Streets Of London - Ralph McTell featuring the Crisis Choir with guest vocalist Annie Lennox

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Official video for Streets Of London, performed by Ralph McTell featuring the Crisis Choir and guest vocalist Annie Lennox. Buy the single here from
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All proceeds go to Crisis and the work the charity does to help thousands of people on their journey out of homelessness every year.
STREETS OF LONDON Written and Performed by Ralph McTell.
Featuring The Crisis Choir with guest vocalist Annie Lennox.
Music Produced by Frank Gallagher.
Video Directed & Edited by James Miller.
Additional footage by Mann Bros, 3angrymen, James Miller.
P&C 2017 Crisis UK
Produced by Crisis UK, Registered Charity Numbers: E&W1082947, SC040094.

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@markprice1647 Ай бұрын

Wow.. This made me, an old man, cry. I watched this 😢in May 2024, 50 years after singing it in primary school (folk singing with Mr Hall). It is sad to think that we, as a country haven't done a tap about homelessness. We would rather help a dog to get a home than a person.. We need to take a good look at ourselves l

@Weldingrod2023 2 ай бұрын

30 people with no life of there own…. This song is legendary 🫡

@glennishiggins3007 6 жыл бұрын

Still makes me cry after all this time. I hope lots of money is raised. Homelessness is a disgrace in this day and age.

@gwenever4954 6 жыл бұрын

This song strikes a cord so deeply within me, I may be a radio show presenter and a burlesque performer now, but at the end of the 80s I was homeless and lived on the streets for two years, I survived and turned my life around, but I saw so many of those around me die on the streets, and 30 years on it is still happening....

@vc23 6 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you've turned your life around Gwen and that you have become a success, I work with the homeless and it is a MAJOR problem. People are bringing in donations, clothes, food etc now and we are inundated, but I wish people would donate throughout the whole year, not just for a few days over Christmas as they need help everyday of the year and not just one.

@gwenever4954 6 жыл бұрын

I agree whole heartedly with you. And it will take more than charity to solve the problem, it needs a real change in the way society treats those who are vulnerable and also ensuring everyone has a home is a basic right.

@MrKeefdave 4 жыл бұрын

That is beautiful, how thirty people gave this a thumbs down, is beyond me.

@marjol3in 3 жыл бұрын

They are insane, they must be. Or just trolls

@molybdaenmornell123hopp5 Жыл бұрын

You can't blame people for a lack of motor skills

@randysquires8362 Жыл бұрын

They're Aussies. Thumbs down, down under is Thumbs up, Timmy.

@marjol3in 7 ай бұрын

They have no soul

@joecrazy1137 7 ай бұрын

They are definitely deaf!

@doctordunc 6 жыл бұрын

This should be Christmas number 1. Great song, great cause: let's get people talking about homelessness instead of who won the X Factor.

@LizzieCornish 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, Yes, YESSSSSSSSSS, Duncan, a thousand times over!

@spendlebum5373 6 жыл бұрын

Certainly should be, just heard it on Ken Bruce. lets getting downloading. Will give Crisis much deserved funds.

@mikewood866 6 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right Duncan. I'm 60 and this song still gives me goose bumps. I only heard it played once on radio 2, so much for plugging a song for charity. I sometimes think people have got their priorities wrong, I mean Edd Sheeran and Beyonce, no contest.

@nickkkyyy 5 жыл бұрын

Quite true.Raplh comes from a tradition of liberal songs for causes and to make social comment.Now we are stuck with the inanity and shallowness of Rihanna,Beyonce etc.It's sad.

@chrishb2u157 3 жыл бұрын

@@LizzieCornish cvc,

@veronicathecow 6 жыл бұрын

Made me cry 50 years ago, makes me cry now. Thank you.

@willemvangestel6820 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Veronica. I lived in Spain, France, Sweden, over five years in London, but never felt as lonely. I live in France now, but my neighbourgs don'i even greet me. It's endemic. By the way, I'm Dutch. I speek the local language, altho' being dislexia

@MrBuster1938 5 жыл бұрын

I have loved this song for ever long as it'd been recorded. I want it for my funeral.Together with I DID IT MY WAY SINARTRA. and STEVIE WONDER YOU ARE THRC SUB+NSHINCOF NY LIFE

@trinahart 6 жыл бұрын

How can it be that the words in this song still stand today? What have we done to our poor in this country? Welcome 21stC Britain. Thank you Ralph McTell for this beautiful song...so moving.

