The Very Best Songs about London, England

Discover the very best songs about London, England. Whether you’re traveling there tomorrow or simply dreaming wistfully of Roma, we have your back. From The Sex Pistols to Warren Zevon, from The Clash to The Pogues, from Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong to Adele, we’ve gathered the very best songs about London, England in one place. Start with our top ten songs about London, and then explore by genre – including old standards, rock, pop, alternative, singer/songwriter, world, hip hop, blues, jazz, country, electronic, holiday songs and even a few calypso tunes. You’ll find all the best songs about London, England right here.

Top 10 songs About London, England

1. Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon (iTunes | Amazon) Classic song namechecks some great neighborhoods, bars and still be relevant in 21st Century pop culture
2. Dedicated Follower of Fashion – The Kinks (iTunes) Scorning the fashionistas of late ’60s London, the song ended up becoming their anthem. Catchy too
3. London Calling – The Clash (iTunes | Amazon) A Classic. The Clash frets about nuclear incidents, the flooding of the Thames, and high debt
4. A Foggy Day – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong (iTunes | Amazon) In 1965, Ella and Satchmo nailed this Gershwin classic about London
5. Anarchy in the U.K. – The Sex Pistols (iTunes | Amazon) Pistols’ debut single, this track is ranked 56 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
6. Lullaby of London – The Pogues (iTunes | Amazon)
7. Warwick Avenue – Duffy (iTunes | Amazon) Welsh singer-songwriter waxes on about the Warwick Avenue tube station in this international 2008 hit
8. LDN – Lily Allen (iTunes | Amazon) Allen’s infectious and explicit tune places a willing but knowing veneer over some of London’s shadier corners
9. Hometown Glory – Adele (iTunes | Amazon) Adele belts out this tune about her ease, peace and comfort in her hometown of London
10. 22 Grand Job – The Rakes (iTunes | Amazon) Rocking alternative rants about a £22K finance job in the City sound pretty good. “It’s alright. It’s alright”

Want more of the best songs about London, England? Check our list below for more favorites, standbys, classics, and a few oddball selections. No matter your musical taste, you can find a sound you like among the best songs about London. Like us on Facebook or check out more top 10 songs for other great cities and destinations.

More Songs About London, England

STANDARDS & SOUNDTRACK SONGS ABOUT LONDON

• A Foggy Day (In London Town) – Michael Buble (iTunes | Amazon) Buble doesn’t disappoint in his modern day crooner cover of this classic song of London encounters
• London By Night – Frank Sinatra (iTunes | Amazon)
• A London – Petula Clark (iTunes | Amazon)
• Meet Me In Battersea Park – Petula Clark (iTunes | Amazon)
• A Nightingale Sang in Barkley Square – Nat King Cole (iTunes | Amazon)
• A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square – Judy Campbell & Michael Law (iTunes)
• A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square – Vera Lynn (iTunes | Amazon)
• London Pride – Noël Coward (iTunes | Amazon)
• London Rhythm – The Mills Brothers (iTunes | Amazon)
• Give the Moon Over London – Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Orpheans (iTunes | Amazon)
• London Conga – Juan Harrison (iTunes | Amazon)
• When You Hear Big Ben, You’re Home Again – Vera Lynn (iTunes | Amazon)
• London Skies – Jamie Cullum (iTunes | Amazon)
• A Foggy Day In London Town / A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Russ Lorenson (iTunes | Amazon)
• Hedwig’s Theme (Theme from Harry Potter) – John Williams (iTunes | Amazon)
• Portobello Road – David Tomlinson (iTunes | Amazon) Ditty about West London’s distinctive street market from Disney’s 1971 film Bedknobs & Broomsticks

