Let me take you by the hand... (from left) St Martin-in-the-Fields, a London Routemaster and Trafalgar Square by night. Photographs: Chris Radburn, Michael Stephens, Chris Young/PA

God bless this blog's readers for last week's songs about America. The range and quality of suggestions never fails to amaze. Songs about specific cities and states were excluded for a good reason - they'll get their own playlist somewhere down the line.

Next Friday is July 7. For obvious reasons, the theme is London, from specific streets and districts to the city as a whole. Celebrations and condemnations are equally welcome. Enough said.

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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