"Best Years of Our Lives" is a song recorded by English band Modern Romance. It was released in October 1982 as a 7-inch single and 12-inch single by WEA. A Japanese and German edition was also released.^[1][2][3]

"Best Years of Our Lives" was the biggest-selling single for Modern Romance. It was the first single to feature Michael J. Mullins as lead vocalist and peaked at number 4 on the UK Singles Chart in late 1982. The single can be found on Modern Romance's hit albums Trick of the Light (1983) and Party Tonight (1983). It also made an appearance on their farewell single "Best Mix of Our Lives" (1985) in a medley with four other singles: "High Life", "Don't Stop That Crazy Rhythm", "Everybody Salsa", and "Ay Ay Ay Ay Moosey". It served as a 7-inch single [re-mix] on the B-side of "Best Mix of Our Lives" and as a 12-inch single [re-mix] on the B-side of the 12-inch version of "Best Mix...".

The original B-side, "We've Got Them Running (The Counting Song)", was taken from the Modern Romance debut studio album Adventures in Clubland and features the lead vocals of Geoff Deane. It was written by Modern Romance founder member David Jaymes.^[5] The latest appearance of "Best Years..." is on the compilation CD Modern Romance: The Platinum Collection (2006).^[6][7][8]

As part of a long string of cover version songs, Black Lace released their re-creation in 1989.

• Michael J. Mullins – vocals
• David Jaymes – bass guitar
• Robbie Jaymes – synthesizer
• Paul Gendler – guitar
• John Du Prez – trumpet
• Andy Kyriacou – drums
• Tony Visconti – producer (music)
• Geoff Deane – vocals (on We've Got Them Running (The Counting Song))

In 2001, the song regained popularity after it was covered by the Bahamian Junkanoo group Baha Men and featured in the 2001 animated fairy tale comedy film Shrek.^[9]

It was the Baha Men's sixth single and reached number 49 on the Australian ARIA Charts and number 70 on the Swiss Music Charts. It also appeared on their album Move It Like This.