ROCK SONGS ABOUT LONDON

• London’s Burning – The Clash (iTunes | Amazon)
• God Save the Queen – The Sex Pistols (iTunes | Amazon) When this 2nd track from the Pistols was released during Queen Elizabeth II’s 1977 Silver Jubilee, its controversial lyrics and cover prompted the BBC to ban it
• Electric Avenue – Eddy Grant (iTunes | Amazon) This 1982 song is about 1981’s Brixton riots near London’s titular avenue, not your local Skateland circa 1983
• London Girl – The Pogues (iTunes | Amazon)
• Rainy Night in SoHo – The Pogues (iTunes | Amazon)
• Dark Streets of London – The Pogues (iTunes | Amazon)
• London You’re a Lady – The Pogues (iTunes | Amazon)
• The Fool on the Hill – The Beatles (iTunes)
• London Bye Ta Ta – David Bowie (iTunes | Amazon)
• The London Boys – David Bowie (iTunes | Amazon)
• Lady Grinning Soul – David Bowie (iTunes | Amazon)
• Maid of Bond Street – David Bowie (iTunes | Amazon)
• Play With Fire – The Rolling Stones (iTunes | Amazon)
• Gasoline Alley – Rod Stewart (iTunes | Amazon)
• Slim Slow Slider – Van Morrison (iTunes | Amazon)
• Hanging Around – The Stranglers (iTunes | Amazon)
• Bar Italia – Pulp (iTunes | Amazon)
• Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks (iTunes | Amazon)
• Down In The Tube Station At Midnight – The Jam (iTunes | Amazon)
• ‘A’ Bomb in Wardour Street – The Jam (iTunes | Amazon)
• Carnaby Street – The Jam (iTunes | Amazon)
• Itchycoo Park – The Small Faces (iTunes | Amazon)
• London – Roger Hodgson (iTunes | Amazon)
• 22 Acacia Avenue – Iron Maiden (iTunes | Amazon)
• We Are London – Madness (iTunes | Amazon)
• On The Town – Madness (iTunes | Amazon)
• The Liberty of Norton Folgate – Madness (iTunes | Amazon)
• Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty (iTunes | Amazon)
• Last Train to London – Electric Light Orchestra (iTunes | Amazon)
• Do The Strand – Roxy Music (iTunes | Amazon)
• London Dungeon – Misfits (iTunes | Amazon)
• Heart of the City – Nick Lowe (iTunes | Amazon)
• Landing In London – 3 Doors Down with Bob Seger (iTunes | Amazon)
• London Bridge – Bread (iTunes | Amazon)
• Cooksferry Queen – Richard Thompson (iTunes | Amazon)
• Towers of London – XTC (iTunes | Amazon)
• Debris – Faces (iTunes | Amazon)
• Chelsea Girl – Ride (iTunes | Amazon)
• (Do You Remember) Saturday Gigs – Mott the Hoople (iTunes | Amazon)
• Midnight In Chelsea – Jon Bon Jovi (iTunes | Amazon)
• Day by Day – Generation X (iTunes | Amazon)
• London – Dan Potthast (iTunes | Amazon)
• 13 Chester Street – The Pretty Things (iTunes | Amazon)
• London Boys – Johnny Thunder (iTunes | Amazon)
• London Boys – Kevin K (iTunes | Amazon)

POP SONGS ABOUT LONDON

• West End Girls – Pet Shop Boys (iTunes | Amazon)
• London – Pet Shop Boys (iTunes | Amazon)
• London Town – Paul McCartney & Wings (iTunes | Amazon)
• Royals – Lorde (iTunes | Amazon)
• Next Plane to London – The Rose Garden (iTunes | Amazon)
• Kentish Town Waltz – Imelda May & Lou Reed (iTunes | Amazon)
• Hey Young London – Bananarama (iTunes | Amazon)
• London Belongs To Me – Saint Etienne (iTunes | Amazon)
• Mario’s Café – Saint Etienne (iTunes | Amazon)
• My Ever Changing Moods – The Style Council (iTunes | Amazon)
• Down To London – Joe Jackson (iTunes | Amazon)
• Portobello Belle – Dire Straits (iTunes | Amazon)
• Oxford Street – Everything But The Girl (iTunes | Amazon)
• Charlotte Street – Lloyd Cole & The Commotions (iTunes | Amazon)
• Cool For Cats – Squeeze (iTunes | Amazon)
• Bangers, Beans and Mash – Infant Sorrow (iTunes | Amazon) Comedian Russell Brand belts out this explicit but tongue-in-cheek song about a London lover’s plea from the 2010’s Get Him To The Greek
• Galang – M.I.A. (iTunes | Amazon)

