List of songs about London

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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.

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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.

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B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

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R

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T

U

V

W

X

Y

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "35 songs about London". NME. 8 May 2017. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 "The 100 best London songs". Time Out . 18 February 2015. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 McAlpine, Fraser. "The Brit List: Summer of London – 10 Great London Songs". BBC America. 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. 1 2 3 4 "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.
  7. ↑ "Alan Moore Fan Site – Bibliography". Archived from the original on 11 November 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
  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.
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