You've seen on the screen, now love the locations

From Adele to Stormzy, London has long nurtured world famous homegrown talent. Live music blasts out from venues across the city every single night, hosting everything from opera to death metal.  

But did you know that many of the famous music videos to your top tunes were shot here in the capital?

Head out and recreate the songs your love in the footsteps of your favourite artists.

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The late singer-songwriter, Amy Winehouse made her home in Camden but filmed many of the scenes for her ‘Back to Black’ music video at Abney Park cemetery in Stoke Newington. 

The title track from the London rock band's third album Parklife won British Single of the Year and British Video of the Year at the 1995 Brit Award. The song is synonymous with the ‘Britpop’ era and a firm favourite track for morning joggers ever since.

The music video was filmed next to The Pilot pub on the Greenwich Peninsula features actor Phil Daniels as a smarmy double glazing salesman with Blur frontman Damon Albarn as his assistant.

Recognised as one of the first "modern" promotional film clips, the forerunner of the music video, served as the opening segment for Don't Look Back, D. A. Pennebaker's 1967 documentary of Dylan's first tour through England in 1965.

It is shot in the nondescript alley behind the Savoy Hotel off the Strand shows Dylan hoisting more-or-less corresponding cue cards to the lyrics of the song and features the American beat poet Allen Ginsberg in the background.

The British megastar shot the video for his global hit single across locations in London, featuring the Brutalist brilliance of the Barbican Centre as his backdrop as well as the Penguin Pool at London Zoo and the Royal Horticultural Halls.

Don your finest red sequin suit and recreate your favourite moments.

The controversial video of The Prodigy’s first UK number one caused big uproar in the UK when it was first released with a record number of complaints to 'Top of the Pops' when it was first shown.

Filmed in an abandoned London Underground tunnel at Aldwych which providing shelter to Londoners during the Blitz and used for various film and TV shoots including Darkest Hour, Sherlock and Atonement.

The London Transport Museum regularly hosts tours of the station.  

The song that beaconed the dawn of ‘Girl Power’ back in 1996. The iconic music video was shot at what is now the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel on Euston Road.

If you “wanna zigazig, ah”, find four friends and strike a pose on the famous staircase and then treat yourself to an afternoon tea.

The Croydon born rapper, singer and songwriter has never been shy of his love for London. The video for his 2019 number one hit single makes great use of iconic landmarks, opening on Westminster Bridge and shots outside the Bank of England and also features a cameo from  London legend Idris Elba.

Full of swagger, bravado and attitude synonymous with the 90s, this iconic music video was shot on Hoxton Street with singer Richard Ashcroft walking down a busy pavement aloofly bumping into strangers along the way.

For the sake of community relations with fellow Londoners, we suggest you don’t try to recreate this one.