ALTERNATIVE SONGS ABOUT LONDON

• Cemeteries of London – Coldplay (iTunes | Amazon)
• London – Noonday Underground (iTunes)
• Mornington Crescent – Belle & Sebastian (iTunes | Amazon)
• Panic – The Smiths (iTunes | Amazon)
• London – The Smiths (iTunes | Amazon)
• Fake Plastic Trees – Radiohead (iTunes | Amazon)
• Aftermath – R.E.M. (iTunes | Amazon)
• For Tomorrow – blur (iTunes | Amazon)
• Under The Westway – blur (iTunes | Amazon)
• All The Umbrellas In London – The Magnetic Fields (iTunes | Amazon)
• London – Third Eye Blind (iTunes | Amazon)
• London Song – The Breeders (iTunes | Amazon)
• London! – Frida Hyvönen (iTunes | Amazon)
• By The Sea – The London Suede (iTunes | Amazon)
• Duffer St. George – The Fiery Furnaces (iTunes | Amazon)
• Archway Towers – New Model Army (iTunes | Amazon)
• London Boys – Anti Nowhere League (iTunes)
• Streets of London – Anti Nowhere League (iTunes | Amazon)
• 368 – Jamie T (iTunes | Amazon)
• History Song – The Good, the Bad, and the Queen (iTunes | Amazon)
• The Good, the Bad, and the Queen – The Good, the Bad, and the Queen (iTunes | Amazon)
• Kingdom of Doom – The Good, the Bad, and the Queen (iTunes | Amazon)
• 80s Life – The Good, the Bad, and the Queen (iTunes | Amazon)
• Herculean –The Good, Bad, and the Queen (iTunes | Amazon)
• I Loved London – The Real Tuesday Weld (iTunes | Amazon)
• Albion – Babyshambles (iTunes | Amazon)
• Goldhawk Road – Dustin’s Bar Mitzvah (iTunes | Amazon)
• Jack The Ripper – The Horrors (iTunes | Amazon)
• Time For Heroes – The Libertines (iTunes | Amazon)
• I Love London – Crystal Fighters (iTunes | Amazon)
• London – PK (iTunes | Amazon)
• A London Story – Trembling Blue Stars (iTunes | Amazon)

LATIN, CALYPSO & WORLD SONGS ABOUT LONDON

• London Town – Bellowhead (iTunes | Amazon)
• London Boys – Katy Prado & the Mambaleros (iTunes | Amazon)
• Streets of London – Soothsayers (iTunes | Amazon)
• Electric Avenue – Cumbe (iTunes | Amazon)
• London, London – Caetano Veloso (iTunes| Amazon)
• The Underground Train – Lord Kitchener (iTunes | Amazon)
• London is the Place for Me – Lord Kitchener (iTunes | Amazon)
• No Carnival in Britain – Mighty Terror (iTunes | Amazon)
• I Was There (at the Coronation) – Young Tiger (iTunes | Amazon)

SINGER/SONGWRITER SONGS ABOUT LONDON

• Streets of London – Ralph McTell (iTunes | Amazon)
• Primrose Hill – John & Beverley Martyn (iTunes | Amazon)
• Primrose Hill – Loudon Wainwright III (iTunes | Amazon)
• Mayfair – Nick Drake (iTunes | Amazon)
• Portobello Road – Cat Stevens (iTunes | Amazon)
• Soho – Bert Jansch & John Renbourn (iTunes | Amazon)
• London Town – Donovan (iTunes | Amazon)
• London Bridges – Josh Rouse (iTunes | Amazon)
• London Still – The Waifs (iTunes | Amazon)
• London Danny – Fairport Convention (iTunes | Amazon)
• Leaving London – Tom Paxton (iTunes | Amazon)
• One Night on Westminster Bridge – Pig with the Face of a Boy (iTunes | Amazon)
• Boy for London – Tatyana Tenenbaum (iTunes | Amazon)
• The Ghosts of Cable Street – The Men They Couldn’t Hang (iTunes | Amazon)
• 30 Minutes in London – Antoine Dufour (iTunes | Amazon)

HIP HOP SONGS ABOUT LONDON

• Living In London – Wiley feat. Tinchy Stryder & Messy (iTunes | Amazon)
• 5678 – Shut Up And Dance (iTunes)
• Hype Talk – Dizzee Rascal (iTunes | Amazon)

ELECTRONIC SONGS ABOUT LONDON

• Clark Gable – The Postal Service (iTunes | Amazon)
• Hold Tight London – The Chemical Brothers (iTunes | Amazon)
• North West Three – Fatboy Slim (iTunes | Amazon)
• London – Oddisee (iTunes | Amazon)
• Born Slippy (Nuxx) – Underworld (iTunes | Amazon)

BLUES SONGS ABOUT LONDON

• I’m Trying to Make London My Home – Sonny Boy Williamson (iTunes | Amazon)

JAZZ SONGS ABOUT LONDON

• London in the Rain – Marc Jordan (iTunes | Amazon)

COUNTRY SONGS ABOUT LONDON

• London Homesick Blues – Jerry Jeff Walker (iTunes | Amazon)

CHRISTMAS & HOLIDAY SONGS ABOUT LONDON

• Christmas in London – Frank Hamilton (Amazon)
• Christmas Time in London Town – Blabbermouth (iTunes | Amazon)
• Christmas in London – Kiskadee (iTunes | Amazon)
• Christmas Time in London Town – Nina & Frederik (iTunes | Amazon)
• Christmas in London – Julie Fordham (iTunes)
• Christmas in London – Krista Detor (iTunes | Amazon)

Suggest Songs About London, England

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