| Summer Cannibals | |
| Cover: | Summer Cannibals - Patti Smith.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Patti Smith |
| Album: | Gone Again |
| Recorded: | Electric Lady Studios |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 4:10 |
| Label: | Arista |
| Producer: | Malcolm Burn, Lenny Kaye |
| Prev Title: | "Up There Down There" |
| Prev Year: | 1988 |
| Next Title: | "E-Bow the Letter" |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
"Summer Cannibals" is a rock song written by Patti Smith and Fred "Sonic" Smith, and released as a lead single from Patti Smith 1996 album Gone Again.[1] The song derives from a song Fred "Sonic" Smith wrote and played with his pre-Sonic Rendezvous Band, Ascension in September 1973. Ascension included Michael Davis on vocals and John Hefti on bass.
The music video was produced by Michael H. Shamberg and directed by Robert Frank.[2]
| Title | Songwriter | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Summer Cannibals" | Patti Smith, Fred "Sonic" Smith | 4:10 | |
| 2 | "Come Back Little Sheba" | Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye | 2:35 | |
| 3 | "Gone Again" (Live) | Patti Smith, Fred Smith | 3:38 | |
| 4 | "People Have the Power" | Patti Smith, Fred Smith | r |
| Title | Songwriter | Length | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Summer Cannibals" | Patti Smith, Fred "Sonic" Smith | 4:10 | |
| 2 | "People Have the Power" (Live) | Patti Smith, Fred Smith | 2:13 | |
| 3 | "Beneath the Southern Cross" | Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye | 4:35 | |
| 4 | "Come on in My Kitchen" | Robert Johnson | 4:13 |
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | 1996 | Arista Records | CD, First Release | 74321-40168-2 |
| CD, Second Release | 74321-40299-2 |