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  • Eight Miles High
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  • Gramophone record
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  • eng
Subject
  • Counterculture of the 1960s
  • Columbia Records singles
  • 1965 songs
  • 1966 singles
  • Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients
  • Songs about drugs
  • Songs based on actual events
  • Psychedelic rock songs
  • The Byrds songs
  • Songs about aircraft
  • Raga rock songs
  • Psychedelic pop songs
  • Songs written by David Crosby
  • Songs written by Gene Clark
  • Songs written by Roger McGuinn
abstract
  • %22Eight Miles High%22 is a song by the American rock band the Byrds, written by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn (a.k.a. Roger McGuinn), and David Crosby and first released as a single on March 14, 1966 (see 1966 in music). Musically influenced by Ravi Shankar and John Coltrane, %22Eight Miles High%22, along with its McGuinn and Crosby-penned B-side %22Why%22, was influential in developing the musical styles of psychedelic rock, raga rock, and psychedelic pop. Accordingly, critics often cite %22Eight Miles High%22 as being the first bona fide psychedelic rock song, as well as a classic of the counterculture era.The song was subject to a U.S. radio ban shortly after its release, following allegations published in the broadcasting trade journal the Gavin Report regarding perceived drug connotations in its lyrics. The band strenuously denied these allegations at the time, but in later years both Clark and Crosby admitted that the song was at least partly inspired by their own drug use. The failure of %22Eight Miles High%22 to reach the Billboard Top 10 is usually attributed to the broadcasting ban, but some commentators have suggested that the song's complexity and uncommercial nature were greater factors.%22Eight Miles High%22 reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number 24 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was also included on the band's third album, Fifth Dimension, which was released on July 18, 1966. %22Eight Miles High%22 became the Byrds' third and final U.S. Top 20 hit, and was also their last release before the departure of Gene Clark, the band's principal songwriter at the time.
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  • Roger McGuinn
  • David Crosby
  • Gene Clark
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  • USSM16600032
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  • 2939
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  • 571236
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  • english
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  • Columbia Records
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  • --01-24
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  • Eight Miles High
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