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* "The Labour Peer" by George Ellis ('And now, would you believe, I'm the Earl of Camberwell')
* "Ladbroke Grove Blues" by [[Ram John Holder]], [[1969]]
* "The Ladies of '''London'''" - composer unknown
* "Ladies of London Town" by [[Frank Turner]]
* "Lady Grinning Soul (London)" by [[David Bowie]]
* "Lady, That's My Skull!" by [[Alan Moore]] and [[Tim Perkins]] in ''The Highbury Working''- each song about a time of Highbury
* "[[The Lambeth Walk]]" by [[Noel Gay]] from ''[[Me and My Girl]]'', 1937
* "The Lambeth Waltz" by [[Vera Lynn]], [[1953]]
* "Landing in '''London'''" by [[3 Doors Down]] featuring Bob Seger
* "Last Night in Soho" by [[Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich]]
* "Last Train to '''London'''" by [[Electric Light Orchestra]]
* "Lavender Cry" (traditional) Lavender sellers song
* "Lavender Hill" by [[The Real Tuesday Weld]]
* "[[LDN (song)|LDN]]" by [[Lily Allen]]
* "LDN is a Victim" by [[LDN is a Victim]]
* "Leave the Capitol" by [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] - [[Mark E Smith]]'s plea to "exit this Roman shell" and return to Manchester
* "Leave The City and Come Home" by [[The Rakes]]
* "Leaving '''London'''" by [[Tom Paxton]]
* "Lee Navigation" by [[Saint Etienne]]
* "Leicester Square" by [[Harry Freeman]], an old music hall number
* "Leicester Square" by [[Rancid (band)|Rancid]]
* "Lesney Factory" by [[Saint Etienne]]
* "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize" by [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]]
* "Let 'em Come" by Roy Green official song of [[Millwall F.C.]]
* "Let's All Go Down the Strand" by [[Charles Whittle]], written by [[Harry Castling]] and [[C. W. Murphy]]
* "[[Let's Push Things Forward]]" by [[The Streets]]
* "Leyton Art Inferno" by [[Saint Etienne]]
* "[[Leyton Orient F.C.|Leyton Orient]] Scored More Goals Than Any Other Fourth Division Team in '88/'89" - The Almost Legendary "Funky" Lol Ross
* "Life and Death of the Two Ladies of Finsbury" - composer unknown
* "Life Begins at Oxford Circus" by [[Jack Hylton]] and His Orchestra
* "Life in '''London'''" by [[Mighty Terror]] from the album "Calypso @ Dirty Jim's"
* "Light at the End of the Tunnel" by [[Half Man Half Biscuit]] is about a girl moving to [[Notting Hill]]
* "Light Skin Girl from '''London'''" by [[Lenny Kravitz]]
* "Lights of '''London'''" by [[David Gray (musician)|David Gray]]
* "Lights Out" by [[UFO (band)|UFO]]
* "Limbo" by [[Alan Moore]] and [[Tim Perkins]] in ''The Highbury Working'' - each song about Highbury [http://web.archive.org/web/20041111090611/http://www.alanmoorefansite.com/bib/highbury.html]
* "Limehouse Blues" by [[Douglas Furber and Philip Braham]]
* "Lions" by [[Dire Straits]] mentions - The [[Cutty Sark]], Tea Clipper in dry dock at [[Greenwich]]
* "A Little Bit of Cucumber" by [[T. W. Connor]] ('To the Lord Mayor's Banquet I got in one foggy day')
* "Live from (Da Big Smoke)" by [[Blak Twang]]
* "Live in Trouble" by [[The Barron Knights]] (Walthamstow, Tower Bridge etc)
* "Living in Tottenham" by [[Frank Chickens]]
* "Living with Unemployment" by [[The Newtown Neurotics]]
* "[[Lola]]" by [[The Kinks]]
* "Londinium" by [[Catatonia (band)|Catatonia]]
* "Londinium" by [[Archive (band)|Archive]]
* "'''L-O-N-D-O-N'''" by [[Screaming Lord Sutch]]
* "'''L-O-N-D-O-N'''" by [[Raped]]
* "'''London'''" by [[Alanis Morissette]]
* "'''London'''" by [[A. J. McLean]]
* "'''London'''" by [[Anthrax (band)|Anthrax]]
* "'''London'''" by [[Arma Ashi]]
* "'''London'''" by [[Barry Manilow]]
* "'''London'''" by [[Brandon Heath]]
* "'''London'''" by [[Bowling for Soup]]
* "'''London'''" by [[David Axelrod (musician)|David Axelrod]] 1969
* "'''London'''" by Eoin Woods on Everytime (Irish musician in Boston in early 1990s)
* "'''London'''" by [[Noonday Underground]]
* "'''London'''" by [[Patrick Wolf]]
* "'''London'''" by [[Pet Shop Boys]]
* "'''London'''" by [[Porcupine Tree]]
* "'''London'''" by [[Queensrÿche]]
* "'''London'''" by [[Red Pony]]
* "'''London'''" by [[The Rumble Strips]]
* "'''London'''" by [[The Smiths]]
