The song was “Things Can Only Get Better” by Northern Irish band D:Ream, known to many from former Labour leader Tony Blair’s 1996 general election campaign, which soundtracked his road to ...

The choice of Things Can Only Get Better was a shrewd one, he says. "It's upbeat, it's catchy, it got to number one for a few weeks, but not for so long that people were sick of it. And in itself ...

Things Can Only Get Better is not the first pop song to cause consternation in political circles. Liz Truss angered M-People’s Mike Pickering when she used the song Moving On Up.

In 1997, the theme tune to Labour’s landslide was D:Ream’s “Things Can Only Get Better.” This time around, it feels like Labour is going for the opposite message: things might, in fact ...

But “Things Can Only Get Better” delivered his American breakthrough. The song, found on his hugely successful 1985 album Dream Into Action, shot into the US Top 10.

As prime minister Rishi Sunak stood outside Number 10 in the pouring rain and announced that a general election would take place on 4 July, a familiar tune rang out. The song was “Things Can ...