List of Songs About London - W

"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