| "You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties" | ||||
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| Single by Jona Lewie | ||||
| B-side | "Bureaucrats" | |||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Genre | Synth-pop [1] | |||
| Length | 2:41 | |||
| Label | Stiff Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Keith Trussell, Jona Lewie | |||
| Producer(s) | Bob Andrews | |||
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| "You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties" on YouTube | ||||
"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]
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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 full version of the advert, which ran for 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]
