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* "Day By Day" by Generation X - repeats 'Going round and round, day by day, on the Circle line' throughout the song
* "Day By Day" by Generation X - repeats 'Going round and round, day by day, on the Circle line' throughout the song
* "Dead End Street" by [[The Kinks]] - about a bedsit in Kentish Town
* "Dead End Street" by [[The Kinks]] - about a bedsit in Kentish Town
* "Dedicated Follower Of Fashion" by [[The Kinks]]
* "Do The Strand" by [[Roxy Music]]
* "Do The Strand" by [[Roxy Music]]
* "Down At The Old Bull & Bush" by Hunting/Krone/Stirling/Von Tilzer
* "Down At The Old Bull & Bush" by Hunting/Krone/Stirling/Von Tilzer
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* "Guns of Brixton" by [[The Clash]]
* "Guns of Brixton" by [[The Clash]]
* "Hampstead Incident" by [[Donovan]]
* "Hampstead Incident" by [[Donovan]]
* "Hanging Around" by [[The Stranglers]]
* "Harrow Road" by [[Big Audio Dynamite]]
* "Hat-trick" by [[Alan Moore]] and [[Tim Perkins]] in ''The Highbury Working''- each song about a time of Highbury [http://web.archive.org/web/20041111090611/http://www.alanmoorefansite.com/bib/highbury.html]
* "Hat-trick" by [[Alan Moore]] and [[Tim Perkins]] in ''The Highbury Working''- each song about a time of Highbury [http://web.archive.org/web/20041111090611/http://www.alanmoorefansite.com/bib/highbury.html]
* "Hairdresser on Fire" by [[Morrissey]] - a song about a hairdresser in "London, giddy London...home of the brash, outrageous, and free"
* "Hairdresser on Fire" by [[Morrissey]] - a song about a hairdresser in "London, giddy London...home of the brash, outrageous, and free"
* "Heart of the City" by [[Nick Lowe]]
* "Heaven" by [[Alan Moore]] and [[Tim Perkins]] in ''Angel Passage'' - [[William Blake|Blake]]'s life in London [http://web.archive.org/web/20041124170141/http://www.nthposition.com/angelpassage.php]
* "Heaven" by [[Alan Moore]] and [[Tim Perkins]] in ''Angel Passage'' - [[William Blake|Blake]]'s life in London [http://web.archive.org/web/20041124170141/http://www.nthposition.com/angelpassage.php]
* "Hell" by [[Alan Moore]] and [[Tim Perkins]] in ''Angel Passage'' - [[William Blake|Blake]]'s life in London [http://web.archive.org/web/20041124170141/http://www.nthposition.com/angelpassage.php]
* "Hell" by [[Alan Moore]] and [[Tim Perkins]] in ''Angel Passage'' - [[William Blake|Blake]]'s life in London [http://web.archive.org/web/20041124170141/http://www.nthposition.com/angelpassage.php]
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* "Ichycoo Park" by the [[Small Faces]], about Wanstead Flats
* "Ichycoo Park" by the [[Small Faces]], about Wanstead Flats
* "Inbetweener" by [[Sleeper]], about the East London suburb of [[Ilford]]
* "Inbetweener" by [[Sleeper]], about the East London suburb of [[Ilford]]
* "In the City" by [[The Jam]]
* "In Iverna Gardens" by [[The Lilac Time]]
* "In Iverna Gardens" by [[The Lilac Time]]
* "Innocence" by [[Alan Moore]] and [[Tim Perkins]] in ''Angel Passage'' - [[William Blake|Blake]]'s life in London [http://web.archive.org/web/20041124170141/http://www.nthposition.com/angelpassage.php]
* "Innocence" by [[Alan Moore]] and [[Tim Perkins]] in ''Angel Passage'' - [[William Blake|Blake]]'s life in London [http://web.archive.org/web/20041124170141/http://www.nthposition.com/angelpassage.php]
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* "Lavender Cry" (traditional) Lavendar sellers song
* "Lavender Cry" (traditional) Lavendar sellers song
* "Leaving London" by [[Tom Paxton]]
* "Leaving London" by [[Tom Paxton]]
* "Let 'em Come" by [[Roy Green]]- Official Song Of [[Millwall F.C.]]
* "Let's All Go Down The Strand" (trad?)
* "Let's All Go Down The Strand" (trad?)
* "Limbo" by [[Alan Moore]] and [[Tim Perkins]] in ''The Highbury Working''- each song about a time of Highbury [http://web.archive.org/web/20041111090611/http://www.alanmoorefansite.com/bib/highbury.html]
