Summer Cannibals

{{For|the band by the same name|Summer Cannibals (band)}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Summer Cannibals

| cover = Summer Cannibals - Patti Smith.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Patti Smith

| album = Gone Again

| released = {{Start date|1996|6|1}}

| recorded = Electric Lady Studios

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Rock

| length = 4:10

| label = Arista

| writer = Patti Smith, Fred Smith

| producer = Malcolm Burn, Lenny Kaye

| prev_title = "Up There
Down There"

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = "E-Bow
the Letter"

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{Audio sample

| type = single

| file = Summer Cannibals.ogg

}}

{{Extra album cover

| header = Second disc cover

| type = single

| cover = Summer Cannibals (Part 2) - Patti Smith.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/info/discs.htm |title=Patti Smith discography |accessdate=2008-03-05}} 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.