angel Passage - Blake's life in London [7]
- "I Don't Want to Go to Chelsea" by Elvis Costello
- "I love London" by Tommy Page
- "Ichycoo Park" by the Small Faces, about Wanstead Flats
- "Inbetweener" by Sleeper, about the East London suburb of Ilford
- "In Iverna Gardens" by The Lilac Time
- "Innocence" by Alan Moore and Tim Perkins in Angel Passage - Blake's life in London [8]
- "Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square" by Jethro Tull
- "Lady, That's My Skull!" by Alan Moore and Tim Perkins in The Highbury Working- each song about a time of Highbury [9]
- "Landing in London" by 3 Doors Down featuring Bob Seger
- "Last Train to London" by the Electric Light Orchestra
- "Limbo" by Alan Moore and Tim Perkins in The Highbury Working- each song about a time of Highbury [10]
- "Londinium" by Catatonia
- "L-O-N-D-O-N" by Screaming Lord Sutch
- "London" by The Smiths
- "London" by Third Eye Blind
- "London Born" by King Prawn
- "London Bridge" (traditional)
- "London Calling" by The Clash
- "London Girl" by The Jam
- "London Girl" by The Pogues
- "London Girls" by Duffy
- "London Lady" by The Stranglers
- "London Leatherboys" by Accept
- "London Loves" by Blur
- "London Pride" by Noel Coward
- "London Still" by The Waifs
- "London's Brilliant Parade" by Elvis Costello
- "London's Burning" by The Clash
- "London's Burning" (traditional)
- "London Town" Paul McCartney
- "London Traffic" by The Jam
- "London Belongs To Me" by Saint Etienne
- "London's Brilliant" by Elvis Costello (written for Wendy James)
- "London's Brilliant Parade" by Elvis Costello, a different song to the previous entry.
- "London Lady" The Stranglers
- "Lost Rivers of London" (aka "London's Lost Rivers") by Coil in Unnatural History III - [11]
- "Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner, (That I Love London So)"
- "Midnight in Chelsea" by Jon Bon Jovi
- "Mile End" by Pulp
- "Mill Hill Self Hate Club" by Edward Ball
- "Misty Morning Albert Bridge" by The Pogues
- "Muswell Hillbillies" by The Kinks
- "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" by Maschwitz and Sherwin
- "No.1 With A Bullet" by Alan Moore and Tim Perkins in The Highbury Working- each song about a time of Highbury [12]
- "The Old Main Drag" by The Pogues
- "The Only Living Boy in New Cross" by Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
- "Opium Nights" by Alan Moore and Tim Perkins in The Highbury Working- each song about a time of Highbury [13]
- "Ossie's Dream" by Chas and Dave
- "P.25 London" by The Black Crowes
- "Pepper's Ghost" by Alan Moore and Tim Perkins in The Highbury Working- each song about a time of Highbury [14]
- "Piccadilly Palare" by Morrissey
- "Play with Fire" by The Rolling Stones
- "Primrose Hill" by John Martyn and Beverley Martyn
- "A Rainy Night in Soho" by The Pogues
- "Red London" by Sham 69
- "Southern Belles in London Sing" by The Faint
- "Strange Town" by The Jam
- "Streets of London" by Harry Belafonte
- "Streets of London" by Ralph McTell
- "A Souvenir of London" by Procol Harum
- "A Skeleton Horse" by Alan Moore and Tim Perkins in The Highbury Working- each song about a time of Highbury [15]
- "Sunny Goodge Street" by Donovan
- "Sunny South Kensington" by Donovan
- "The Wombling Song" by The Wombles
- "Walk Of Life" by Spice Girls (mentions "London town")
- "Waterloo Sunset" by The Kinks
- "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon
- "White City" by The Pogues
See also
- List of songs whose title includes geographical names
- Lists of songs - List of dozens of other similar lists
- "Dedicated Follower Of Fashion"- The Kinks