Rat in Mi Kitchen - wikipedia Rat in Mi Kitchen `` Rat in Mi Kitchen '' Single by UB40 from the album Rat in the Kitchen B - side `` Rat in Mi Kitchen ( Version ) '' Released 1986 Genre Reggae Length 3 : 04 Label DEP International DEP25 Songwriter ( s ) UB40 Producer ( s ) UB40 UB40 singles chronology `` All I Want to Do '' ( 1985 ) `` Rat in Mi Kitchen '' ( 1986 ) `` Maybe Tomorrow '' ( 1986 ) `` All I Want to Do '' ( 1985 ) `` Rat in Mi Kitchen '' ( 1986 ) `` Maybe Tomorrow '' ( 1986 ) `` Rat in Mi Kitchen '' is a song and single written and performed by British group, UB40. It features Herb Alpert on trumpet and was the sixth track on their album Rat in the Kitchen. Released in 1986, it reached Number 12 on the UK charts in 1987, staying for seven weeks. Although, like many UB40 songs, it is attributed to the whole group, the song was written by Astro. At the time lead singer Ali Campbell had just moved into a new home in Balsall Heath, Birmingham and was troubled by rodents. When asked by Astro if he has any ideas for new songs he replied, `` Oh God, I do n't care about the album for a minute, I 've got a rat in the kitchen ! '' Astro, who sings lead vocals on the song, wrote the track in response. References ^ Jump up to : `` Rat in Mi Kitchen ''. www.discogs.com. Retrieved 14 June 2013. Jump up ^ `` UK Official charts - UB40 ''. www.officialscharts.com. Retrieved 2013 - 06 - 13. Jump up ^ Greenstreet, Rosanna ( 2002 - 04 - 06 ). `` My first home : Ali Campbell ''. www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2013 - 06 - 14. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics UB40 Jimmy Brown Robin Campbell Earl Falconer Norman Hassan Brian Travers Duncan Campbell Ali Campbell Yomi Babayemi Jimmy Lynn Mickey Virtue Astro Studio albums Signing Off Present Arms UB44 Labour of Love Geffery Morgan Baggariddim Rat in the Kitchen UB40 Labour of Love II Promises and Lies Guns in the Ghetto Labour of Love III Cover Up Homegrown Who You Fighting For ? TwentyFourSeven Labour of Love IV Getting Over the Storm Compilation albums The Singles Album More UB40 Music The UB40 File The Best of UB40 -- Volume One The Best of UB40 -- Volume Two The Very Best of UB40 1980 - 2000 Greatest Hits Love Songs Live albums UB40 Live Remix albums Present Arms in Dub Dub Sessions Singles `` Food for Thought '' `` One in Ten '' `` Do n't Slow Down '' `` Red Red Wine '' `` Please Do n't Make Me Cry '' `` Many Rivers to Cross '' `` If It Happens Again '' `` Sing Our Own Song '' `` Rat in Mi Kitchen '' `` I Got You Babe '' `` Breakfast in Bed '' `` Homely Girl '' `` Kingston Town '' `` I 'll Be Your Baby Tonight '' `` The Way You Do the Things You Do '' `` ( I Ca n't Help ) Falling in Love With You '' `` Higher Ground '' `` Swing Low '' See also UB40 discography DEP International Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rat_in_Mi_Kitchen&oldid=839847835 '' Categories : 1986 songs UB40 songs Songs about mice and rats British reggae songs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 6 May 2018, at 02 : 34. About Wikipedia

Question: who sang there's a rat in my kitchen
Answer: UB40