"Better Than Life" was the third single released by Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

 dance act Ultrabeat

Ultrabeat (English band)

Ultrabeat are an English electronic music group from Liverpool, England consisting of producer and vocalist Mike Di Scala and producers Ian Redman and Chris Henry. Formed in 2002, Ultrabeat first emerged with their single "Pretty Green Eyes" which reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart...

. It was written by Mike Di Scala

Mike Di Scala

Mike Di Scala , also known as Re-Con, is a British electronic musician, record producer, disc jockey and singer-songwriter from Liverpool, England. Di Scala began producing records as Re-Con in the late 1990s and he first emerged as the producer of English dance group Rezonance Q and was also the...

 and Paul Smith Jnr (another DJ from Liverpool) and it was released in 2004 and reached #23 in the charts, which was much lower than the previous Ultrabeat single "Feelin' Fine

Feelin' Fine

"Feelin' Fine" is a song written by Darren Mew and originally released as a happy hardcore song in 1998 under the alias Unique. In 2003, Ultrabeat released a cover of the song, and added newly written lyrics, as their second single which reached #12 in the UK Singles Chart-Unique version:Darren...

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The song was brought out on CD and vinyl formats and the remixes for this track were done by CJ Stone, Flip & Fill, Styles & Breeze, and Mike Di Scala's other alias, Rezonance Q.

Track listing

CD Single

1. Radio Edit
2. Extended Mix
3. CJ Stone Remix
4. Flip & Fill Remix
5. Styles & Breeze Remix
6. Rezonance Q Remix

12" Single

1. Extended Mix
2. CJ Stone Remix
3. Voodoo & Serano Remix
4. Styles & Breeze Remix

12" Promo

1. Club Mix
2. CJ Stone Remix
3. Flip & Fill Remix
4. Styles & Breeze Remix
5. Rezonance Q Remix

Download

1. Radio Edit
2. Extended Mix
3. CJ Stone Remix
4. Flip & Fill Remix
5. Styles & Breeze Remix
6. Rezonance Q Remix
7. Voodoo & Serano Remix
8. Ultrasonic Remix
9. Alt Radio Edit
10. Alt Radio Edit 2
11. Radio Edit 2
12. Clubstar Remix
13. Eighth Day Remix

Music video

The video is set on a tropical island somewhere and features three young women and Ultrabeat. The three women are shown running down a beach and as they get close to the camera the video switches to Mike Di Scala who is singing. The video then shows Ultrabeat at a table eating and looking at photos of the girls. The video then goes in on a particular photograph and shows the girls on a beach and switches between the girls and Mike Di Scala singing.

Then the girls drive past Ultrabeat in a silver convertible. Ultrabeat get in a small 4x4 and follow them. The video shows the girls on the beach and Mike Di Scala singing for the last time before showing the girls walking into a bar, and dancing next to Ultrabeat.

The video makes use of close-ups when looking at Di Scala's sunglasses and the photographs to switch scenes. It also flips between scenes of the girls and Di Scala or Ultrabeat showing them during the day before they get together at the end.

Chart performance

Chart	Peak Position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	#23
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	#34

External links

• AATW.com
• Ultrabeat artist page at AATW.com
• Better Than Life music video at AATW.com
• Listen to 'Better Than Life' at AATW.com