"Everybody Salsa" is a single by UK band Modern Romance

Modern Romance (band)

Modern Romance were a British pop music band that found popularity in the early 1980s. Formed in 1980 by previous members of an earlier punk rock band, The Leyton Buzzards, the band enjoyed a string of UK chart hits before they broke up in 1985...

. It was their first UK chart entry in 1981, reaching No. 12. It was released as a 7-inch single and 12-inch single

12-inch single

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 by WEA Records. It was also released in the United States, Benelux, Germany, France, Italy and Mexico and was produced by David Jaymes, Geoff Deane and Norman Mighell.

Formats

7-inch single

• Everybody Salsa
• Salsa Rappsody

12-inch single

• Everybody Salsa/Salsa Rappsody [Discomix]
• Salsa Rappsody [Dub Discomix]

12-inch single

• Everybody Salsa/Salsa Rappsody [Extended Discomix]
• Salsa Rappsody [Dub Discomix]

12-inch promo single (U.S.)

• Everybody Salsa
• Bring on the Funkateers

12-inch single (Mexico)

• Everybody Salsa [Todo Mundo Salsa]
• Salsa Rappsody [Rapsodia En Salsa]

12-inch single (Benelux)

• Everybody Salsa/Salsa Rappsody [Extended Discomix]
• Salsa Rappsody [Dub Discomix]

7-inch single (Germany)

• Everybody Salsa
• Salsa Rappsody

7-inch single (Benelux)

• Everybody Salsa
• Salsa Rappsody

7-inch single (Italy)

• Everybody Salsa
• Salsa Rappsody

7-inch single

• Everybody Salsa
• Salsa Rappsody

History

"Everybody Salsa" was originally a UK hit for Modern Romance

Modern Romance (band)

Modern Romance were a British pop music band that found popularity in the early 1980s. Formed in 1980 by previous members of an earlier punk rock band, The Leyton Buzzards, the band enjoyed a string of UK chart hits before they broke up in 1985...

 in 1981 and was included on their debut album, Adventures in Clubland

Adventures in Clubland

Adventures in Clubland is the debut album by English band Modern Romance. It was released in 1981 on LP and Cassette tape by WEA, and in 2008 a CD reissue was released by Wounded Bird Records.-Track listing:...

(1981) as part of the Clubland Mix along with "Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey", "Salsa Rappsody", and "Moose on the Loose". It was one of the few Modern Romance records to feature drummer, Tony Gainsborough. The single also made its way onto the compilation album

Compilation album

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s Party Tonight

Party Tonight

Party Tonight is the third album by English band Modern Romance. It was a compilation album released in 1983 on LP and Cassette tape by Ronco. A Japanese reissue on LP was released, titled Juanita, but is long out of print.-Track listing:...

(1983) and Modern Romance: The Platinum Collection (2006). It was also a part of their farewell single, Best Mix of Our Lives

Best Mix of Our Lives

"Best Mix of Our Lives" is the final single from UK band Modern Romance. It was released in 1985 as a 7-inch single and 12-inch single by WEA.-12-inch single:*Best Mix of Our Lives*Best Years of Our Lives [extended re-mix]Broken Down...

(1985), an anthology single of the band's biggest hits.

Other versions

• "O Superman"/"Everybody Salsa" - Laurie Anderson
  Laurie Anderson
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   / Modern Romance [Italy; Spain] (1982)
• "Everybody Salsa" b/w "Can You Move
  Can You Move
  "Can You Move" aka Can You Move It aka Can You Dance is a single by UK band Modern Romance. It was released in the United States in 1982 as a 12-inch single by Atlantic Records, and in Japan as a 7-inch single through WEA Records....
  
  " '88 - David Jaymes (1988)

Personnel

• Geoff Deane - vocals
• David Jaymes - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Robbie Jaymes - synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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• Paul Gendler - guitar
  Guitar
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• Tony Gainsborough - drums
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• David Jaymes, Geoff Deane, Norman Mighell - Producer (music)

External links

• Modern Romance - IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2167905/J
• John Du Prez
  John Du Prez
  John Du Prez is a musician, conductor, and composer. Du Prez was a member of the 1980s multi-hit Salsa-driven pop band Modern Romance and has since written several Film scores including Oxford Blues and the final Carry On film, Carry On Columbus...
  
  - IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006047/
• David Jaymes - IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1659850/
• Paul Gendler - IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0312678/
• Modern Romance - Discogs Website - http://www.discogs.com/artist/Modern+Romance
• Modern Romance - Chart Stats Website - http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=3491