# The Byrds — Eight Miles High

The Byrds’s Eight Miles High (1966) is No. 4 in our Psychedelic Rock ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1966
- **Label:** Columbia
- **On one list:** Psychedelic Rock
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Artist:** [The Byrds](https://waxonia.com/artist/the-byrds/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/the-byrds--eight-miles-high/

## What we say

### No. 4 in [Psychedelic Rock](https://waxonia.com/genre/psychedelic-rock/)

Coltrane's Impressions played on a twelve-string Rickenbacker, on a single, before anyone else had thought of it. Banned by American radio for a lyric about a flight.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/The%20Byrds%20Eight%20Miles%20High) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=NxyOhFBoxSY)

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