 Upon release , " Eight Miles High " was banned by many U.S. radio stations , following allegations made by the broadcasting trade journal the Gavin Report , that its lyrics advocated recreational drug use . The band and their management strenuously denied these allegations , stating that the song 's lyrics actually described an airplane flight to London and the band 's subsequent concert tour of England . The relatively modest chart success of " Eight Miles High " ( number 14 in the U.S. and number 24 in the UK ) has been largely attributed to the broadcasting ban , although the challenging and slightly uncommercial nature of the track is another possible reason for its failure to reach the Top 10 . 
