Top five songs about England or the English

New England - Billy Bragg (its got it in the title)
I don't Want to Go to Chelsea - Elvis Costello (about his dislike for the football club)
The Rose - The Men They Couldn't Hang (about football fans rioting)
London Calling - The Clash (apparently London is in England)
Parcel of Rogues - Trad. Folk song (The Scotts moaning about the dodgy English)

I thought "Parcel of Rogues" was more about the Scots moaning about their own lairds selling out ?

Inglan is a bitch - Linton Kwesi Johnson
Daytrip to Bangor - Fiddler's Dram

errrrm

*ponders*

does God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols count?

Yes it is really, but I think the "Parcel of Rogues" does refer to England?

didn't Elton John sing something about being Made in England? (like a blue cortina? - sums it up pretty well really - rusty, cheap and poor quality). Not sure if its a Top 5 number though

Obviously, goes without saying, can't trust any of that shower, but back to the song.

Elton John - Made in England.

except Bangor is in Wales. Or there's also one in the north of Ireland, but it's unlikely anyone would take a day trip to there.

How about jerusalem by the England Test Squad

Yeah, but they are an English group, Jeeves, singing about getting piddled on cider on their little day trip over the border.
I know it's stretching it a little, but there's not that much to choose from...

EDIT - Yeti's hit the nail on the head. How could we forget Ian Dury (sex god).

Billaricay Dickie
Plaistow Patricia
England's Glory
etc etc

Reasons to be cheerfull - Ian dury and the Blockheads

Well, in eighteen and fourteen we took a little trip
along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip.
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans,
And we caught the bloody British near the town of New Orleans.

We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin.
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

Well, we looked down the river and we see'd the British come,
and there must have been a hundred of 'em beatin' on the drum.
They stepped so high and they made their bugles ring
while we stood by our cotton bales and didn't say a thing.

Old Hickory said we could take 'em by surprise
if we didn't fire a musket til we looked 'em in the eyes.
We held our fire til we see'd their faces well,
then we opened up with squirrel guns and really gave a yell.

We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin.
There wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

Well, we fired our cannon til the barrel melted down,
so we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round.
We filled his head with cannon balls and powdered his behind,
and when they tetched the powder off, the gator lost his mind.

Well, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles
And they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn't go.
They ran so fast the hounds couldn't catch 'em
down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin.
But there wasn't nigh as many as there was a while ago.
We fired once more and they began to runnin'
down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

Jeruslame, surely?

And did those feet, in ancient times - walk upon England's . ...

English Rose - The Jam

England - well, we wrote that one actually.

Also:

"Edmonton Green" by us, "London Girls" by us, "Don't Anyone Speak English" by us, "Wallop" by us, "Rabbit" by us, and our favourite ever tune "Gertcha". By us.

Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK or God Save the Queen

3 Lions

London Underground by Adam Kay:

Some people might like to get a train to work,
Or drive in in a beamer or a merc.
Some guys like to travel in a bus,
But I can't be bothered with the fuss.

Today I better take my bike,
'Cos once again the tube's on strike
The greedy bastards want extra pay,
for sitting on their arse all day,
even though they're on 30k.

So I'm standing here in the pouring rain,
WHERE THE FUCK'S MY FUCKING TRAIN?

London Underground, London Underground,
They're all lazy fucking useless cunts.
London Underground, London Underground,
They're all greedy cunts, I wanna shoot them all,
With a rifle...

All they say is 'Please mind the doors',
And they learn that on the 2-day course.
This job could be done by a four-year-old.
They just leave us freezing in the cold.

What you smell is what you get,
Burger King and piss and sweat.
You roast to death from the boiling heat,
The tourists treading on your feet,
And chewing gum on every seat,

So don't tell me, to mind the gap,
I WANT MY FUCKING MONEY BACK!

London Underground, London Underground,
They're all lazy fucking useless cunts,
London Underground, London Underground,
They're all greedy cunts, I wanna shoot them all,
With a rifle...

