Eight Miles High

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writer:	Gene Clark (US singer-songwriter; founder of The Byrds) David Crosby Roger McGuinn

publisher:	Gene Clark Music Reservoir One America Tickson Music Co. TRO Essex Music Ltd.

SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/1278 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1303534 [info]

later versions:	Eight Miles High (additional lyrics)

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
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1965-12-22	Eight Miles High (alternate/RCA Studios version)		The Byrds	3:23
1966-01-25	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:36
1966-06-01 – 1966-06-03	Eight Miles High (stereo)	cover	Paul Horn Quintet	4:00
1967-10-31	Eight Miles High	cover	Steve Marcus	4:44
1969-02-07 – 1969-02-08	Medley: Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) / Mr. Tambourine Man / Eight Miles High (live, 1969-02: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA)	live and medley	The Byrds	9:47
1970-08-22	Eight Miles High (live, 1970-08-22: Ash Grove, West Hollywood, CA, USA)	live	The Byrds	10:51
1971-05-13	Eight Miles High (live, 1971-05-13: Royal Albert Hall, London, UK)	live	The Byrds	18:38
1972-02-06	Eight Miles High (live, 1972-02-06: Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, USA)	cover and live	Lighthouse	13:40
1975-11-26	Eight Miles High (live, 1975-11-26: The Civic Center, Augusta, ME, USA)	live	Roger McGuinn	?:??
1977-03-25	Eight Miles High (live, 1977‐03‐25: Rainbow Theatre, London, UK)	live	Golden Earring	10:02
1988-04-15	Eight Miles High	cover and live	3	10:44
1988-05-11	8 Miles High (live, 1988-05-11: Uptown Lounge, Athens, GA, USA)	cover and live	Roger McGuinn backed by “Southern Gentlemen” (Mills, Buck & Berry)	5:08
1989-04-07	Eight Miles High (live, 1989-04-07: Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, CA, USA)	cover and live	Crowded House feat. Roger McGuinn	4:41
1991	Eight Miles High	live	Robyn Hitchcock	3:58
1992-09-07 – 1992-09-09	Eight Miles High (live, 1992-09: Grand Café de Kroon, Amsterdam, Netherlands)	live	Golden Earring	4:43
1997-02-01	Eight Miles High (live, 1997‐02‐01: The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, USA)	cover and live	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	5:25
1997-06-14	Eight Miles High (live, 1997-06-14: BBC Television Centre, White City, W12 7RJ, London, UK)	live	Roger McGuinn	4:18
1998-07-22	Eight Miles High (live, 1998-07-22: Rocca Malatestiana, Cesena, Italy)	live	CPR	?:??
1998-11-15	Eight Miles High (live, 1998-11-15: Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA)	live	CPR	5:29
2006-03-04	Eight Miles High	live	Robyn Hitchcock	?:??
	8 Miles High	cover	Eugene Chadbourne	4:22
	8 Miles High	cover	Eugene Chadbourne	4:50
	Eight Miles Eight	cover and live	R.E.M.	1:59
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:37
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:33
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:38
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:35
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:36
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:45
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:36
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:36
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:37
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:35
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:36
	Eight Miles High	live	The Byrds	2:16
	Eight Miles High	live	The Byrds	5:07
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:37
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:36
	Eight Miles High	cover	Chris Hillman	4:05
	Eight Miles High	cover	The Golden Earring	18:58
	Eight Miles High	cover	Rockfour	4:17
	Eight Miles High	cover	The Golden Earring	2:22
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:34
	Eight Miles High	cover	Roxy Music	4:55
	Eight Miles High	cover	Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon	5:16
	Eight Miles High		The Golden Earring	18:58
	Eight Miles High		Golden Earring	9:46
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:35
	Eight Miles High	cover	Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians	4:36
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:39
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:36
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:35
	Eight Miles High	live	The Byrds	15:51
	Eight Miles High (part of DJ-mix “The Party Mix: Swinging 60s”)		The Byrds	3:27
	Eight Miles High (live, 1969/1970: USA)	live	The Byrds	12:36
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:37
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:37
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:36
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:35
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:36
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	?:??
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:35
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:37
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:36
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:36
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:55
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:35
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:34
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:39
	Eight Miles High	live	The Byrds	3:11
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	?:??
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:36
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:37
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:37
	Eight Miles High	cover	Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians	4:00
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:35
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	4:08
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:36
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:39
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:37
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:37
	Eight Miles High	cover and instrumental	The Soulful Strings	2:40
	Eight Miles High	cover	The Kennedys	3:52
	Eight Miles High	cover	Myracle Brah	2:47
	Eight Miles High (live, 1968-07-06: The Roundhouse, London, UK)	live	The Byrds	4:42
	Eight Miles High		Steve Hunter	5:01
	Eight Miles High	cover and instrumental	Les Fradkin	2:44
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:38
	Eight Miles High	cover	The Postmarks	4:15
	Eight Miles High	cover	Hüsker Dü	3:56
	Eight Miles High (live, 1976-05-03 (evening): The Warehouse, New Orleans, LA, USA)	cover and live	Roger McGuinn	?:??
	Eight Miles High	cover and instrumental	The Ventures	2:46
	Eight Miles High	cover	Chris Hillman	4:06
	Eight Miles High	cover	Baby Grand	3:16
	Eight Miles High	cover	Hüsker Dü	3:57
	Eight Miles High	cover	The Moffs	3:52
	Eight Miles High	cover	Shockabilly	5:58
	Eight Miles High	cover	Tuluum Shimmering	25:43
	Eight Miles High (live)	live	The Byrds	16:07
	Eight Miles High		The Byrds	3:19
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