List of Songs About London - C

C

  • "Calling a Friend" by A Friend In London
  • "The Cally Road" by The Big Skies
  • "Camberwell Skies" by Basement Jaxx
  • "Camden" by Gecko
  • "Camden Town" by Suggs
  • "Camden Town Rain" by Mary Lou Lord
  • "The Camera Eye" by Rush (which is also in the NYC list)
  • "A Canadian In Mayfair" by Wally Stott
  • "Canning Town Blues" by Bill Farrow
  • "Can't Stop The Pirates" by Dica & Ben Intellect (about "Hackney, East London")
  • "Capital Radio" by The Clash
  • "Carnaby Street" by Booker T. & The MG's
  • "Carnaby Street" by The Jam
  • "Carnaby St. Hussars" by Little Singers Of St Peter
  • "Casualty" by Visage (references the Tube)
  • "Carrion" by British Sea Power
  • "Caxton Hall Swing" by Louis Bellson and his Big Band
  • "Cemeteries of London" by Coldplay
  • "Chalk Farm to Camberwell Green" by Lionel Monckton
  • "Chalk Farm Special" by Niney & Ken Elliott
  • "Champagne Charlie" by Alfred Lee ("From Coffee and from Supper Rooms, from Poplar to Pall Mall")
  • "Changing of the Guard" by The Marquis of Kensington
  • "Chant No 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)" by Spandau Ballet ("Greek Street. Le Beat Route")
  • "Chapel Street Market 9AM" by Sabres of Paradise
  • "Charles Windsor" by McCarthy
  • "Charlotte Street" by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
  • "The Charlton Song" by The Gonads
  • "Charlton Boys" by The Gonads
  • "Charlton Tel's Stag Weekend" by The Gonads
  • "Chase Side Shoot-Up" by Brian Bennett (Chase Side is in Enfield)
  • "Cheam" by The Exits
  • "Chelsea" by Fats Waller (from 'The London Suite')
  • "Chelsea" by Mike & Bernie Winters
  • "Chelsea" by Stamford Bridge
  • "Chelsea 1977" by The Maniacs
  • "Chelsea Boots" by The Embers
  • "Chelsea Bridge" by Billy Strayhorn (a jazz standard)
  • "Chelsea Bun" by Nigel Hopkins
  • "Chelsea Dagger" by The Fratellis
  • "Chelsea Girl" by Ride
  • "Chelsea Girl" by Simple Minds
  • "Chelsea Guitar" by Blueboy
  • "Chelsea Kids" by Heavy Metal Kids
  • "Chelsea Monday" by Marillion
  • "Chelsea Nightclub" by The Members
  • "Chelsea Reach" by John Ireland (from Three London Pieces)
  • "Chelsea Set" by The Musicians
  • "The Chelsea Walk" by Ocean Colour Scene
  • "A Child's London - Six Pieces for Piano"(I) by Richard Edward Wilson
  • "Chimes Of Big Ben" by The Times
  • "Christmas Time In London Town" by Nina & Frederik
  • "Christopher Robin At Buckingham Palace" by Ann Stephens
  • "Circle Line" by Rodney Allen
  • "Circle Line" by Carmel
  • "Cities" by Talking Heads
  • "The City" by Ed Sheeran
  • "City of Blinding Lights" by U2
  • "City of London" by The Mekons
  • "City Suits and Hoxton Trash" by Earl Zinger
  • "Clark Gable" by The Postal Service
  • "Clayhill Dub" by Caustic Window ('Clayhill' is in Kingston)
  • "Clerkenwell Polka" by Madness
  • "Clubland" by Elvis Costello
  • "The Co-Communists" by Noël Coward
  • "Cockaigne (in London Town)" by Edward Elgar
  • "Cockfosters" by Pablo Gargano
  • "The Cockney Amorist" by John Betjeman
  • "Cockney Black" by Eddy Grant
  • "Cockney Bop" by Trouble & Strife
  • "Cockney Kids are Innocent" by Sham 69
  • "A Cockney's Life For Me" by George Grossmith
  • "The Cockney Lover (Lambeth Walk)" by Albert Ketelbey
  • "Cockney Rhythm" by Rebel MC
  • "The Cockney Tragedian" by Ed Jones
  • "Cockney Translation" by Smiley Culture
  • "Coffin For The Isle Of Dogs" by Tigercats
  • "Cold Kilburn Rain" by Nick Saloman Mary Lou Lord
  • "Coldharbour Lane" by Tom Robinson
  • "Columbia" by Oasis (about the Columbia hotel in London)
  • "Come Back to Camden" by Morrissey
  • "Coming To America" by The System ("Hyde Park")
  • "Common People" by Pulp
  • "Contact London" by Lab 4
  • "Control" by DJ Cue Tips & MC Dashy D (Trafalgar Square, the Hippodrome nightclub, etc.)
  • "Constitution Hill" by Billy Bragg
  • "Conversation Off Floral Street" by The Zombies
  • "Cooksferry Queen" by Richard Thompson
  • "Cool For Cats" by Squeeze (Heathrow,Wandsworth (prison), etc.)
  • "Cooperman (Sooper) Cooperman" - The Almost Legendary "Funky" Lol Ross, about a Leyton Orient player, begins, "There's a man at Brisbane Road..."
  • "Coster Joe" by Edward Kent ("On Sunday, strolling out at Kew")
  • "The Coster's Serenade" by Albert Chevalier and John Crook ("Down at the Welsh 'Arp, which is 'Endon way")
  • "Cosy Cafe" by Saint Etienne (about a cafe in Lee Valley, East London)
  • "The Council Schools Are Good Enough for Me" by Percy Morris and Malcolm Ives
  • "Country Living" by Sandra Cross
  • "The Countryman's Bill of Charges" - composer unknown ("A countryman to London came")
  • "Covent Garden" by Eric Coates (from London Suite)
  • "Crack Away on the Arsenal Beano" by Arsenal FC
  • "Crawling Up A Hill" by John Mayall
  • "Cricklewood" by Grehan Sisters
  • "The Crooked Beat" by The Clash
  • "Cross the Line" by Pocketbooks
  • "Croydon" by Captain Sensible
  • "Cross Eyed Mary" Jethro Tull
  • "Crushed Bones" by Why? ("In London, where the sirens yelp like a helpless dog")
  • "Cruel Murder of Edward V and the Duke of York in the Tower" - composer unknown
  • "Cruisin' The Serpentine" by Vaughan Toulouse
  • "C*nt London" by Sleeper

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