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