Rishi Sunak stated that his karaoke tune of alternative could be Ice, Ice, Child by American rapper Vanilla Ice.
The catchy hip-hop tune is a apparently a favorite of the previous chancellor, regardless of him admitting to not being a significant karaoke fanatic.
It comes as Mr Sunak hopes to boost the temperature of the competition to switch Boris Johnson, at the same time as polls counsel that Overseas Secretary Liz Truss is heading in the right direction for victory.
In a reside Fb Q&A, Mr Sunak admitted that he was not a “huge karaoke fan” but when pushed he would select the Nineties hit, which options prominently a bass line from the tune Below Stress by Queen and David Bowie.
After taking a second to contemplate, he stated he might do the rap “fairly fortunately”.
Questioner and ally Mel Stride joked that he thought Mr Sunak may select I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor.
In the identical change, Mr Sunak additionally stated that amongst these he has been starstruck by prior to now have been former BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg and TV presenter Andi Peters.
Politicians are sometimes quizzed on favoured karaoke tracks and management rival Ms Truss has made no secret of her love of the pastime.
In the course of the marketing campaign, she admitted to being a fan of Eighties music, with I Wanna Dance With Any individual by Whitney Houston her go-to karaoke tune.