"Summer Cannibals" | ||||
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Single by Patti Smith | ||||
from the album Gone Again | ||||
Released | June 1, 1996 | |||
Recorded | Electric Lady Studios | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 4:10 | |||
Label | Arista | |||
Songwriter(s) | Patti Smith, Fred Smith | |||
Producer(s) | Malcolm Burn, Lenny Kaye | |||
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"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.