Jimmy Cliff performs at the 41st Montreux Jazz Festival at the Stravinski Hall in Montreux, Switzerland, on Saturday, July 21. - Contributed

Jimmy Cliff is hot with David Cameron and his Tory Party in the U.K. At least, one of Cliff's songs is.

As Tory leader David Cameron delivered what political analysts say was a make-or-break speech at the Conservative conference at Blackpool on Wednesday, he twice invoked Cliff's 1972 hit You Can Get It If You Really Want. The song was played as a finale to Cameron's speech.

It is not known what Cliff thinks of the Tories, but the question now is whether his song will become the anthem of the Conservative's election campaign if Prime Minister Gordon Brown calls a poll for either November 1 or 8, about which there has been much speculation in England in recent weeks.

Analysts say Brown's decision will likely be influenced by Labour's standing in opinion polls in the aftermath of Cameron's speech, in which he accused the governing party of 10 years of "broken promises and old politics". Most recent polls have given Labour a lead of up to 10 per cent, the party having enjoyed a bounce since Brown succeeded Tony Blair as premier in June.