List of Songs About London - W

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• "Waiting for the 7.18" by Bloc Party
• "Walking Down the Kings Road" by Squire
• "Walking in London" by Concrete Blonde
• "Walking in the Zoo" by H.W. Sweny and Alfred Lee
• "Walk of Life" by Spice Girls
• "Walls Come Tumbling Down" by Style Council ("No.10"(Downing Street))
• "Walthamstow Dogs" by Steve White and the Protest Family
• "Wake Up London!" (TV Theme) by The Vulcans
• "Wandsworth Plain" by Landscape
• "Wapping Old Stairs" - composer unknown (popular 18th/19th ballad)
• "A Warning to Youth" - composer unknown ("In London dwelt a merchant man")
• "Warrior Groove" by DSM
• "Warwick Avenue" by Duffy
• "Waterloo" by Dream Academy
• "Waterloo Road" by Lionel Morton
• "Waterloo Station" by Jane Birkin (lyrics by Rufus Wainwright)
• "Waterloo Sunset" by The Kinks
• "Way Down the Regent's Canal" by Edward Kent
• "We Are London" by Madness
• "We Are The Lambeth Boys" by Johnny Dankworth
• "We Are Wimbledon" by Wimbledon FC
• "We Call It Acieeed" by D-Mob (about the London Acid House scene mentions the "Spectrum", "Future" and "Shoom" Acid House parties).
• "We Got The Juice" by Freeez
• "We Live Our Lives in City Streets" by Noël Coward ("The London traffic's steady roar can stir our hearts a great deal more")
• "We The Kings Of Orient" by Leyton Orient F.C.
• "Welcome To London Town" by Julian Dawson
• "Welcome to London" by Zagu Zar (a dance-hall remake of the song "Welcome to Jamrock" by Damian Marley)
• "Wellington Barracks" by Haydn Wood (from Snapshots of London Suite)
• "Wellington Goes To Waterloo" by The Wombles
• "W.E.M.B.L.E.Y." by Ray Dales Hip Hop Band
• "The Wembley Trail" by Wave Band
• "We're Going To The Country" by Lionel Bart
• "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon
• "West 14" by Gol Gappas
• "West End Girls" by Pet Shop Boys
• "West End Of Park Lane" by Hot Chocolate
• "West End Riot" by The Living End
• "West Ham United" by The Boleyn Boys
• "West Ham United" by West Ham United Cup Squad
• "West Ham United Supporters Theme Song" by National Shinguard Company
• "West London Ghosts" by Guiye Frayo
• "West of Carnaby" by Sounds Orchestral ft. Johnny Pearson
• "West Of London Town" by The Bolshoi
• "West One" by Mark Andrews and the Gents
• "West One (Shine on Me)" by The Ruts
• "West Side Boys" by Cockney Rejects
• "Westminster" by Eric Coates (from London Suite)
• "Westminster Abbey" by Creed (not the more famous American group Creed)
• "Westminster Chimes" by Sonic Youth
• "Westminster Quarters" (traditional chime melody)
• "Westminster Waltz" by Robert Farnon (recorded by Russ Conway among many others)
• "Westway" by Baby Ford
• "What A Day In London" by Pocahontas 2
• "What a Waste" by Ian Dury
• "Whatever Happened To Thames Beat" by The Times
• "What's Happening To Old London Town" by Harry Fowler
• "What's New In London" by Bryan Blackburn & Peter Reeves
• "When I Grow Up I Want To Be..." by (Chelsea Embankment)
• "When the Guards Do the Birdcage Walk" by Fred Godfrey and John P. Harrington
• "When the Lights Go Up in London" by Hubert Gregg
• "When Tottenham Burned" by Robb Johnson
• "When We Were Girls Together" by Noël Coward ("Oh how the gallants of Battersea Rise followed us round with lascivious eyes")
• "When You Hear Big Ben" by Vera Lynn
• "While London Dances" by Richard Myhill
• "While London's fast asleep" by Harry Dacre
• "While London Sleeps by Mount Vernon Arts Lab
• "While London Sleeps" - composer unknown
• "Whistling Cockney" (brass band tune)
• "Whitechapel" by Fats Waller (from 'The London Suite')
• "Whitechapel" by S.C.U.M (band)
• "Whitechapel Boys" by Tigercats
• "White City" by The Pogues
• "White City Fighting" by Pete Townshend
• "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" by The Clash
• "White Post Lane" by Saint Etienne
• "White Riot" by The Clash
• "Wimpy Bar Blues" by Ram John Holder
• "Who Are You" by The Who
• "Who Dares Wins" by The Streets
• "Who Got the Funk?" by The Streets
• "Why Can't We Have the Sea in London?" by Fred Godfrey and Billy Williams
• "Why London" by Eskobar
• "The Wickedest Sound" by Rebel MC
• "Widespread World (Rediffusion London Call Sign)" (by John Dankworth)
• "Wild West End" by Dire Straits
• "Wild Women" by Benny Hill ("Now I was in a Chelsea bar one day")
• "Willesden Green" by The Kinks
• "Willesden To Cricklewood" by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
• "William and Dinah" - composer unknown ("It's of a liquor merchant in London did dwell")
• "Wimbledon Break Point" by Bassline
• "Wimbledon FA Cup Theme" by Wimbledon FA Cup Squad 1988
• "Wimbledon Idyll" by Kit and The Widow
• "The Windmill Girls" by Valerie Mitchell (about the Windmill theatre in Soho)
• "The Wine Bars of Old Hampstead Town" by Alexei Sayle (folk song parody)
• "Winter Winds" by Mumford and Sons ('as the winter winds litter London with lonely hearts')
• "With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm" by R. P. Weston and Bert Lee ("In the Tower of London large as life..")
• "Without You" by The Feeling
• "The Womble Bashers of Walthamstow" by Grimms
• "Wombledon Sunset" by The Wombles
• "The Wombling Song" by The Wombles
• "Wombling USA" by The Wombles (Wimbledon)
• "Wonderful London" by I Dandies
• "Wondering" by Dirty Pretty Things ('and it occurred to me/I think on Lambeth Road..')
• "Working Mother" by Martyn Joseph
• "The World is Coming to London" by Billy Cotton
• "Worldwide (London Groove)" by The Roots
• "Wormwood Scrubs" by Dominic Behan
• "Wormwood Scrubs Tango" by Spike Milligan
• "The Worthy London Prentice" - composer unknown
• "The Wreck Off London Bridge" by G.W. Hunt
• "A Wrong Turn and Raindrops" by The Field Mice