“You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen...” by Jona Lewie

"You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties" is Jona Lewie's 1980 ode to the party guest who never makes it past the kitchen, a Stiff Records single he wrote with Keef Trouble, tacking a fresh ending onto Trouble's story. Lewie made it almost single-handed, building the melody on a Polymoog at his own eight-track home setup and cutting nearly all the backing himself; Norman Watt-Roy played bass and producer Bob Andrews added a little hi-hat. The female backing vocals came from the wives of Andrews and Stiff boss Dave Robinson.

It reached 16 in Britain, but New Zealand loved it most, taking it to number three. In 2010 IKEA used it to sell kitchens, in an ad where Man Like Me sing a new version at a party in a house built entirely of kitchens, with Lewie himself as host.

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