"There's No Place Like London" is a song co-written by Lynsey de Paul and Gerard Kenny,[1][2][3][4] and held by the British Library.
[9][10] It was first recorded by Shirley Bassey[11][12][7] backed with a 54 piece orchestra, conducted by David Lindup and produced by de Paul, and released as a single in June 1986.
[13][14][15][16] The B-side was Bassey's version of "Born to Sing" composed by Jeff Barnel and Michael Joubeveaux with English lyrics by Norman Newell, that was also produced by de Paul.
[22][23][24] A promotional video was made that featured Bassey's daughter Sharon and grandson Luke as well as de Paul and cameo's from celebrities such as Michael Caine, Spike Milligan, David Frost, Frank Bruno and Kermit the frog and shown on BBC News.
[25] A live performance of the song was premiered at the Royal Albert Hall, with songwriter de Paul in the audience[26] as part of her concert celebrating her 30th anniversary as a recording artist in 1986.
[43] According to the CD sleeve, the friends included Frankie Vaughan, Patti Boulaye, Gareth Hunt, Kenny Lynch, Rula Lenska, Gwen Taylor, Lionel Blair, Lorraine Chase, Pam St. Clement, Harry Fowler, Polly James, Larry Adler, Rose Marie, Victor Spinetti, Gorden Kaye and the St Joan of Arc School Choir.
[44][45] It was covered and released by drag queen diva La Voix (real name Chris Dennis), a semi-finalist of Britain's Got Talent and who appeared in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie, as a track on the 2018 album, Hello.