How many times has Phish played Bike?

Phish has performed "Bike" 43 times since November 19, 1987.

What is the longest version of Bike by Phish?

The longest version of "Bike" was 11:45 long, performed at Tweeter Center in Mansfield, MA on September 12, 2000.

When was the last time Phish played Bike?

Phish last played "Bike" on November 2, 2018. The current gap is 291 shows.

When did Phish first play Bike?

"Bike" debuted on November 19, 1987 at Hunt's in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Bike?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Bike" are: Hold Your Head Up, Weekapaug Groove, Mike's Song, You Enjoy Myself, I Am Hydrogen.

← BACK·SONGS·Bike

LIVE · 43 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Pink Floyd

Bike

43 performances since 1987, with 35 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 71 on 1989-02-07.

DEBUT · 1987-11-19 · Burlington·LAST · 2018-11-02 · Las Vegas·LONGEST GAP · 138 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1987–2018INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’87’90’95’00’05’10’15’18

BEST · 1989-02-07 · 71LONGEST · 11:45 · 2000-09-12SHORTEST · 1:54YEARS · 31

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN35 OF 43 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 33 plays71

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 5 plays57

v4.02021–present · 0 plays—

BARS REPRESENT THE BEST-SCORING VERSION IN EACH ERAOPEN METHODOLOGY →

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 35 · BY SCORE35 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0171#1 / 35The FrontBurlington, VT

1989-02-072:56

#0266#2 / 35Gallagher'sWaitsfield, VT

1988-01-274:39

#0365#3 / 35Canyon West Room, Lincoln CenterFort Collins, CO

1990-04-215:51

#0463#4 / 35Tweeter CenterMansfield, MA

2000-09-1211:45

#0561#5 / 35Memorial Hall, University of North CarolinaChapel Hill, NC

1993-02-1511:27

#0659#6 / 35El Dorado CaféCrested Butte, CO

1990-04-076:14

#0759#7 / 35Palace TheatreNew Haven, CT

1992-12-289:59

#0859#8 / 35Celebrity TheatrePhoenix, AZ

1993-03-168:25

#0958#9 / 35The Agora TheatreCleveland, OH

1992-05-079:32

#1057#10 / 35Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2015-09-044:43

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0153#17 / 35MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas, NV

2018-11-025:06

#0257#10 / 35Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2015-09-044:43

#0351#23 / 35Klipsch Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2012-06-285:54

#0451#20 / 35Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - CharlotteCharlotte, NC

2011-06-174:50

#0551#21 / 35Post-Gazette PavilionBurgettstown, PA

2009-06-186:50

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS43

DEBUT1987

LAST2018

AVG LEN6:24

CHARTED0

GAP MAX138

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1987–2018 · 36 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'87'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18

DURATION· LENGTH SHAPEINPUT · TRACKS.DURATION + SETLIST_ENTRIES.DURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE35 VERSIONS

5105m10m

MEDIAN · 5:30PEAK · 5–6m (13)RANGE · 2–12m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2018

3:004:005:006:007:008:009:00

TOPOLOGY· WHERE IN THE SHOWINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.SET + .POSITION + .TRANSITION

SET MIX & ROLE43 PLAYS

SET 2 · 79%SET 3 · 9%

SET 1 2SET 2 34SET 3 4ENCORE 3

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 8

2468

GEOGRAPHY· PLACE & TIMINGINPUT · SHOWS.VENUE + .STATE + .DATE

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Celebrity TheatrePhoenix · AZ2 02Campus ClubProvidence · RI2 03Nectar'sBurlington · VT2 04MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas · NV1 05Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO1 06Klipsch Music CenterNoblesville · IN1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01VT5 02CO4

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Hold Your Head Up29 02Weekapaug Groove19 03Mike's Song19 04You Enjoy Myself18 05I Am Hydrogen16 06Golgi Apparatus15 07The Lizards15 08Chalk Dust Torture15 09Sparkle14

