ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And another sign that prime minister Theresa May might be in for a closer election than she bargained for, the U.K. music charts.</s>KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Number four on the Official U.K. Top 40 Singles Chart ahead of big names like Ariana Grande and Miley Cyrus is a song called "Liar Liar GE2017." That's GE for general election 2017. The song is by the relatively unknown group Captain Ska.</s>ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The song starts with May herself.</s>PRIME MINISTER THERESA MAY: We have a mission to make Britain a country that works not for the privileged and not for the few but for every one of our citizens.</s>KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Then comes the chorus.</s>CAPTAIN SKA: (Singing) She's a liar, liar. Oh, she's a liar, liar. No, you can't trust her. No, no, no, no.</s>ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: This song is actually repurposed. The group originally released "Liar Liar" in 2010, taking aim at David Cameron, prime minister at the time. The lyrics of this latest version rail against May and the ruling Conservative Party, mentioning cuts to education and the National Health Service.</s>CAPTAIN SKA: (Singing) The nurses going hungry, schools in decline. I don't recognize this broken country of mine.</s>KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: You won't hear the song on British radio though. Long-standing impartiality rules have kept "Liar Liar" from being played in the U.K., but we can play it here.</s>CAPTAIN SKA: (Singing) She's a liar, liar. Oh, she's a liar, liar. No, you can't trust her. No, no, no, no.
A song calling Prime Minister Theresa May a liar is heading to the top of the charts in the United Kingdom, a week ahead of the general election.