This came in as a reqested from Darryl Moreton who ask how many UK hits contain a Capital city in the title. Upon checking that he didn’t mean cities in part-words like Rubberneckin’, then there is 72, here is the list and I’ve included one EP title. They are in alphabetical order by Capital.
Artist | Title | Year | Position |
Max Bygraves | Tulips From Amsterdam | 03/05/1958 | 3 |
Ronnie Hilton | A Windmill In Old Amsterdam | 13/02/1965 | 23 |
Elvis Costello | New Amsterdam | 07/06/1980 | 36 |
Simple Minds | The Amsterdam (Ep) | 09/12/1989 | 18 |
Wheatus | American In Amsterdam | 06/09/2003 | 59 |
Don Fardon | Belfast Boy | 18/04/1970 | 32 |
Boney M | Belfast | 29/10/1977 | 8 |
Barnbrack | Belfast | 16/03/1985 | 45 |
Simple Minds | Belfast Child | 18/02/1989 | 1 |
Energy Orchard | Belfast | 27/01/1990 | 52 |
Orbital | Belfast | 27/05/1995 | 53 |
John 00 Fleming | Belfast Trance | 02/02/2002 | 74 |
Infernal | From Paris To Berlin | 22/04/2006 | 2 |
Mobiles | Drowning In Berlin | 09/01/1982 | 9 |
Ry X | Berlin | 16/11/2013 | 38 |
George Ezra | Budapest | 16/11/2013 | 72 |
Danny Kaye | Wonderful Copenhagen | 28/02/1953 | 5 |
Dermot O’brien | The Merry Ploughboy (Off To Dublin In The Green) | 22/10/1966 | 46 |
Frank Chacksfield | In Old Lisbon | 25/02/1956 | 15 |
Ralph Mctell | Streets Of London | 07/12/1974 | 2 |
T.Rex | London Boys | 06/03/1976 | 40 |
Wings | London Town | 09/09/1978 | 60 |
Electric Light Orchestra | Confusion/Last Train To London | 17/11/1979 | 8 |
Clash | London Calling | 15/12/1979 | 11 |
Charlie Harper | Barmy London Army | 19/07/1980 | 68 |
Light Of The World | London Town | 18/10/1980 | 41 |
Xtc | Towers Of London | 18/10/1980 | 31 |
Anti Nowhere League | Streets Of London | 23/01/1982 | 48 |
Chas And Dave | London Girls | 19/03/1983 | 63 |
Bucks Fizz | London Town | 01/10/1983 | 34 |
Bill Sharpe | New Thing From London Town | 04/10/1986 | 52 |
Radio Heart | London Times | 13/06/1987 | 48 |
Mr. Lee | Pump Up London | 06/08/1988 | 64 |
Jean Michel Jarre | London Kid | 07/01/1989 | 52 |
London Boys | London Nights | 01/07/1989 | 2 |
Wendy James | London’s Brilliant | 17/04/1993 | 62 |
X Press 2 | London X-Press | 05/06/1993 | 59 |
Elvis Costello | London’s Brilliant Parade | 26/11/1994 | 48 |
Collapsed Lung | London Tonight | 22/06/1996 | 31 |
Scott Garcia | A London Thing | 01/11/1997 | 29 |
Jds | London Town | 23/05/1998 | 49 |
Fergie | London Bridge | 16/09/2006 | 3 |
Grm Daily | London’s Calling | 19/05/2018 | 69 |
Aj X Deno | London | 02/06/2018 | 45 |
Young Thug | The London | 08/06/2019 | 18 |
Ed Sheeran | Take Me Back To London | 27/07/2019 | 3 |
M24 | London | 22/02/2020 | 32 |
Tony Osborne | The Man From Madrid | 25/02/1961 | 50 |
Lil Macks | Oslo | 02/04/2022 | 66 |
Dean Martin | Under The Bridges Of Paris | 02/04/1955 | 6 |
Eartha Kitt | Under The Bridges Of Paris | 02/04/1955 | 7 |
Winifred Atwell | The Poor People Of Paris | 17/03/1956 | 1 |
Gary Moore | Parisienne Walkways | 21/04/1979 | 8 |
U.K. Subs | Party In Paris | 25/10/1980 | 37 |
Mood | Paris Is One Day Away | 22/05/1982 | 42 |
Tygers Of Pan Tang | Paris By Air | 11/09/1982 | 63 |
Style Council | The Paris Match | 13/08/1983 | 3 |
Dario G | Carnival De Paris | 20/06/1998 | 5 |
Ladyhawke | Paris Is Burning | 12/07/2008 | 61 |
Morrissey | I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris | 21/02/2009 | 21 |
Jay-Z | N***ers In Paris | 03/03/2012 | 10 |
Chainsmokers | Paris | 28/01/2017 | 5 |
Lana Del Rey | Paris Texas | 08/04/2023 | 48 |
Edmund Hockridge | By The Fountains Of Rome | 01/09/1956 | 17 |
David Hughes | By The Fountains Of Rome | 22/09/1956 | 27 |
Morcheeba | Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day | 05/08/2000 | 34 |
Passengers | Miss Sarajevo | 02/12/1995 | 6 |
Clairo | Sofia | 07/11/2020 | 75 |
Ultravox | Vienna | 17/01/1981 | 2 |
Falco | Vienna Calling | 31/05/1986 | 10 |
Four Aces | The World Outside (Theme From Warsaw Concerto) | 24/01/1959 | 18 |
Russ Conway | The World Outside (Theme From The Warsaw Concerto) | 24/01/1959 | 24 |