 " Eight Miles High " has been covered by many different bands and artists , including , the Ventures , Leathercoated Minds , Lighthouse , Leo Kottke , Roxy Music , Ride , Stewart / Gaskin , Robyn Hitchcock , Rockfour , Les Fradkin , The Kennedys , and the Postmarks . In addition , Hüsker Dü released the song as a single prior to the release of their Zen Arcade LP in 1984 . The song was also covered in 1969 by Golden Earring , who put a nineteen @-@ minute version on their Eight Miles High album . The Emerson , Lake & Palmer spinoff group 3 recorded the song with revised lyrics on their 1988 album , To the Power of Three . Crowded House have also covered the song with ex @-@ Byrd Roger McGuinn , on their I Feel Possessed EP . 