* "'''London'''" by [[Tangerine Dream]] in ''Tyger'' [http://web.archive.org/web/20031103204402/http://www.metrolyrics.com/lyrics/114424/Tangerine_Dream/London/]
* "'''London'''" by [[Third Eye Blind]]
* "'''London'''" by [[Tina Dico]]
* "'''London''' Acid City" by [[Lochi]]
* "'''London Aquarium'''" by [[Chris T-T]]
* "'''London''' Beckoned Songs About Money Written by Machines" by [[Panic! at the Disco]]
* "'''London''' Belongs to Me" by [[Saint Etienne]]
* "'''London''' Bitch" by [[50 Cent]]
* "'''London''' Bombs" by [[Eskimo Joe]]
* "'''London''' Born" by [[King Prawn]]* "'''London''' Bouncers" by [[!Action Pact!]]
* "[[The London Boys|The '''London''' Boys]]" by [[David Bowie]]
* "'''London''' Boys" by [[T.Rex (band)|T.Rex]]
* "'''London''' Boys" by [[Johnny Thunders]]
* "'''London''' Bridge" (traditional)
* "'''London''' Bridge" by [[Bread (band)|Bread]]
* "'''London''' Bridge is Falling Down" (nursery rhyme)
* "'''London''' Bridge is Falling Down" by [[Kirsty MacColl]]
* "'''London''' Bridge" by [[Mindless Self Indulgence]]
* "'''London''' Bridge" by [[Newtrament]]
* "[[London Bridge (Fergie song)|'''London''' Bridge]]" by [[Stacy Ferguson|Fergie]]
* "'''London''' by Night" by [[Carroll Coates]]
* "'''London''' Bye Ta-Ta" by [[David Bowie]]
* "'''London''' Calling" [I] by [[Eric Coates]]
* "[[London Calling (song)|'''London''' Calling]]" by [[The Clash]]
* "'''London''' Calling" by [[The Lambrettas]]
* "'''London''' Calls" by [[Billy Cotton]]
* "'''London''' Cameos - The City, St. James's Park in Spring, A State Ball at Buckingham Palace" [I] by [[Haydn Wood]]
* "'''London''', Can You Wait" by [[Gene (band)|Gene]] [http://successlessness.vox.com/library/posts/tags/london+can+you+wait/]
* "'''London''' City" (traditional) version of Barbara Allen
* "'''London''' Danny" by [[Jez Lowe]]
* "'''London''' Drums" by [[The Spring Offensive]]
* "'''London''' Dungeon" by [[Misfits (band)|The Misfits]]
* "'''London''' England" by [[Cordurouy]]
* "'''London''' Express" by [[Oliver Sain]]
* "'''London''' Girl" by [[Cromatone Express]]
* "'''London''' Girl" by [[The Jam]]
* "'''London''' Girl" by [[The Pogues]]
* "'''London''' Girls" by [[Chas & Dave]]
* "'''London''' Girls" by [[Stephen Duffy]]
* "'''London''' Girls" by [[Kirsty MacColl]]
* "'''London''' Girls" by [[The Vibrators]]
* "'''London''' Girls" by [[Tori Amos]]
* "'''London''' Halflife" by [[Metric (band)|Metric]]
* "'''London''' Homesick Blues" by [[Jeff Beck]]
* "'''London''' Homesick Blues" by [[Gary P. Nunn]] sung by [[Jerry Jeff Walker]]
* "'''London''' Hornpipe" [I] (traditional)
* "The '''London''' I Love" (sung by Vera Lynn (1940s), author unknown)
* "'''London''' Interlude" by [[Lonnie Liston Smith]]
* "'''London''' Is Behind Me" by [[Justin Hayward]]
* "'''London''' Is Mine" by [[White Rose Movement]]
* "'''London''' Is London" by [[Leslie Bricusse]], sung by [[Petula Clark]] (from the musical ''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969 film)|Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]'')
* "'''London''' Is the Place for Me" by [[Lord Kitchener (calypsonian)|Lord Kitchener]]
* "'''London''' Kid" by [[Jean Michel Jarre]]
* "'''London''' Kisses" by [[Rory McLeod (singer-songwriter)|Rory McLeod]] (from his "Mouth to Mouth" album)
* "'''London''' Lady" [[The Stranglers]]
* "The '''London''' Lass" by [[J.C. Bach]] and [[G.G. Bottarelli]] (English translator unknown) - from the opera Carattaco
* "'''London''' Lasses Lamentation" - composer unknown
* "'''London''' Leatherboys" by [[Accept]]
* "'''London''', London" by [[Caetano Veloso]]
* "'''London''' Loves" by [[Blur (band)|Blur]]
* "'''London''', Luck and Love" by [[Hall & Oates]]
* "'''London''', My Town" by [[The Fine Arts Showcase]]
* "'''London''' Nights" by [[London Boys]]
* "A '''London''' Overture" by [[John Ireland]]
* "A '''London''' Overture" by [[Philip Sparke]]
* '''London''' Patola by Jazzy B
* "'''London''' Pieces" by [[John Ireland]]
* "'''London''' Posse" by [[London Posse]]
* "[[London Pride (song)|'''London''' Pride]]" by [[Noel Coward]]
* "'''London''' Rain (Nothing Heals Me Like you Do)" by [[Heather Nova]]
* "'''London''' River" by [[Fairport Convention]]
* "'''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''''s Burning" (traditional)
