| "Up from the Skies" | ||||
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 Spanish single picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by the Jimi Hendrix Experience | ||||
| from the album Axis: Bold as Love | ||||
| B-side | "One Rainy Wish" | |||
| Released | February 26, 1968 | |||
| Recorded | October 29, 1967 | |||
| Studio | Olympic, London | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock, jazz fusion[1] | |||
| Length | 2:55[2] | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jimi Hendrix | |||
| Producer(s) | Chas Chandler | |||
| Experience US singles chronology | ||||
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"Up from the Skies" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix. Recorded by the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1967, it was released on their second album Axis: Bold as Love. The lyrics reflect Hendrix's interest in science fiction and relate an extraterrestrial visitor's curiosity about life on Earth. Musically, it incorporates elements of jazz, particularly in drummer Mitch Mitchell's use of brushes.
In 1968, the Experience's American record company, Reprise Records, released the song as a single, which reached number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[3]
- ^ Shadwick, Keith (2003). Jimi Hendrix: Musician. Backbeat Books. p. 129. ISBN 0-87930-764-1.
- ^ From original US Reprise Records single
- ^ Shapiro, Harry; Glebbeek, Caesar (1995). "Appendix 1: Music, Sweet Music: The Discography". Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy. New York City: St. Martin's Griffin. pp. 222, 223, 529. ISBN 0-312-13062-7.