Your song songs ... Elton John shows off the gift of his, but what are your favourite eponymous songs? Photograph: Jose Luis Roca/AFP/Getty
Thanks for all your songs about London. As someone who lives in the city, I felt a glow of pride at the sheer volume. For British readers who live outside the capital, rest assured that songs about other parts of the country will get their turn at some point. Because I try to include less familiar choices, my playlist often departs from the popular vote. In this particular case, I thought it might be interesting to display your own top 10 London songs. That's a lot of Clash.
1. The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset 2. The Clash - London Calling 3. The Clash - Guns Of Brixton 4. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls 5. Elvis Costello - (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea 6. Blur - London Loves 7. The Clash - White Man in Hammersmith Palais 8. Ralph McTell - Streets of London 9. The Pogues - Rainy Night in Soho 10. The Smiths - London
This week's theme is something different. The songs can be about absolutely anything but they have to include the word "song" in the title. When other ideas fail Songwriters can always call their composition Song X or Song for Y. If they're in a self-referential mood, they can even sing about the fact that it's a song. One example is Cher's Song for the Lonely, although I urge you not to recommend it because it stinks. I'm not mentioning better examples because I don't want to preempt any suggestions you but I'm sure you get the idea.
As always, deadline for recommendations is Monday 1pm. The archive of previous columns is accessible here, and you can also see an A-Z of every single song that has appeared in the weekly playlists.
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