You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties

"You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties"
Single by Jona Lewie
B-side Bureaucrats
Released 1980
Genre Synthpop, new wave
Length 2.41
Label Stiff Records
Writer(s) Keith Trussell, Jona Lewie
Producer(s) Bob Andrews
Jona Lewie singles chronology
"Stop the Cavalry" - re-release
(1980)		 "You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties"
(1980)		 "Big Shot - Momentarily"
(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.[1] It was released in 1980 and entered the UK Singles Chart in May, reaching number 16 and staying for 11 weeks on the chart.[2][3]

Lewie added a new storyline ending to Trouble's lyrics. He wrote the melody on a multi-timbre polyphonic Polymoog[4] in his home eight-track studio, and played on and recorded the backing track entirely himself, apart from bass guitar from Norman Watt-Roy[5] and additional hi-hat percussion from Bob Andrews. It has been claimed that the female backing vocal is by Kirsty MacColl,[6] but Lewie has confirmed during the recording of the song they were done by the wives of producer Andrews and Dave Robinson, the owner of Stiff Records.[7] MacColl did however appear as a backing vocalist during live performances.[8]

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.[9] The song returned to the UK singles charts in 2010 making number 71.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 133. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ↑ "You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties Chart Archive". www.chartarchive.org. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  4. ↑ "Not Just For Christmas". www,brightonsource.co.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Norman Watt-Roy". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "Backing Vocals". www.kirstymcccoll.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  7. ↑ "An Interview with Jona Lewie". www.jonalewie.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  8. ↑ "You'll Always Find Me in The Kitchen at Parties". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  9. ↑ "IKEA Kitchen Party". www.theinspirationroom.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
  10. ↑ "you'll always find me in the kitchen at parties". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
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