Things Can Only Get Better

The harmony is deliberately uncluttered — a I–IV–V loop in F major that prioritises forward momentum over chord variety. The song's power comes from arrangement and production: stacked synth pads, a driving four-on-the-floor pulse, and Cunnah's vocal pushing against a stable tonal centre. That simplicity proved to be structural: it made the track work equally well in a sweaty club, a football stadium, and an election-night broadcast.

Peter Cunnah and Jamie Petrie wrote the song as a straightforwardly optimistic dance track, channelling the euphoric energy that defined the early UK rave scene. Cunnah's vocal delivery gave the uplifting lyric a gospel-tinged urgency that distinguished it from more anonymous dance records of the period.

Written by Peter Cunnah and Jamie Petrie, 'Things Can Only Get Better' married early-90s UK rave energy to an irresistibly hopeful hook, eventually reaching number one in the UK. Its second life arrived in 1997, when the Labour Party chose it as the official campaign anthem for the general election — the song played as Tony Blair's team celebrated their landslide victory. Produced by D:Ream and Tom Frederikse, it sits at the intersection of eurodance and anthemic pop.