Ed London
An astonishing piece of music that I never get tired of listening to. For me the Byrds were THE band in the mid-60's and when this came out I thought nobody is going to beat this.......and they didn't.

Peter G, Sydney Australia
A staggering song in 1966 (and it still is!). I'd never heard anything remotely like it before, and hearing that track for the first time is a memory that stays vividly with me. Roger McGuinn's 12-string Rickenbacker guitar playing on that track was exceptional - so totally different from anything before it - and it worked wonderfully with the Byrds' magnificent harmonies and Chris Hillman's always-inventive bass playing.

mike daugherty / versailles, in
what a great song just to get lost in. It can take you so many places.

Ian, Warrington
The song was and is a favourite, inspiring me to save up and buy an RM Ricky!

Richard from Morley
If you think Eight Miles High is good, try the "B" side........... Why?

Kurt Thulin Gothenburg Sweden
Early 1966. I was 14 at the time and I just loved the Byrds first singles Mr.Tambourine Man and Turn Turn Turn. I had never heard such beautiful sound before.Then one evening the radio was on at home and I heard this very strange noice.A "Jet like" sounded guitar ,very different rhytm pattern for that time.And then...ahh..the voices! They sounded so familiar Then the presenter announced that this was the new single from the Byrds.It sounded like nothing I heard before.That song as I see it started the whole psychedelic era with it`s B-side, the raga rock sounded "Why".The inspiration for the song came when the group was listening to John Coltrane while touring and the opening notes are the tune from "India" from the Village Vanguard Recordings in 1961. This fact is something that many so called "guitar freaks" has missed completely thinking it was a technically poor guitar solo when in fact it`s brilliant way ahed of it`s time. All in all: Eight Miles High is one of the most important,brave and influential songs and single releases of all time.

Mauro Simboli, ITALY
One of the best songs of my youth.

md, nottingham
And let's not forget Hillman's equally groundbreaking bass playing on so many tracks [see also 'Renaissance Fair']...