You 'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties - wikipedia 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 Length 2.41 Label Stiff Records Songwriter ( s ) Keith Trussell, Jona Lewie Producer ( s ) Bob Andrews Jona Lewie singles chronology `` God Bless Whoever Made You '' ( 1979 ) `` You 'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties '' ( 1980 ) `` Big Shot - Momentarily '' ( 1980 ) `` God Bless Whoever Made You '' ( 1979 ) `` 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. It was released in 1980 and entered the UK Singles Chart in May, reaching number 16 and staying for 11 weeks on the chart. The song experienced the greatest success in New Zealand, where it reached # 3 in October for two weeks, remaining in the top 40 for 17 weeks. Lewie added a new storyline ending to Trouble 's lyrics. He wrote the melody on a multi-timbre polyphonic Polymoog in his home eight - track studio, and played on and recorded the backing track entirely himself, apart from bass guitar from Norman Watt - Roy and additional hi - hat percussion from Bob Andrews. It has been claimed that the female backing vocal is by Kirsty MacColl, 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. MacColl did however appear as a backing vocalist during live performances. 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. The song returned to the UK singles charts in 2010 reaching number 71. References Jump up ^ Unterberger, Richie. `` Various Artists -- If It Ai n't Stiff... A Stiff Records Collection ''. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 30 January 2017. Jump up ^ `` You 'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties ''. www.discogs.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012. Jump up ^ Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. p. 133. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ `` You 'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties Chart Archive ''. www.chartarchive.org. Retrieved 29 December 2012. Jump up ^ `` JONA LEWIE - YOU 'LL ALWAYS FIND ME IN THE KITCHEN AT PARTIES ( SONG ) ''. Retrieved 30 December 2017. Jump up ^ `` Not Just For Christmas ''. www, brightonsource.co.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2012. Jump up ^ `` Norman Watt - Roy ''. www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012. Jump up ^ `` Backing Vocals ''. www.kirstymcccoll.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012. Jump up ^ `` An Interview with Jona Lewie ''. www.jonalewie.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012. Jump up ^ `` You 'll Always Find Me in The Kitchen at Parties ''. www.youtube.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012. Jump up ^ `` IKEA Kitchen Party ''. www.theinspirationroom.com. Retrieved 28 December 2012. Jump up ^ `` you 'll always find me in the kitchen at parties ''. www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 19 December 2015. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You%27ll_Always_Find_Me_in_the_Kitchen_at_Parties&oldid=853446592 '' Categories : 1980 singles Jona Lewie songs British synthpop songs Songs written by Jona Lewie 1980 songs Stiff Records singles 2010 singles Hidden categories : Duration without hAudio microformat Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 4 August 2018, at 21 : 19 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who sang you can always find me in the kitchen at parties
Answer: Jona Lewie