--- description: Singalong to Lean On Me cheers up Northern Line commuters on the London Underground title: London Underground Singalong to Lean on Me image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a Singalong to 'Lean On Me' on a London Underground Train  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 7, 2015 8:35 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Oct 7, 2015 8:35 PM CUT A singalong to the Bill Withers hit “Lean On Me” appears to have cheered up commuters riding the Northern Line of the London Underground. Some straphangers played the guitar and violin in a clip uploaded by YouTube user “Scott Ross,” who claims the impromptu performance took place on a recent Tuesday. “You guys were fantastic,” the user wrote in a description of the video. “Sad I needed to get off at Bank.” Another subway singalong that went [viral](http://time.com/3639700/erasure-subway-singalong-london/ "undefined") recently involved a local singer named Neil Francis belting out Erasure’s “A Little Respect” on a crowded platform. (h/t [_The Telegraph_](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/viral-video/11917054/Northern-Line-passengers-sing-Lean-on-Me.html "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4065250/london-tube-lean-on-me-bill-withers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4065250/london-tube-lean-on-me-bill-withers/"},"headline":"Watch a Singalong to 'Lean On Me' on a London Underground Train","datePublished":"2015-10-07T20:35:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:43.744Z","description":"Brightening up a mundane routine","url":"https://time.com/4065250/london-tube-lean-on-me-bill-withers/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4065250/london-tube-lean-on-me-bill-withers/","name":"Watch a Singalong to 'Lean On Me' on a London Underground Train"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4065250/london-tube-lean-on-me-bill-withers/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4065250/london-tube-lean-on-me-bill-withers/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```