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The Kooks - It Was London

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Album: Listen
Released: 2014

It Was London Lyrics

It was in London
Where we heard the revolution
From Covent Garden
All the way down to Brixton

It was in Tottenham
Man got shot by a policeman
A young girl went to test them
Went up against the system
Oh oh, I don't know

Who are you
Who are you

On the television
Of course they blame the youth for disruption
Cause they took Fortnum & Mason
And nothing said about the shooting
Just the looting

It was in London
It was in London

And it was thunder
Caught between love and anger
From Trafalgar
All the way up to Camden

Can you believe this is London?
Can you believe this is London?
Can you believe this is London?
Can you believe this is London?
Can you believe this is London?
Can you believe this is London?
Can you believe this is London?

London town, London town
London town, London town

Writer/s: DEAN WYNTON JOSIAH COVER, LUKE PRITCHARD
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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This gritty tune finds Luke Pritchard recounting the 2011 London Riots, which left England's capital city in a state of mayhem. The Kooks vocalist explained to Sound Of Boston how the song tried to capture the band's feelings at the time: "A big city like that, London, Paris, you have this illusion that everything's safe, and that sort of thing happens and the walls come crashing down," he said. "The police brutality that happened around that time… we wrote a song about that."

Thousands of mostly young males rioted in several London boroughs for several days during early August 2011 as well as in other places in England. The resulting chaos generated looting and arson as well as the deaths of five people. The riots inspired a number of songs including:

"Kids" by Mikky Ekko

"Uptight Downtown" by La Roux

In addition the video for Plan B's single "Ill Manors" features footage of the riots.