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Summer Cannibals

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"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

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

Track listing

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First release

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# 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

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# 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

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

Notes

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  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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