List of songs about London (L)

This is a list of songs about London that start with the letter "L". For a complete list see 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 (such as "New York, London, Paris, Munich", lyrics of "Pop Muzik" by M).

La

• "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" by David Bowie (London)
• "Lady, That's My Skull!" by Alan Moore and Tim Perkins (in The Highbury Working)
• "Lambeth" by Burial
• "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 ft. Bob Seger
• "Langham Place" by Eric Coates (from 'London Again Suite')
• "Last Night in Soho" by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
• "Last Tango In London" by Mud
• "Last Train to Clapham Junction" by The Business
• "Last Train to Dagenham" by Cock Sparrer
• "Last Train to London" by Electric Light Orchestra
• "Last Words" by The Real Tuesday Weld ('Over Elgin Avenue a helium balloon..')
• "Latin American Girl In London Town" by Thunderpussy
• "The Laughing Gnome" by David Bowie
• "Lazy London Lady" by Change
• "Lavender Cry" (traditional lavender sellers song)

Ld

• "LDN" by Lily Allen
• "LDN is a Victim" by LDN is a Victim

Le

• "Leave the Capitol" by The Fall (Mark E Smith's plea to "exit this Roman shell" and return home to Manchester)
• "Leave The City and Come Home" by The Rakes
• "Leaving London" by Tom Paxton
• "The Leaving Of London" by The Bevis Frond
• "Lee Navigation" by Saint Etienne
• "Leicester Square" by Harry Freeman (an old music hall song)
• "Leicester Square" by Rancid
• "Leicester Square Rag" by Harry Roy
• "Lesney Factory" by Saint Etienne
• "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize" by 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 go and live in the country" by Richard Rodney Bennett
• "Let's Push Things Forward" by The Streets
• "Let's Womble To The Party Tonight" by The Wombles (Wimbledon)
• "Leyton Art Inferno" by Saint Etienne
• "Leyton Orient Scored More Goals Than Any Other Fourth Division Team in '88/'89" by The Almost Legendary "Funky" Lol Ross

Li

• "The Liberty Of Norton Folgate" by Madness (indeed the whole of the The Liberty Of Norton Folgate album is about London)
• "Life and Death of the Two Ladies of Finsbury" - composer unknown
• "The Life Auction: Impressions Of Southall From The Train" by The Strawbs
• "Life Begins at Oxford Circus" by Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
• "Life from a Window" by The Jam
• "Life in London" by Mighty Terror (from the album Calypso @ Dirty Jim's)
• "Life In London" by Pat Travers Band
• "Light at the End of the Tunnel" by Half Man Half Biscuit (about a girl moving to Notting Hill)
• "Light Skin Girl from London" by Lenny Kravitz
• "Lights of London" by David Gray
• "Lights Out" by UFO
• "Limbo" by Alan Moore and Tim Perkins (in The Highbury Working)
• "Limehouse Blues" by Douglas Furber and Philip Braham
• "Limehouse Nights" by Tigercats
• "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')
• "Little Miss Pipedream" by The Wombats ('cause foggy London town's not built for me or you')
• "Little Venice" by Mick and Malcolm
• "Live from (Da Big Smoke)" by Blak Twang
• "Live in Trouble" by The Barron Knights (Walthamstow, Tower Bridge, Catford etc.)
• "Living In London" by Wiley
• "Living in Tottenham" by Frank Chickens
• "Living with Unemployment" by The Newtown Neurotics

Lo

• "Lola" by The Kinks
• "Londinium" by Catatonia
• "Londinium" by Archive
• "L.O.N.D.O.N." by Jet Vegas
• "L-O-N-D-O-N" by Screaming Lord Sutch
• "L-O-N-D-O-N" by Raped
• "L.O.N.D.O.N. Town" by Craig McLachlan and Check 1-2
• "London, London" by Caetano Veloso

London (one word)

