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Eight Miles High by The Byrds (1966) was perhaps the first psychedelic piece in Rock Music. Described by Roger McGuinn as an hommage to John Coltrane, the end of the song is meant to feel like a plane landing, according to David Crosby. Gene Clark was the other songwriter.