* "'''London''''s Burning" by [[The Clash]]
* "'''London''' Scene?" by [[Twisted Charm]]
* "'''London''' Scenes for Pianoforte" by [[Cuthbert Harris]]
* "'''London''' School of Economics" by [[Acid House Kings]]
* "'''London''' Skies" by [[Jamie Cullum]]
* "'''London''' Social Degree" by [[Billy Nicholls]]
* "'''London''' Song" by [[The Breeders]]
* "'''London''' Song" by [[Geoffrey Wright]] and [[Harry Parr Davies]]
* "'''London''''s Ordinary" - composer unknown
* "'''London''' Still" by [[The Waifs]]
* "'''London''' Stomp" by [[Bo Diddley]]
* "A '''London''' Sumting" by [[Tek 9]]
* "'''London''' Suite" by Fats Waller, recorded in 1939 by Waller in London
* "'''London''' Suite - Covent Garden, Westminster, Knightsbridge" [I] by [[Eric Coates]]
* "'''London''' Again Suite - Oxford Street, Langham Place, Mayfair" [I] by [[Eric Coates]]
* "'''London''' Sun" by [[Wheatus]]
* "'''London''' Symphony" by [[Joseph Haydn]]
* "'''London''' Talking" by [[Ian Dury]]
* "'''London''' Times" by [[Radio Heart]]
* "'''London''' Town" by [[Bucks Fizz]]
* "'''London''' Town" by [[Donovan]]
* "'''London''' Town" by [[The Holloways]]
* "'''London''' Town" by [[JDS]]
* "'''London''' Town" by [[Jamie Scott]]
* "'''London''' Town" by [[Jamie Scott|Jamie Scott & The Town]]
* "'''London''' Town" by [[James Taylor]]
* "'''London''' Town" by [[Kano]]
* "'''London''' Town" by [[Kosmos Express]]
* "'''London''' Town" by [[Laura Marling]]
* "'''London''' Town" by [[Liam Cottrell]]
* "'''London''' Town" by [[Light of the World]] (reissued/remixed as "London Town 85")
* "'''London''' Town" by [[Man Like Me]]
* "'''London''' Town" by [[Master Shortie]]
* "'''London''' Town" by [[Paul McCartney]]
* "'''London''' Town" by Raf
* "'''London''' Town" by The Jime
* "'''London''' Town" by [[The Pretty Things]]
* "'''London''' Town" by [[William Control]]
* "'''London''' Traffic" by [[The Jam]]
* "'''London''' Tu Nachdi" by [[Apache Indian]]
* "'''London''' Underground" by [[Amateur Transplants]]
* "'''London ''' Waterloo" [i] by Julian Harris
* "'''London''' X-Press" by [[X-Press 2]]
* "'''London''', You Owe Me This Much" by Plastik
* "'''London''' You're a Lady" by [[The Pogues]]
* "'''London''''s In Love" - [[The Pearlfishers]]
* "'''London''''s Mine" by [[White Rose Movement (band)|White Rose Movement]]
* "Londres Strut" by [[Smells Like Heaven]]
* "Look at the Price of Coals!" by [[Harry Hunter]] and [[Alfred Lee]] ('Today in the Strand I was passing by')
* "Lord Mayor of '''London'''" by [[King, and Winifred Palmer]]
* "Lost Rivers of '''London'''" (aka "London's Lost Rivers") by [[Coil (band)|Coil]] in ''Unnatural History III'' - [http://cl4.org/music/lyrics/coil_i-z.php#lostriversoflondon]
* "Lucifer Over '''London'''" by [[Current93]]
* "Lullaby of '''London'''" by [[The Pogues]]


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Revision as of 21:15, 3 November 2009

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).
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  • "Jack Talking" by Dave Stewart and The Spiritual Cowboys
  • "Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square" by Jethro Tull
  • "John Willie, Come On" by George Formby, Sr. ('We went in Madame Tussaud's waxwork show and it were grand')
  • "Junkie Doll" by Mark Knopfler (From Sailing to Philadelphia album; he mentions both Turnpike Lane and Turnham Green)
  • "Just For You London" by Bodysnatch

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Main article: List of songs about London (L)

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  • "The Vauxhall Labyrinth" by Mount Vernon Arts Lab
  • "Victoria Gardens" by Madness
  • "Victoria Station (1944)" by Kitto (lyrics Andrew McDonald) about an old man in the 21st century who served in the World Wars and is still a prisoner of war, in his own mind - www.whosjack.com 2007.
  • "Violet Hill" by Coldplay [it's a small street between Maida Vale and Abbey Road in St John's Wood]

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See also

List of songs banned by the BBC

External links

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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