@terryofford4977 3 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly, my last visions of leaving Britain in 1967 was of the streets in London,it's poverty and misery, displayed with broken men and women,rags for clothes, no roof over their heads, food was little more than scraps, rustled from garbage bins,I couldn;t take any more of this, I left after too many years seeing a government who didn't give a stuff about its own people.

@alfching2499 Жыл бұрын

@@terryofford4977 Who got voted in by plain ordinary hard working people,how many times will they fool for these Parasites

@FreddieOsifelo 5 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest songs I've known!!!

@L_JLF367 6 жыл бұрын

Makes you realise and appreciate what a privileged life most of us lead, myself included. It’s easy to feel hard done by and even easier to turn a blind eye when you see someone homeless on the street.

@andymagin 6 жыл бұрын

Spot on, my thoughts entirely. I am up in London next week, and aim to be far more compassionate.

@arachne1960 6 жыл бұрын

Just saw the choir on Channel 4 news just now and brought tears to these old eyes. Please everyone, if you are able, please buy the single.

@AliB-dg5kq 6 жыл бұрын

When the Black Dog visits this is the one song that helps me to see him on his way. There are always other people who are worse off than you or me. Ralph was a family friend in the 80s and 90s and he told a story of the time when he was giving Billy Connolly a lift and got lost. As BC remarked, how could the man who wrote Streets of London get lost in London?

@wins2761 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! London can be the leading 'Smart City' of the future with No One sleeping under the stars! Hats off to Crisis and all involved in services to the homeless and vulnerable.

@lakshmandalpadado9066 6 жыл бұрын

One of the most outstanding songs of all time.

@musicquizmaker6890 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, at 60 i haved always loved the original version, thanks Ralph and the crew for a great powerful version. God Bless.

@moragmckay3779 3 жыл бұрын

Why did I not know this version had been released? Heartbreaking that it's still relevant after all these years.

@veraishani4702 2 жыл бұрын

Oh Wow! In the past 24 hours, two songs have catapulted me back to my childhood. Yesterday I stepped into a church for the first time in a couple of years... and we actually sang the hymn 'this is my story' my childhood favorite and the song that defines my life. 'Streets of London', believe it or not, was another childhood favorite (strange child). As a child growing up in Wiltshire in the 70's I never knew London but this song birthed compassion in me for the people it talks about. People with hearts, feelings, pain, hope, memories, and a story just like you and me. I woke up this morning and this song strangely came to mind. I have been singing it all day.

@niv8880 Жыл бұрын

Reading this from Trowbridge Wiltshire! - I'm a grownup now but grew up in Trowbridge in the 70s too. I moved away but back now to look after my mum who is terminal. Although this is a favourite, my top tune is Sound of Silence but the version sung by Disturbed.

@robertburns3087 Жыл бұрын

Dear Vera Ishani,I am so glad to know that you feel the same as I do about Streets of London I've sung that song all my life, God bless you and bless you more

@LudwigHohlwein1974 3 жыл бұрын

One of those great, unique songs. It always makes me consider those invisible citizens that are truly cast adrift. Well done Ralph. Peace

@plantin110 6 жыл бұрын

If it was possible to make a song even better the Crisis choir - who know all about being homeless on the streets of London - have done it. Wonderful

@TheGJMVideos 6 ай бұрын

The worst thing about 'Streets of London' is that its lyrics are as true today as they were when Ralph McTell wrote them in the 1960's

@paulcarter3271 6 жыл бұрын

Ralph and Annie at their brilliant best. I never tire of this song and it was never more relevant - if there is any justice it will be the Christmas No 1 (if there is still such a thing!)

@darrenlangton3996 6 жыл бұрын

One word "BRILLIANT" always loved this song, hope it raises millions...

@pellepersson7681 Жыл бұрын

I still get goosebumps from Annies voice, a truly brilliant duett and choir!!

@anthonyaduhene 3 жыл бұрын

A fabulous version. Bought tears to my eyes

@paulcurran9381 3 жыл бұрын

This is painfully beautiful and deeply moving.

@warbseven8613 5 жыл бұрын

A masterpiece of songwriting.

