List of songs about London

List of songs

This is a list of songs about London by notable artists. 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 (or parts of London) are simply name-checked (e.g. "New York, London, Paris, Munich", lyrics of "Pop Muzik" by M).
This is a dynamic list of songs and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

0–9

  • "7Teen" by The Regents
  • "12 Hours In Brixton" by Lisa Lashes
  • "12 Strings on Carnaby Street" by Steve Morse
  • "13 Chester Street" by The Pretty Things[1]
  • "13 Dead" by Benjamin Zephaniah (about the 1981 New Cross fire)
  • "13 Dead (Nothing Said)" by Johnny Osbourne (about the 1981 New Cross fire)
  • "15 Minutes of Fame" by Sheep on Drugs
  • "18 Whitcomb Street" by Ian Whitcomb (Soho)
  • "186 Goldhawk Road" by Morwell Unlimited
  • "1617 Broadway" (from Mr. Wonderful (musical))
  • "1940 London" by Solitaire
  • "1st Transmission" by Earthling
  • "2007 FPS A London Conversation" by The Clarke & Ware Experiment
  • "22 Acacia Avenue" by Iron Maiden
  • "22 Grand Job" by The Rakes[2]
  • "24 Minutes from Tulse Hill" by Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
  • "The 253" by Chris T-T
  • "29 Church Street" by Les Humphries Singers (Croydon)
  • "3AM Eternal" by The KLF (original "Pure Trance" version)
  • "30 Minutes in London" by Antoine Dufour
  • "368" by Jamie T
  • "The 4 Marys Go Go Dance All Night at the Groovy Cellar" by Captain Sensible
  • "4AM in Leicester Square" by Jaguar
  • "4.50 From Paddington" by Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley
  • "5.52 From Victorloo (London Transport Suite)" by Melodi Light Orchestra Conducted By Ole Jensen (alias of Robert Farnon)
  • "5,6,7,8" by Shut Up and Dance (Hackney, Stoke Newington)
  • "59 Lyndhurst Grove" by Pulp (Peckham)
  • "6 Horsemen (The Brixtons)" by Sleaford Mods
  • "62 Brougham Road (Parts One And Two)" by The Apostles (Hackney)
  • "7.10 from Suburbia" by Jackie Trent[2]
  • "71–75 New Oxford Street" by Mr. Bloe
  • "85 Westbourne Terrace" [I] by Goldie & the Gingerbreads
  • "853-5937" by Squeeze

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  • "XR2" by MIA[1]

Y

  • "Ya Ga Ya Ga A Tramp" by Trinity
  • "Ye Citizens of London" from Doris (opera)
  • "The Year She Spent in England" by Weddings Parties Anything ("And the treasures found in Camden..")
  • "The Yeomen of the Guard Overture" [I] by Arthur Sullivan
  • "Yo Go Monarchs" by London Monarchs
  • "Yonatan Sa HaBaita" by Oshik Levi (Hebrew: יונתן סע הביתה, translation: "Yonatan, Go Home")
  • "You Broke My Heart In 17 Places" by Tracey Ullman (Shepherd's Bush)
  • "You Can Judge A Book By Its Cover" by Saint Etienne (SW14, Hanover Square etc.)
  • "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by The Rolling Stones (Chelsea drug store)
  • "You Can't Do It in London" by Overlord X
  • "You From London" by Sault
  • "You Lift Me Up" by Everything but the Girl ("And the trains run late, I'm stuck at Notting Hill Gate..")
  • "You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties" by Jona Lewie ("This was at some do in Palmers Green..")
  • "The Young and the Old" by Madness "All the old songs, the cockney routines.."
  • "Young London" by Angels & Airwaves
  • "Youth of Eglington" by Black Uhuru ("youth of Brixton..")
  • "You're In A Bad Way" by Saint Etienne "A man could lose himself in London.."
  • "You're So London" by Julie Andrews And Carol Burnett
  • "You're The One For Me, Fatty" by Morrissey ("All over Battersea, some hope and some despair..")
  • "You've Got Her London" by Pierce Turner

See also

Portals:
  • Lists
  • icon London

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "35 songs about London". NME. 8 May 2017. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch "The 100 best London songs". Time Out. 18 February 2015. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g McAlpine, Fraser. "The Brit List: Summer of London – 10 Great London Songs". BBC America. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017.
  4. ^ Stokes, Niall (2005). Into The Heart: The Stories Behind Every U2 Song (Third ed.). Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 1-56025-765-2.
  5. ^ Cooper, Goolistan (28 September 2016). "Tributes to Fulham singer & Faith Brothers frontman Billy Franks". Getwestlondon.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d "nthposition online magazine: 'Angel passage' by Alan Moore and Tim Perkins". 24 November 2004. Archived from the original on 24 November 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "Alan Moore Fan Site – Bibliography". Archived from the original on 11 November 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  8. ^ The lyric states: "Une nuit que j'tais a me morfondre, dans quelque pub anglais du coeur de Londres"
  9. ^ "'London Calling', Repurposed as a Tourism Jingle : The Record". NPR. 30 July 2011. Archived from the original on 25 December 2020.
  10. ^ Clugston, Harriet (13 November 2016). "20 Songs About London From The Punk And New Wave Era". Theculturetrip.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Al Stewart – Past, Present and Future". The Strange Brew. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020.

External links

  • Readers recommend: songs about London, The Guardian, 7 July 2006
  • Songs about Regent's Park and Primrose Hill
  • Songs about London and Europe
  • The London Nobody Sings