• "London" by Alanis Morissette
• "London" by A. J. McLean
• "London" by Arma Ashi
• "London" by Barry Manilow
• "London" by Brandon Heath
• "London" by Bowling for Soup
• "London" by Catman Cohen
• "London" by Chava Alberstein
• "London" by Club 8
• "London" by David Axelrod
• "London" by The Driven
• "London" by Eoin Woods (on 'Everytime')
• "London" by Frida Hyvönen
• "London" by Gobblinz
• "London" by James Newton Howard
• "London" by Mecano
• "London" by Name The Pet
• "London" by Nicky Thomas
• "London" by Noonday Underground
• "London" by Patrick Wolf
• "London" by Pet Shop Boys
• "London" by Peter Rolfe
• "London" by Porcupine Tree
• "London" by Queensrÿche
• "London" by Red Pony
• "London" by Rie Fu
• "London" by Rod McKuen
• "London" by Roger Hodgson
• "London" by Ruff Sqwad
• "London" by Sandie Shaw
• "London" by Sandy Denny Thea Gilmore
• "London" by The Rumble Strips
• "London" by Sparklehorse
• "London" by The Smiths
• "London" by Steeleye Span
• "London" by Steve Kent
• "London" by Swag
• "London" by Tangerine Dream (in Tyger)
• "London" by Third Eye Blind
• "London" by Tina Dico

London

• "London Acid City" by Lochi
• "London Airport" by Father Aime Duval
• "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 Blues" by Canned Heat
• "London Blues" by Margie Anderson
• "London Blues" by Paul Lingle
• "London Bitch" by 50 Cent
• "London Bombs" by Eskimo Joe
• "London Born" by King Prawn
• "London Bouncers" by !Action Pact!
• "London Boy" by Scorcher
• "The London Boys" by David Bowie
• "The London Boys" by Tommy Bruce
• "London Boys" by T. Rex
• "London Boys" by Johnny Thunders
• "London Boys" by The Go-Go's
• "London Boys (Rise Up)" by The Gonads
• "London Bridge" (traditional)
• "London Bridge" by Bread
• "London Bridge" by Cilla Black
• "London Bridge" by Dogs
• "London Bridge" by Mindless Self Indulgence
• "London Bridges" by Josh Rouse
• "London Bridge" by Fergie
• "London Bridge is Coming Down" by The Spectrum
• "London Bridge is Falling Down" (nursery rhyme)
• "London Bridge is Falling Down" by Kirsty MacColl
• "London Bridge is Falling Down" by Newtrament
• "London Bridge Is Coming Down" by The Spectrum
• "London by Night" by Carroll Coates
• "London Bye Ta-Ta" by David Bowie
• "London Cab" by Michel Niepenbeg
• "London Calling" by Eric Coates
• "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
• "London City" by Barbara Allen (traditional)
• "London City" by Bonnie Frankson with the Dynamic Heatwaves
• "London City" by Devlin
• "London City" by Stereofunk
• "London City Strife" by Headline
• "London Conversation" by John Martyn
• "London Danny" by Jez Lowe
• "London Dealing" by Monkey Business
• "London Drums" by The Spring Offensive
• "London Dub 1" by Jah Ali
• "London Dungeon" by The Misfits
• "London E1" by The Commendables
• "London England" by Corduroy (band)
• "London Express" by Oliver Sain
• "London Foolishly" by Nick Jonas and the Administration
• "A London Ghetto" by Ram John Holder
• "London Girl" by 50 Cent
• "London Girl" by Cromatone Express
• "London Girl" by The Jam
• "London Girl" by The Pogues
• "London Girls" by Chas & Dave (also covered by Tori Amos)
• "London Girls" by Stephen Duffy
• "London Girls" by Kirsty MacColl (theme tune to sitcom Dream Stuffing)
• "London Girls" by The Vibrators
• "London Groove" by Airtight
• "London Groove" by Circle of Funk
• "London Halflife" by Metric
• "London Hates You" by The Kills
• "London Here I Come" by Rico's Combo
• "London Homesick Blues" by Jeff Beck
• "London Homesick Blues" by Gary P. Nunn sung by Jerry Jeff Walker
• "London Hooligan Soul" by Ballistic Brothers
• "London Hornpipe" [I] - traditional
• "The London I Love" (sung by Vera Lynn (1940s), by George Posford)
• "London (I'm Coming To See You)" by Glen Campbell
• "London Interlude" by Lonnie Liston Smith
• "London In The Rain" by Variety Lab
• "London In The Springtime (London Chimes)" by Paul Hardcastle
• "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)
• "London Is The Biz" by The Firm
• "London Is the Place for Me" by Lord Kitchener
• "London Is the Reason" by Gallows
• "London Isn't Smiling Anymore" by Jack Jones
• "London, Jo" by Dany
• "London Kid" by Jean Michel Jarre
• "London Kills Me" by MC Torro Groove Nation
• "London Kisses" by Rory McLeod (from his "Mouth to Mouth" album)