* "Limbo" by [[Alan Moore]] and [[Tim Perkins]] in ''The Highbury Working''- each song about a time of Highbury [http://web.archive.org/web/20041111090611/http://www.alanmoorefansite.com/bib/highbury.html]
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* "'''London'''" by [[Queensrÿche]]
* "'''London'''" by [[Queensrÿche]]
* "'''London'''" by [[Red Pony]]
* "'''London'''" by [[Red Pony]]
* "'''London'''" by [[The Smiths]]
* "'''London'''" by [[Third Eye Blind]]
* "'''London'''" by [[Third Eye Blind]]
* "'''London''' Belongs To Me" by [[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]]
* "'''London''' Belongs To Me" by [[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]]
* "'''London''' Born" by [[King Prawn]]
* "'''London''' Born" by [[King Prawn]]
* "'''London''' Boys" by [[Marc Bolan and T.Rex]]
* "'''London''' Boys" by [[David Bowie]]
* "'''London''' Bridge" (traditional)
* "'''London''' Bridge" (traditional)
* "[[London Calling (song)|'''London''' Calling]]" by [[The Clash]]
* "[[London Calling (song)|'''London''' Calling]]" by [[The Clash]]
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* "'''London''' Girl" by [[The Pogues]]
* "'''London''' Girl" by [[The Pogues]]
* "'''London''' Girls" by [[Stephen Duffy| Duffy]]
* "'''London''' Girls" by [[Stephen Duffy| Duffy]]
* "'''London''' Girls" by [[The Vibrators]]
* "'''London''' Hornpipe" [I] (traditional)
* "'''London''' Hornpipe" [I] (traditional)
* "'''London''' Lady" by [[The Stranglers]]
* "'''London''' Lady" by [[The Stranglers]]
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* "Play with Fire" by [[The Rolling Stones]]
* "Play with Fire" by [[The Rolling Stones]]
* "Poor Joey" by [[Ian Dury]]
* "Poor Joey" by [[Ian Dury]]
* "Portobello Belle" by [[Dire Straits]]
* "Powis Square" by [[Ry Cooder]] (from the Performance soundtrack)
* "Pretty Polly Perkins of Paddington Green" (traditional)
* "Pretty Polly Perkins of Paddington Green" (traditional)
* "Primrose Hill" by [[Madness_(band)|Madness]]
* "Primrose Hill" by [[Madness_(band)|Madness]]
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* "Red '''London'''" by [[Sham 69]]
* "Red '''London'''" by [[Sham 69]]
* "The Road To Hell" by [[Chris Rea]] (not strictly London, but about the [[M25 motorway]] around London)
* "The Road To Hell" by [[Chris Rea]] (not strictly London, but about the [[M25 motorway]] around London)
* "Saturday Gigs" by [[Mott the Hoople]]
* "Seven Sisters Road" by [[Dan Reed Network]]
* "Seven Sisters Road" by [[Dan Reed Network]]
* "Sights And Sounds Of London Town" by [[Richard Thompson]]
* "Sights And Sounds Of London Town" by [[Richard Thompson]]
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* "Stagger" by [[Underworld]]
* "Stagger" by [[Underworld]]
* "Strange Town" by [[The Jam]]
* "Strange Town" by [[The Jam]]
* "Street Fighting Man'''" by [[The Rolling Stones]]
* "Streets of '''London'''" by [[The Anti Nowhere League]]
* "Streets of '''London'''" by [[The Anti Nowhere League]]
* "Streets of '''London'''" by [[Harry Belafonte]]
* "Streets of '''London'''" by [[Harry Belafonte]]
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* "White Riot" by [[The Clash]]
* "White Riot" by [[The Clash]]
*[[Who are you]] by [[The Who]]
*[[Who are you]] by [[The Who]]
* "Dedicated Follower Of Fashion" by [[The Kinks]]
* "Let 'em Come" by [[Roy Green]]- Official Song Of [[Millwall F.C.]]
* "Wild West End" by [[Dire Straits]]
* "Wild West End" by [[Dire Straits]]
* "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by [[The Rolling Stones]] (Chelsea drug store)
* "Portobello Belle" by [[Dire Straits]]
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Revision as of 14:49, 4 January 2006

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).

]* "Pepper's Ghost" by Alan Moore and Tim Perkins in The Highbury Working- each song about a time of Highbury [15]

See also

'Street Fighting Man' - The Rolling Stones 'Remote Control' - The Clash