What follows is the beginnings of a list of rock and pop songs that mention London, or an area of London, in the lyrics or in the title, or have some other London reference. This is very much an project in its early stages. If you can help add to this list, please send me an email.
A-Bomb On Wardour Street - The Jam
London Calling - The Clash
London's Burning - The Clash
White Man at the Hammersmith Palais - The Clash
Sunny Goodge Street - Donovan
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
Berkeley Mews - The Kinks
I Don't Want To Go To Chelsea - Elvis Costello
Baker Street - Jerry Rafferty
Portobello Road - Jimmy Nichols
London Boys - T Rex
Up The Junction - Squeeze
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
London Town - Shack
Madame George - Van Morrison (Saw you walking/Down by the Ladbroke Grove this morning)
London Loves - Blur
Chelsea Girl - Simple Minds
Chelsea Morning - Fairport Convention, Joni Mitchell (song's author)
Beechwood Park - The Zombies
Kilburn Lane - Wreckless Eric
There are thousands of others - I just haven't had the time to put these together yet.