"Uptight Downtown" is a song by English recording artist Elly Jackson, professionally known as La Roux, from her second studio album, Trouble in Paradise (2014). It was written and produced by Jackson and Ian Sherwin, with additional writing from Ben Langmaid. The song premiered on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on 27 May 2014, and was released as the album's first official single the following day. La Roux performed the track on Good Morning America on 11 June 2014.

Jackson wrote "Uptight Downtown" loosely about the London riots of August 2011. "The recent Brixton riots had nowhere near as much positive impact as the ones in the '80s, which we were far more directed [at the police]", she told the NME in June 2014. "I'm not making any political points here and I always want to stay away from politics, so that song is about the feeling of the riots—the energy in Brixton at the time—and the fact that I had never seen my generation in London stand up for anything before. Whether it was right or not to riot, or whether anything changed, is not for me to say, but I knew afterwards that I wanted to write a song called 'Uptight Downtown'."

"Uptight Downtown" was one of the five songs that Jackson's former La Roux bandmate Ben Langmaid co-wrote on Trouble in Paradise, following his departure from the duo in February 2012.

"Uptight Downtown" received positive reviews from music critics. Ben Hewitt of Digital Spy described the track as "electro-pop magic, with its shimmering, Chic-like guitars and taut backdrop." Robbie Daw of Idolator called it "a frenetic pop gem with a slinky bass, reverb-filled synth riffs and Jackson's trademark layered vocals." Michelle Geslani of Consequence of Sound praised "Uptight Downtown" as "[a]n impressive marrying of modern electro-pop and '70s disco flair".

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