| "Patio Lanterns" | ||||
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| Single by Kim Mitchell | ||||
| from the album Shakin' Like a Human Being | ||||
| Released | June 1986 | |||
| Studio | Le Studio (Morin-Heights, Quebec) | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:28[1] | |||
| Label | Alert[2] | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Kim Mitchell Pye Dubois[1] | |||
| Producer(s) | Kim Mitchell[3][1] | |||
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"Patio Lanterns" is a song by Canadian rock musician Kim Mitchell that was first released as a single in June 1986[2][1] and later appeared in the 1986 album Shakin' Like a Human Being.[2] An acoustic recording of the song was released as a single in 1995[2] and also included in the album Greatest Hits released the same year. By 1996, the song had been broadcast on Canadian radio stations more than 100,000 times.[4] The song was described by the CBC as "quintessentially Canadian".[5]
- ^ a b c d Billboard & 21 June 1986, p. 73.
- ^ a b c d The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia.
- ^ Billboard & 5 July 1986, p. 72.
- ^ LeBlanc 1996, p. 50.
- ^ "Tired of hearing the song Patio Lanterns? Kim Mitchell gets it". CBC Radio. July 4, 2021.