"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.

[5] The song was reviewed by Billboard in the 21 June 1986 issue, and was described as "contorted imagery presented in a Jackson Browne soundalike manner".

Jeannette Sloniowski and Joan Nicks state that "Patio Lanterns" fit that model, one of the few songs by popular Canadian rock musicians to do so.

[8] It includes concert footage commingled with "conceptual sequences centering on a summer patio party".

[8] It was directed by Stephen Reynolds, produced by Allan Weinrib, and edited by Chris Cooper.