London's Metro newspaper (if you don't live here, this tells you all you need to know) has published a list of the top ten UK hit singles to contain the name of a London Underground station. Only one entry per station, song titles only, and the highest-charting song gets the place. Here's their list.
1)Angel - Shaggy (no 1 - June 2001) 2)Waterloo - Abba (no 1 - April 1974) 3)Baker Street - Undercover (no 2 - August 1992) 4) The Only Living Boy In New Cross - Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine (no 7 - April 1992) 5)Finchley Central - New Vaudeville Band (no 11 - May 1967) 6)Camden Town - Suggs (no 15 - October 1995) 7) Good Old Arsenal - Arsenal FC First Team Squad (no 16 - May 1971) 8)Piccadilly Palare - Morrissey (no 18 - October 1990) 9) White Man (In Hammersmith Palais) - The Clash (no 32 - June 1978) 10)Victoria - The Kinks (no 33 - January 1970)
Now, I'm not 100% happy with this list. Not just because the number 1 is rubbish, but because I think the list is incorrect. Number 8 has got to go because the real station is called Piccadilly Circus, not just Piccadilly, and I'm sure they've missed a number of other stations out. With your help I'd like to try to update the list and publish a correct one. If you have any suggestions, please stick them in the comments box and I'll make the appropriate changes later. You might find this website invaluable.
Plus it would be good to try to compile another top 10 where the tube station is in the name of the artist, not the song. Any ideas? I'll kick that list off with Just Say No by the Grange Hill Cast (no 5 - April 1986). Over to you...
