| You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties | |
| Cover: | You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Jona Lewie |
| B-Side: | Bureaucrats |
| Released: | 1980 |
| Genre: | Synth-pop[1] |
| Length: | 2:41 |
| Label: | Stiff Records |
| Producer: | Bob Andrews |
| Prev Title: | God Bless Whoever Made You |
| Prev Year: | 1979 |
| Next Title: | Big Shot - Momentarily |
| Next Year: | 1980 |
"You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties" is a song by English singer-songwriter Jona Lewie. It was written by Lewie and Keef Trouble,[2] and was released as a single in 1980. The song entered the UK Singles Chart in May, reaching number 16 and staying for 11 weeks on the chart.[3] [4] The song experienced the greatest success in New Zealand, where it reached No. 3 in October for two weeks, remaining in the top 40 for 17 weeks.[5]
Lewie added a new storyline ending to Trouble's lyrics. He wrote the melody on a multi-timbre polyphonic Polymoog[6] in his home eight-track studio, and played on and recorded the backing track entirely himself, apart from bass guitar from Norman Watt-Roy[7] and additional hi-hat percussion from Bob Andrews. It has been claimed that the female backing vocal is by Kirsty MacColl,[8] but Lewie has confirmed that during the recording of the song they were done by the wives of producer Andrews and Dave Robinson, the owner of Stiff Records.[9] MacColl did however appear as a backing vocalist during live performances.[10]
In 2010, the track was used to advertise kitchens for IKEA. The advert, the full version of which ran to three minutes, features the group Man Like Me walking around a party in a house comprising only kitchens while singing a new version of the song. Lewie himself appeared as the host of the party.[11] The song returned to the UK Singles Chart in 2010 reaching number 71.[12]
| Chart (1980) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[13] | 21 | |
| New Zealand | 3 | |
| UK (Official Charts Company) | 16 |