La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la,

The floors are sticky and the seats are damp,
Every platform has a fucking tramp,

But the drivers get the day off when
WE'RE ALL LATE FOR WORK AGAIN!

London Underground, London Underground,
You're all wankers! You're all wankers!
London Underground, London Underground,
Take your Oyster Card, and shove it up your arsehole.

@eurovol - Sorry that is about the British so don't count.

ah, right you are, empire building and all that

how about the theme tune to the Wombles?

or Eastenders or Corrie?

The Doctor Who Theme

Top 5 By The Clash
London Calling
This is England
(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
Guns of Brixton
Londons Burning

Top 5 By Morrissey/The Smiths
Come Back to Camden
National Front Disco
Dagenham Dave
London
Rusholme Ruffians

Top 5 By The Jam
"A" Bomb in Wardour Street- The Jam
English Rose- The Jam
Saturdays Kids- The Jam
The Eton Rifles- The Jam
Down in The Tube Station at Midnight- The Jam

Top 5 Others
Oh Blackpool- The Beautiful South
London Loves- Blur
24 Minutes To Tulse Hill- Carter USM
Only Living Boy in New Cross- Carter USM
Country House- Blur

Last Night of the Proms

Land Of Hope and Glory Surely ? Recorded live from Last Night of The Proms

Great minds, Dave

Me and Jeeves "arrived" together

Werewolves of London
Ferry Cross the Mersey
Waterloo Sunset
Wuthering Heights
Winchester Cathedral

filmed in and around cardiff by BBC WALES.

That's just the last season Gideon. There was a Dr Who (or eight) before that, back in the days when the BBC could afford to go to Gallifray to film.

no was there a doctor who before the last one??? still cant have it though can we, them welshies will be getting there leaks in a twist and will start burning holiday homes again. that and rustling sheep, and poking sticks at the irish.

ilkley moor by tat. perfect song from gods playground.

Look What I Found In My Beer (The Beautiful South)
The Road To Hell (Part Iand II) (Chris Rea)
Portobello belle (Dire Straits)
Jerusalem (ELP)
Dancing With The Moonlit Knight (Genisis)

not in any real order

Old England is dying by The Waterboys. Not very uplifting though.

I got a brand new combine harvester, The Worzels
Ernie, Benny Hill

if we are going down that route then "Lily the Pink" and the "Aintree Iron" need a mention

Fat Les - Vindaloo
Blur - Bank Holiday
The Jam - Town Called Malice
Half-Man Half-Biscuit - Busy Little Market Town
The Smiths - Panic

Or the battle of Epping Forest!

Jeg the Peg with his extra leg, anyone ?

But Rolfs an aussie isn't he?

Colonial.

so you can just shove the collected works of ACDC on then

The Damned "Lovely Money" with the voiceover by Viv Stanshall.
"POMP... and circumcision"
"Yes, Beefeaters will accept baconburgers..."
and the bit about saving the Crown Jewels from "those greasy Argentinians who don't have freckles because they slide off their faces".
Ah, that good old true blue British prejudice.

gibraltar song...

down on fraggle rock,
we swing the english by the cocks,
swing them round our heads,
until the fxxkers dead...

and so on...

I notice that "swing low sweet chariot" isn't on this list
oops wrong thread

Didnt New Order do a song on the English world cup team back in the 90's?

Not really about England is it, just a song adopted by an English sports team.

Has nobody mentioned The Star Spangled Banner yet? Although it doesn't directly mention the English, it is about kicking their asses at Fort McHenry.

found it. World in Motion from New Order.

You've got to hold and give
But do it at the right time
You can be slow or fast
But you must get to the line
They'll always hit you and hurt you
Defend and attack
Theres only one way to beat them
Get round the back
Catch me if you can
Cos' I'm the England man
And what you're looking at
Is the master plan
We ain't no hooligans
This ain't a football song
Three lions on my chest
I know we can't go wrong

What the hell is 3 lions doing on his chest?

"the world in motion" fucking classic. lost to germany on penalties

is that really what they sing on the rock. Splendid. Beats all our Scottish bleating