"Summer Cannibals"
Single by Patti Smith
from the album Gone Again
ReleasedJune 1, 1996 (1996-06-01)
RecordedElectric Lady Studios
GenreRock
Length4:10
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)Patti Smith, Fred Smith
Producer(s)Malcolm Burn, Lenny Kaye
Patti Smith singles chronology
""Up There
Down There""
(1988) 		"Summer Cannibals"
(1996) 		""E-Bow
the Letter""
(1996)
Audio sample
Second disc cover
Part 2 of a 2CD set

"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.

Music video

The music video was produced by Michael H. Shamberg and directed by Robert Frank.[2]

Track listing

First release

# 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

Second release

# 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

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
UK 1996 Arista Records CD, First Release 74321-40168-2
CD, Second Release 74321-40299-2

Notes

  1. ^ "Patti Smith discography". Retrieved 2008-03-05.
  2. ^ Kaufman, Anthony (1999-02-11). "A Little Help from My Friends: Michael Shamberg Remembers Rotterdam's" Souvenir"". Indiewire. Retrieved 2014-11-29.

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