@chriseasdon3536 Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@davidallen1814 6 жыл бұрын

The homeless situation in all of our cities is desperate - we can, and should, all do our bit to help - thank you Ralph, Annie and the Crisis Choir: a fantastic reminder at this time of year of just how fortunate most of us are! I'm supporting the cause by attending Ralphs Crisis at Christmas charity concert at the Half Moon in Putney and if we all spread the word then just maybe we can help to make this a very deserving Christmas No1.

@TheKevolution 6 жыл бұрын

I remember my dad singing this when I was just a boy and it always resonated then (he was a master of the sad song and could easily bring a tear to my eye). The song has lost none of it's magic or power over the years and this version is beautiful. I need to get my hands on this version, thank you.

@marjol3in 3 жыл бұрын

My dad sung it to me as well in the early 80's

@jasminehadi6501 6 жыл бұрын

I was crying before the first 30 seconds :(

@stellamclarin904 6 жыл бұрын

A real song with real people. Well done to all of you

@colinmc4058 6 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest songs ever.

@colinpook4537 6 жыл бұрын

the more I hear it, the more I lile it

@maryanngarcia3080 2 жыл бұрын

People are apathetic,until they become homeless. And yes,it can happen to any one of us.

@sacredcowmusicjukebox Жыл бұрын

Universal anthem for all the lonely and discarded

@barbaraward9926 6 жыл бұрын

Great song which has always made me cry, but even more so in 2017 as social dislocation and poverty continue to affect vulnerable people in the UK and our government remains impassive

@karenmartin6196 6 жыл бұрын

Wow - full on shivers down the spine!

@robbofizz 4 жыл бұрын

Just beautiful and sad at the same time.

@paulsullivan445 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best versions of the greatest song of all time. It has been with me since about 1968 and means as much now as it did then.

@alexanderschestag3247 4 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful version!

@joannahodge3557 4 жыл бұрын

This is such a stunning song. I cant listen without tears. Beautiful. x

@dripsey3 5 жыл бұрын

I don't think we have ever had such a disconnected world, what I mean is the human element, the human touch. Every individual has a story to tell and Ralph captures that in this song. This version is incredible. We all need to be just a little bit more human, take your eyes off your device and look around, think about what you can do to make someone's life a little bit better. It can be the smallest thing.

@rickputnam1381 6 жыл бұрын

The message that this sends is incredible. Beautiful. Must have taken lots of work to put together, Thanks to all who participated,

@maureencondon7415 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, so heartwarming.

@philsheath 6 жыл бұрын

This was beautiful in the 60's it is still beautiful and just as poignant 50 years later. Ralph Mctell for prime minister!

@molybdaenmornell123hopp5 2 жыл бұрын

Let's not have him ruined.

@peterprice5896 Жыл бұрын

Annie you are amazing as are all the beautiful people who sing on this tune.

@squashdevicer 4 жыл бұрын

This song is forever relevant.

@Blindarthur 6 жыл бұрын

Well done Ralph. I hope this raises much needed funds for Crisis UK.

@a.g.phoenix Жыл бұрын

thank you for giving a face to the people on the street unfortunately there are still far too many faces living in solitude.

@singerd0697 Жыл бұрын

We are so vulnerable and...human . Hope we can solve these problems in our collective soul

@micheuobadiah3695 3 ай бұрын

What can I say.. touches me where ' only dreams can reach'. Was a student in London when this future classic was played. .

@Michele-yi2ck Ай бұрын

Wonderful and uplifting!!

@jasonbarker7539 Жыл бұрын

I defy anyone to not be moved by this song Homelessness...our national shame

@robertstroud7081 6 ай бұрын

I have seen Ralph in concert over 30 times and heard this song hundreds of times, it has always been a great song but this version is the most moving version I have heard. A lovely man, a terrific guitar player, wonderful story teller and a truly warm human being.

@kevinyork9975 6 жыл бұрын

Well done Ralph, Annie Lennox and all those involved. I vow to buy a copy for Christmas.

@ericpaulband 4 жыл бұрын

this is wonderful !

@sprusslac 3 жыл бұрын

Glorious. Bravo! Beautiful performance by beautiful people.

@mandy2012100 6 жыл бұрын

what a lovely song it bring back so many sad days lets make it number 1

@johndalzell5450 Жыл бұрын

Magnificent- one of the greatest songs written in my lifetime of 73 years.

