Up from the Skies

Infobox Single
Name = Up from the Skies


Cover size =
Caption =
Artist = The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Album =
B-side = "One Rainy Wish"
Released = February 26, 1968
Format = 7"
Recorded = October 29, 1967 at Olympic Studios in London, England
Genre = Rock, psychedelic rock, blues-rock, acid rock
Length = 2:55
Label = Reprise
Writer = Jimi Hendrix
Producer = Chas Chandler
Last single = "Foxey Lady"
(1967)
This single = "Up from the Skies"
(1968)
Next single = "All Along the Watchtower"
(1968)
Misc = Extra track listing
Album =
Type = studio
prev_track = "EXP"
prev_no = 1
this_track = "Up from the Skies"
track_no = 2
next_track = "Spanish Castle Magic"
next_no = 3"Up from the Skies" is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience from their second album, "". It was released as their fourth single in the United States on February 26, 1968, where it peaked at #82.cite book |last=Shapiro |first=Harry |authorlink=Harry Shapiro (author) |coauthors=Caesar Glebbeek |title=Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy |origdate=1990-09-17 |date=1995-08-15 |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |location=New York |isbn=0-312-13062-7 |pages=p. 529 |chapter=Appendix 1: Music, Sweet Music: The Discography ] Not released in the United Kingdom, the single's B-side was "One Rainy Wish". The song is notable for featuring heavy use of the wah-wah effect and Mitch Mitchell's use of brushes to play drums.

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