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{{Infobox song
| name       = Best Mix of Our Lives
| cover      = Modern Romance Best Mix of Our Lives.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Modern Romance (band)|Modern Romance]]
| album      =
| released   = 1985
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| venue      =
| genre      = Pop
| length     =
| label      = [[Warner Music Group|WEA]]
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| producer   = [[Les Adams (DJ)|Les Adams]]
| prev_title = [[Tarzan Boy]]
| prev_year  = 1985
| next_title = Rhythm Is My Lover
| next_year  = 2019
}}
"'''Best Mix of Our Lives'''" is a song by English band [[Modern Romance (band)|Modern Romance]]. It was released in 1985 as a [[7-inch single|7-inch]] and [[12-inch single]] by [[Warner Music Group|WEA]].<ref>Modern Romance, Discography, ''High Life'', Discogs Website, [accessed] April 27, 2011.</ref><ref>Lee-Williams, Matt: Modern Romance Biography, Internet Movie Database [accessed] April 28, 2011.</ref><ref>Lee-Williams, Matt: Jaymes, David, Biography, Internet Movie Database [accessed] April 28, 2011.</ref> The track is a mix of their biggest hits, and was the last single before the band split. It reached No. 81 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/best-mix-of-our-lives/|title = Best mix of our lives &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company| website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] }}</ref>
==Track listings==
'''7-inch single'''
*"Best Mix of Our Lives" <small>("Everybody Salsa" / "Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey" / "High Life" / "Don't Stop That Crazy Rhythm" / "Best Years of Our Lives")</small>
*"Best Years of Our Lives" [re-mix]
'''12-inch single'''
*"Best Mix of Our Lives" <small>("Everybody Salsa" / "Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey" / "High Life" / "Don't Stop That Crazy Rhythm" / "Best Years of Our Lives" / "Salsa Rappsody" / "Moose on the Loose")</small>
*"Best Years of Our Lives" [extended re-mix]
==Content==
"Best Mix of Our Lives" and "[[Tarzan Boy]]" were the band's last-ditch attempts to revive their flagging career. "Best Mix of Our Lives" is a farewell anthology of sorts, a mix of their five biggest hits: "Everybody Salsa", "Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey", "[[High Life (song)|High Life]]", "[[Don't Stop That Crazy Rhythm]]" and "[[Best Years of Our Lives (song)|Best Years of Our Lives]]". The 12-inch version featured the [[B-side]] to "Everybody Salsa" ("Salsa Rappsody") and the B-side to "Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey" ("Moose on the Loose").<ref>Modern Romance, Discography, ''Don't Stop That Crazy Rhythm'', Discogs Website, [accessed] April 27, 2011.</ref><ref>Lee-Williams, Matt: Modern Romance Biography, Internet Movie Database [accessed] April 28, 2011.</ref><ref>Lee-Williams, Matt: Jaymes, David, Biography, Internet Movie Database [accessed] April 28, 2011.</ref>
"Don't Stop That Crazy Rhythm" is a pop song with elements of [[Afro-Cuban music|Afro-Cuban]] and [[Mambo (music)|mambo]]. "Everybody Salsa" and "Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey" are [[Latin American music|Latin American]] [[salsa music|salsa]] tunes. "Best Year of Our Lives" and "High Life" are pop songs with elements of salsa and R&B.<ref>Modern Romance, Discography, ''Don't Stop That Crazy Rhythm'' from ''Trick of the Light'' [accessed] April 28, 2011.</ref>
==Personnel==
*[[Michael J. Mullins]] – vocals on "Best Years of Our Lives", "High Life", "Don't Stop That Crazy Rhythm"
*[[Geoff Deane]] – vocals on "Everybody Salsa", "Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey", "Salsa Rappsody", "Moose on the Loose"
*David Jaymes – bass guitar and backing vocals
*Robbie Jaymes – synthesizer
*Paul Gendler – guitar
*[[John Du Prez]] – trumpet
*Andy Kyriacou – drums
==References==
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