• "London Lady" by Howard Carpendale
• "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 Lawa Yi" by Obey International Brothers
• "London Leatherboys" by Accept
• "London Let's 'Ave Yer!" by Mark Tyler
• "London Life" by Anita Harris
• "London Life" by Power Dressing
• "London Lights" by Just The Job
• "London, London" by Caetano Veloso
• "London London" by The Regents
• "London Look" by Herman's Hermits
• "London Loves" by Blur
• "London, Luck and Love" by Hall & Oates
• "London Madrid" by The Aislers Set
• "London Massive (Do It Together)" by Sacred
• "London My Home Town" by The Chantelles
• "London My Town" by Anthony Adverse
• "London, My Town" by The Fine Arts Showcase
• "London Nights" by London Boys
• "London Nights" by Wide Sea
• "A London Overture" by John Ireland
• "A London Overture" by Philip Sparke
• "London Pageant" by Arnold Bax
• "London Patola" by Jazzy B
• "London Pieces" by John Ireland
• "London Posse" by London Posse
• "London Pride" by Noël Coward
• "London Queen Of My Heart" by Cath Carroll
• "London Rain by Cosmic Gate
• "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's Burning" by Grace Petrie
• "London's Burning" by Johnny Warman
• "London's Burning" by The Temper Trap
• "London Salute" by Philip Lane
• "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 Skies London Eyes" by Little Man Tate
• "London Skinhead Crew" by Booze & Glory
• "London Social Degree" by Billy Nicholls
• "London Song" by The Breeders
• "London Song" by Ray Davies
• "London Song" by Geoffrey Wright and Harry Parr Davies
• "London Sound" by The Freestylers
• "London South" by Nick Nicely
• "London Still" by The Waifs
• "London Stomp" by Bo Diddley
• "London Stone" by The Bevis Frond
• "London Story" by England
• "A London Sumting" by Tek 9
• "London Suite" by Fats Waller (recorded 1939 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 Swings" by Smashing Time
• "London Symphony" by Joseph Haydn
• "London Talk" by DJ Krome and Mr Time
• "London Talking" by Ian Dury
• "The London Theme" by John Barry
• "London Times" by Radio Heart
• "London To Essex In 3 Hours" by Mega City 2
• "London Town" by Bellowhead
• "London Town" by Bucks Fizz
• "London Town" by Donovan
• "London Town" by The Duke Of Earl
• "London Town" by Sir Edward German
• "London Town" by Gene Chandler
• "London Town" by Ellie
• "London Town" by The Holloways
• "London Town" by Jamie Scott & The Town
• "London Town" by James Taylor
• "London Town" by Jimmy Sweep
• "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 The London Diehards (Middlesaxon Music, 2011)
• "London Town" by Man Like Me
• "London Town" by Margaux Buchanan
• "London Town" by Master Shortie
• "London Town" by Mick Taylor
• "London Town" by Mike Read
• "London Town" by Paul McCartney
• "London Town" by Raf
• "London Town" by Rolf Harris
• "London Town" by Roy Braham
• "London Town" by Shawn Phillips
• "London Town" by The Jime
• "London Town" by The Pretty Things
• "London Town" by William Control
• "London Town C'mon Down" by Roger Taylor
• "London Traffic" by The Jam
• "London Transport Suite" by Sidney Torch
• "London Trip" by Ciaran MacGowan
• "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 A Lonely Town" by Dave Edmunds
• "London's In Love" - The Pearlfishers
• "London's Mine" by White Rose Movement
• "London's Most Unwanted Child" by Tears in X-Ray Eyes
• "London's Not Too Far" by Hank B Marvin
• "London's Ordinary" - composer unknown
• "London's Pride" by Back To Zero
• "London's Pride" by The North Bank
• "London's Swinging" by Troy Tate
• "Londonology" by Milt Sealey Trilogy

Lo

• "Londres Strut" by Smells Like Heaven
• "Londres sur Tamise" (London upon Thames) by Alain Souchon
• "Loneliness of London" by Peter Reeves
• "Look at the Price of Coals!" by Harry Hunter and Alfred Lee ('Today in the Strand I was passing by')
• "Looking down on London" by Komputer
• "Lord Lucan Is Missing" by The Dodgems
• "Lord Mayor of London" by King, and Winifred Palmer
• "Losing Haringey" by The Clientele
• "Lost Rivers of London" (aka "London's Lost Rivers") by Coil (in Unnatural History III - )
• "Love in London" by Capricorn (Amit Joshi /Carlos Baker)
• "Lovers In London" by Xpertz

Lu

• "Lucifer Over London" by Current93
• "Lullaby of London" by The Pogues