"When I Kiss You (I Hear Charlie Parker Playing)" is a song by American rock band Sparks, released in February 1995 by Logic Records as the second single from their 16th album, Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins (1994).

[2] In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton said, "The new single is as bizarre as the title sounds, featuring a high-speed rapped verse that Neil Tennant would I'm sure give his right arm to have written, coupled with an impressively commercial chorus.

[4] Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "We're living in the age of fast food Euro with one-liners serving as lyrics.

"[5] A reviewer from Music Week gave the song four out of five, describing it as "more delicious high camp drama from the kings of eccentric synth pop", and stated that former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler's Fashionable World of Fashion Mix "should create a buzz.

[8] In his review of Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins, Jonathan Bernstein from Spin felt "the sibs are at their most entertaining and least unbearable", opining that titles on tracks like 'When I Kiss You (I Hear Charlie Parker Playing)' "are part of the reason for Spark's continued absence from American airwaves.