Rat in Mi Kitchen

{{Short description|1987 single by UB40}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Rat in Mi Kitchen

| cover = File:Ratinmikitchen.jpeg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = UB40

| album = Rat in the Kitchen

| B-side = "Rat in Mi Kitchen" (version){{cite AV media notes|title=Rat in Mi Kitchen|author=|year=1987|type=UK 7-inch single sleeve|publisher=DEP International|id=DEP 25}}

| released = {{start date|1987|1|5|df=y}}{{cite magazine|title=New Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=24|date=3 January 1987}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 6:58

| label = DEP International

| writer = UB40

| producer = UB40

| prev_title = All I Want to Do

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = Watchdogs

| next_year = 1987

| misc = {{External music video|header=Official audio|{{YouTube|yaoVlhghVlk|"Rat in Mi Kitchen"}}}}

}}

"Rat in Mi Kitchen" is a song written and performed by British reggae and pop group UB40. It features Herb Alpert on trumpet{{cn|date=January 2025}} and is the sixth track on their album 1986 Rat in the Kitchen. Released as a single on 5 January 1987, it reached number 12 on the UK Singles Chart later the same month, staying on the chart for seven weeks.

Although "Rat in Mi Kitchen" is attributed to the whole group, like many UB40 songs, it was written by Astro. At the time, lead singer Ali Campbell had moved into a new home in Balsall Heath, Birmingham and was troubled by rodents. When asked by Astro if he had any ideas for new songs he replied, "Oh God, I don'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.{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertyadvice/propertymarket/3300538/My-first-home-Ali-Campbell.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502025701/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertyadvice/propertymarket/3300538/My-first-home-Ali-Campbell.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 May 2010 | title=My first home: Ali Campbell | work=The Daily Telegraph | date=6 April 2002 | access-date=14 June 2013 | last=Greenstreet | first=Rosanna}}

The sleeve artwork is by Bob Linney.{{cite web | url=https://www.grooves-inc.com/rat-the-kitchen-virgin-cd-pZZa1-1898014148.html | title=Ub40 -Rat in the Kitchen -Virgin CD Grooves.land/Playthek }}