@brianwood7480 Жыл бұрын

73 here too. I knew every word to this song after hearing it only once. Guilty people ignore it, and compassionate people love it while deploring the facts that made the song so fucking REAL. I went to London for the first time in 1969 to join my ship at KGV dock. I was desperately unprepared for the kind of horrors that people were living through in this once Greatest City on earth. I'm neither socialist nor communist, but witnessing this huge disparity between the disgustingly wealthy and the soul-destroying, abject poverty stricken classes in London is when I really started to grow up and see the world for what it was. "I'm okay Jack, fuck you, keep your hands off my stack" is not the way civilization is meant, or supposed to be. Merry fucking Christmas you billionaires. Please donate to charities that help feed starving children.

@andrewgallant184 6 жыл бұрын

Nothing's changed since Ralph McTell wrote this song. He's one of Britain's best-ever singer-songwriters.

@kyranmccourt1846 6 жыл бұрын

Please support the song,it will so kind and loving of you.

@bristolblue3884 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, makes me realise how fortunate I am 👏👏👏👍

@winston99999 7 ай бұрын

I have listened to this umpteen times and it should be shown before the news at 6.00pm every night!

@burghquay Жыл бұрын

I’m listening to this - on the one hand uplifted by its beauty and watching a performance that adds so much more to an already great song…..On the other hand I can’t stop bawling my eyes out with the poignancy of it.

@sallybeckham4574 6 жыл бұрын

Very moving. Homelessness is a terrible situation here in San Diego, too. I shared this beautiful video.

@colinrandall5525 6 жыл бұрын

I added this comment, Sally, at www.salutlive.com/2017/12/cover-story-33a-streets-of-london-ralph-mctell-or-mctell-with-annie-lennox-for-crisis-homeless-chari-2.html You seemed to sum up everything

@darkthewolf4877 6 жыл бұрын

Just as poignant 50 years ago as it is today will always make cry make this emotional beautiful song Christmas number 1 It could be any town or city in England homelessness should be a thing of the past & not happening in the in this day & age Councils should reinstate housing benefits for the under 25 i think this has created a massive increase in the homeless problem I hope this amazing song raises loads of money for crisis uk

@micheuobadiah3695 Жыл бұрын

Sstreets ..HAS LIVED with me eversince I FIRST HEARD IT IN THE 70S AND im now over 70..Gret song this,easy to sing along...

@corneliaattique-ur-rahman3075 4 жыл бұрын

eine sehr beeindruckende version dieses wunderbaren songs. möchte er doch bitte alle aufrütteln, einmal genauer hinzuschauen! ich habe wohnungslose england gesehen und ich sehe sie in deutschland. und es werden immer mehr und nicht deshalb, weil sie das so toll finden, nein, obdachlosigkeit hat immer ernste hintergründe. ich bitte euch alle, schert nicht alle über einen kamm und helft, wir alle, jeder kann es.

@AngelaTopping 6 жыл бұрын

this song will run forever and stay fresh.

@colinpook4537 6 жыл бұрын

hear-hear

@aodx8561 6 жыл бұрын

Bravo to Crisis for everything they do, and to Ralph McTell, Annie Lennox and the Crisis Choir for this beautiful but bleak reminder of why organisations like Crisis are still so vital.

@randysquires8362 Жыл бұрын

Saw him today. Fed him, blessed him & went on yo the next. Sitting in plain sight. Best camo ever...

@medusadiva 6 жыл бұрын

Love this version. Annie Lennox and the choir make it even more special

@ianbainbridge2783 4 жыл бұрын

so heres a thought-why doesn't TV show this wonderful bittersweet video every Christmas Day at 3pm instead of the Queens speech?-just a thought

@toecutterz1000 6 жыл бұрын

i well remember this song from back in the day....i'm also ashamed to say that in all those decades since , i / we have not done much more to end the misery that occurs nightly on our city's streets , despite during all that time being one of the most wealthy nations in the world. but you know, the really depressing thing is...... ii's very likely that many decades from now someone else will be re-recording this song... because it will still be relevant...for the very same reasons. peace n love T.C.

@cmcc3721 6 жыл бұрын

toecutterz1000 we've actually gone backwards. Severely. 20 years ago the majority of homeless would have the option of local authority accommodation albeit after a short wait. That option is no longer there. And kids without a permanent residence was absolutely unheard of.

