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The Byrds

Eight Miles High

1966 · via Crowded House

The Byrds recorded “Eight Miles High” in 1966. Gene Clark, David Crosby and Roger McGuinn wrote it. This is the first recording of the song. Also recorded by The Ventures (1966), Lighthouse (1969) and The Golden Earring (1969), among 190 recordings on file.

The Byrds – Eight Miles High
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Crowded House pulling out The Byrds live tells you where some of those harmonies came from, and David Crosby's name on the credit is your door into a whole other run of records. Start with the Byrds cut, then follow Crosby wherever he wandered.

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Written by Gene Clark, David Crosby and Roger McGuinn.

First recorded by The Byrds in 1966: this is the first recording.

Other recordings on file

190 recordings of “Eight Miles High” on MusicBrainz in all.

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Crowded House took The Byrds' "Eight Miles High" onto the stage. Alongside Gene Clark and Roger McGuinn, who shares the writing credit on that song?David Crosby
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