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Memories42

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN26 TOURS · 43 PLAYS · 42 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011993 Winter/Spring Tour76Feb 9, 1993·Apr 24, 1993 021990 Tour55Apr 7, 1990·Nov 10, 1990 031988 Tour33Jan 27, 1988·May 22, 1988 041989 Tour33Feb 7, 1989·Oct 13, 1989 051992 Spring Tour22Apr 7, 1992·May 7, 1992 061994 Fall Tour22Oct 29, 1994·Dec 6, 1994 071994 Spring Tour22May 6, 1994·May 21, 1994 081996 Fall Tour11Nov 7, 1996 091996 Summer European Tour11Jul 23, 1996 101998 Fall Tour11Nov 6, 1998

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 217· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Bike

Cover of Pink Floyd·debuted 11.19.87·Hunt's, Burlington

43 PLAYS·35 ANALYZED·2 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

71BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 43

02.07.89The Front

Burlington, VT · 2:56

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Year by year18 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1987–2026v3.2

1989 · 70.7

'87'96'06'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19892 VERS · BEST 70.7

By era4 ERAS · 38 PLAYS

1.0 · 332.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS33

AVG · BEST54·71

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS5

AVG · BEST53·57

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

Versions35 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

02.07.89 The Front · Burlington, VT

—2:5671 #02

01.27.88 Gallagher's · Waitsfield, VT

—4:3966 #03

04.21.90 Canyon West Room, Linc · Fort Collins, CO

—5:5165 #04

09.12.00 Tweeter · Mansfield, MA

—11:4563 #05

02.15.93 Memorial Hall, Univers · Chapel Hill, NC

—11:2761 #06

04.07.90 El Dorado Café · Crested Butte, CO

—6:1459 #07

12.28.92 Palace · New Haven, CT

—9:5959 #08

03.16.93 Celebrity · Phoenix, AZ

—8:2559 #09

05.07.92 The Agora · Cleveland, OH

—9:3258 #10

09.04.15 Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City, CO

—4:4357

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS43across 2 eras

ANALYZED3581% of all

AVG DURATION6:24duration

LONGEST11:4509.12.00 TWEETER

SHORTEST1:5403.16.93 CELEBRITY

LONGEST GAP138 SH.1996 → 1998

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT11.19.87BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1987–201843 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'87'89'91'93'95'97'99'01'03'05'07'09'11'13'15'17'18

MAX · 3 /MO·TOTAL · 43

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS41 PERFS

LONGEST · 138 SH.·MEDIAN · 30 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE35 VERSIONS

2m12m

MEDIAN · 5:30·PEAK · 5–6m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2018

SHORT · 2:56 · 1989·LONG · 9:10 · 2000

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX43 PLAYS

S2 79%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #9

#1#15

TRANSITION OUT43 PLAYS

30%70%

STOP · 13SEGUE · 30

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Celebrity TheatrePhoenix · AZ2 02Campus ClubProvidence · RI2 03Nectar'sBurlington · VT2 04MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas · NV1 05Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

VT5CO4IN3NY3NC2PA2

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN1

MON5

TUE9

WED2

THU6

FRI11

SAT9

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.03.0%

v3.01.1%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Hold Your Head Up29 02Weekapaug Groove19 03Mike's Song19 04You Enjoy Myself18 05I Am Hydrogen16 06Golgi Apparatus15

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Memories42 Ruby Waves42 Wingsuit43 A Life Beyond The Dream43 If I Only Had a Brain41 Dogs Stole Things43 Driver41 Alaska44

By tour26 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS43 TOTAL

011993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 6 sh7 021990 Tour1990 · 5 sh5 031988 Tour1988 · 3 sh3 041989 Tour1989 · 3 sh3 051992 Spring Tour1992 · 2 sh2 061994 Fall Tour1994 · 2 sh2 071994 Spring Tour1994 · 2 sh2 081996 Fall Tour1996 · 1 sh1

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER BIKESWIPE →

84.85%Hold Your Head Up28× →→3.03%Cold as Ice1× →→3.03%David Bowie1× →→3.03%Fee1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE BIKESWIPE →

82.35%Hold Your Head Up28× ←→5.88%Cold as Ice2× ←→2.94%Fluffhead1× ←→2.94%Harry Hood1× ←→

SONG ●/songs/bikeSETLIST APPS →phish.net source METHOD →/methodology CATALOG →/songs index

FOUL DOMAIN/songs/bike · v3.2

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