Hoxton Street, 2002. The infamous setting of "Bitter Sweet Symphony". Image via Neotropic

The Verve - “Bitter Sweet Symphony”

 

One of the most recognisable music videos of all time is also one of the simplest ever made, featuring only one continuous shot of lead-singer Richard Ashcroft strolling down Hoxton Street. You can celebrate the video’s 20th anniversary this year by donning your most outrageous leather jacket and prancing down Hoxton Street, although try not to shove any market traders in the process. 

Amy Winehouse – “Back to Black”

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Perhaps the highlight of the late singer’s final album, 2006’s “Back to Black” features a monochromatic video primarily filmed in Stoke Newington, by Chisholm Road and Gibson Gardens, whilst the heartbreakingly melancholic graveyard scenes were filmed in the nearby Abney Park Cemetery. 

The Libertines – “Don’t Look Back Into The Sun”

 

Back in 2003, the Libertines unveiled what would

become of the most popular indie hits of the last

decade with a rebellious and exhausting video to

match. The amateur-style camcorder frantically

tries to keep up with the duo as they swagger

around the Oxford Street HMV and Trafalgar

Square in their signature imperial jackets.

Coldplay – “Fix You”

 

The first half of Coldplay’s enigmatic “Fix You”

features lead singer Chris Martin prowling around

Tooley Street near London Bridge station, before

jogging across Waterloo Bridge and seamlessly

into the Reebok stadium where he is reunited with

the band for the culmination of a live performance.
 

Coldplay performing "Fix You" in 2005. Image via Fibercool