"High Life" is a Top 10 single from UK band Modern Romance. It was released in 1983 by

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and a

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. A Japanese and German edition was also released.

Formats

7-inch single

*''High Life'' *''You Just Can't Kill The Beat''

12-inch single

*''High Life'' *''You Just Can't Kill The Beat'' *''

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7-inch picture disc

*''High Life'' (

Michael J. Mullins Michael J. Mullins (born Michael John Mullins on 9 November 1953) is an English lead vocalist, backing singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of salsa band Modern Romance (1982–85). Modern Romance achieved eight top 40 singles a ...

photo) *''You Just Can't Kill The Beat'' (David Jaymes Photo)

Chart position

*UK Singles Chart #8

History

''High Life'' (1982) was the third Top 10 single for

Modern Romance (band) Modern Romance is a British pop music band that found popularity in the early 1980s. Formed in 1980 by previous members of an earlier band, the Leyton Buzzards, the band achieved a string of UK chart hits before the original band broke up in 1 ...

. It was the second single to feature

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and peaked at #8 on the UK chart in 1983. The single can be found on Modern Romance's two hit albums, '' Trick of the Light'' (1983) and ''

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'' (1983). It also made an appearance on their farewell single, ''

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'' (1985) with four other singles: ''

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''. The 12-inch vinyl came with a special fold-out poster of

and David Jaymes. The 12-inch

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'', is a cover version, which also features on the Modern Romance compilation albums

(1983) and ''Modern Romance: The Platinum Collection'' (2006). ''High Life'' was written by Modern Romance founder member, David Jaymes. It can also be found on the

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ese compilation, ''Juanita'' (1983).Lee-Williams, Matt: Jaymes, David, Biography, Internet Movie Database ccessedApril 28, 2011.

Personnel

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

*David Jaymes -

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

*Robbie Jaymes -

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

*Paul Gendler -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

John Du Prez John Du Prez (born Trevor Jones; 14 December 1946) is a British musician, conductor and composer. He was a member of the 1980s salsa-driven pop band Modern Romance and has since written several film scores including ''Oxford Blues'' (1984), ' ...

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*Andy Kyriacou -

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Tony Visconti Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's " Ride a White Swan" in 1970, the first of man ...

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References

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