@franciss7147 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely incredible and moving. I change the lyrics from London to my home town, now that I live in Glasgow this song has become very real to me. The homelessness is so public and on show here, as I'm sure it is in most places in the UK. The sad this is that this song is still so real now as it was when it was first written. Working together surely we can beat homelessness in modern Britain?

@jansteadman1 6 жыл бұрын

I am so blessed with family this Christmas it seems the least to do giving something to help this brilliant charity

@anneoconnor9203 4 жыл бұрын

So moving!

@peterowen9183 5 ай бұрын

The history of popular music has many, many one-hit wonders. Very few made that one hit count - made it *matter* - in the way that this one does. Ralph McTell's legacy to the dispossessed and the abandoned, this song will always matter. As beautiful now as it was in 1970, and always will be.

@chriseasdon3536 29 күн бұрын

When you see God play him this and smile

@davidallsop7678 3 жыл бұрын

This song is just simply amazing.

@JudithBarrowauthor 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!! Well done Ralph. I hope this raises much needed funds for Crisis UK.

@michael5089 2 жыл бұрын

Why have I only just heard this. Absolutely beautiful 👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@Keithbarber 4 жыл бұрын

Having been associated with crisis I knew some of the problems some of the choir members faced And I know them personally If the song doesn't make your eyes moist, their stories will

@vincecarnevale4406 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice version,along with superb photography.Heart warming.

@SuzyQ334 Жыл бұрын

Omg - one of this old Londoners favourite songs.

@achildofthelight4725 4 ай бұрын

When you can lift someone up from off the ground and give them a hug.... that is the beauty of London within you.

@Robi6942 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful - brought a tear!

@sarahcarter824 4 ай бұрын

This song literally gives me chills.

@petewillow2977 6 жыл бұрын

Fabulous arrangement and as relevant today as ever.

@simonpark7026 6 жыл бұрын

I've loved this song for 50 years, but never more than now. Beautifully updated, still heartbreakingly lovely.

@KarenEyo-pf9ye 6 ай бұрын

R.I.P Kenny Eyo your contribution to the song will be forever in our hearts Kenny was found deceased on 12/12/23 in in hostel room at Northumberland Hostel Haringey

@alfredpeter1 3 жыл бұрын

We're in it together

@CheekyFest 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! I saw / heard Ralph perform this song on his own at the Royal ALbert hall around 2004 +/-. My mum used to sing it at home. Love Annie Lennox and the choir.

@DRAINPIPE57 6 жыл бұрын

What a great song for christmas with a true meaning to put the message across to,all the homeless that face the cold and dark surroundings of London . Shame Annie Lennox doesnt make a apperance on the video Hrard this on Radio 2s Ken ruce snow this morning Should be the Xmas number 1

@user-hq1qd3qt8c 8 ай бұрын

Ralph mc tell has a big heart as do the crisis choir this is a great version of this classic song

@user-lg1gw7lk4g 10 ай бұрын

Daaamn, this version rocks! Been listening to this since I was a kid (my dad was a dishwasher in London in the 60s)

@patriciathewisher2315 Жыл бұрын

Worked in the sector in Liverpool n London 86-93. Awful sad but the best ppl in the world😊

@sikawatan533 2 жыл бұрын

The very warm&sorrow song of the world.

@jerzjurkiewicz2674 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely stunning.

@chriseasdon3536 4 ай бұрын

knight this man for his beauty he brought to humanity....he deserves to be a Sir for music and language......before he is gone and once more we realise what we lost

@fylbike 6 жыл бұрын

That this song should still be relevant is a telling indictment of our country

@johnknox9663 6 жыл бұрын

I wrote a Christmas song about homelessness This December Scene...free download on soundclick...artist John Knox

@aberhalllo62 Жыл бұрын

Einer der geilsten und ehrlichsten Videos ever

@freakyscumbag 9 ай бұрын

This version is fantastic,whoever gave thumbs down on this needs to get there ears tested,I’m not one for covers and re records but this one blew me away .

@mysticalxproducer Жыл бұрын

I remember exactly where I was when this amazing song dropped, I was in my old therapists office on the computer. I plugged my headphones in, stuck the song on and was blown away. Seen these guys 3 times in Manchester before they split up, they should have been much bigger but alas it obviously wasn't to be for them. I hope all the band members are doing well for themselves in their respective careers. Anyway keep on rocking out people of KZfaq! 🔥🤟👏👍🙌👊🎶🔥