How many times has Phish played Bouncing Around the Room?

Phish has performed "Bouncing Around the Room" 497 times since January 20, 1990.

What is the longest version of Bouncing Around the Room by Phish?

The longest version of "Bouncing Around the Room" was 18:57 long, performed at The Riviera Theatre in North Tonawanda, NY on May 8, 1992.

When was the last time Phish played Bouncing Around the Room?

Phish last played "Bouncing Around the Room" on May 1, 2026. The current gap is 1 shows.

When did Phish first play Bouncing Around the Room?

"Bouncing Around the Room" debuted on January 20, 1990 at Webster Hall, Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Bouncing Around the Room?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Bouncing Around the Room" are: You Enjoy Myself, Mike's Song, Weekapaug Groove, Stash, Cavern.

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LIVE · 497 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Bouncing Around the Room

497 performances since 1990, with 459 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 72 on 1991-10-27.

DEBUT · 1990-01-20 · Hanover·LAST · 2026-05-01 · Las Vegas·LONGEST GAP · 24 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1990–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25’26

BEST · 1991-10-27 · 72LONGEST · 18:57 · 1992-05-08SHORTEST · 2:37YEARS · 36

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN459 OF 497 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 393 plays72

v2.02002–2004 · 8 plays52

v3.02009–2020 · 67 plays57

v4.02021–present · 28 plays64

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 459 · BY SCORE459 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0172#1 / 459Elk BallroomTelluride, CO

1991-10-275:58

#0265#2 / 459Campus Recreation Center, Evergreen CollegeOlympia, WA

1994-11-305:43

#0364#3 / 459Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2025-12-313:44

#0463#4 / 459The Riviera TheatreNorth Tonawanda, NY

1992-05-0818:57

#0560#5 / 459SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-05-013:49

#0660#6 / 459Ramskeller, Colorado State UniversityFort Collins, CO

1990-04-205:20

#0760#7 / 459The Capitol TheatrePort Chester, NY

1991-04-274:35

#0858#8 / 459South Park MeadowsAustin, TX

1997-07-263:41

#0958#9 / 459DNA LoungeSan Francisco, CA

1991-03-294:08

#1057#10 / 459The Coach HouseSan Juan Capistrano, CA

1992-08-173:53

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0160#5 / 459SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-05-013:49

#0255#17 / 459Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2026-01-303:52

#0364#3 / 459Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2025-12-313:44

#0451#35 / 459Hampton ColiseumHampton, VA

2025-09-203:39

#0553#24 / 459Folsom FieldBoulder, CO

2025-07-033:38

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS497

DEBUT1990

LAST2026

AVG LEN3:51

CHARTED0

GAP MAX24

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1990–2026 · 149 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE459 VERSIONS

1503005m10m15m

MEDIAN · 3:30PEAK · 3–4m (382)RANGE · 2–19m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1990–2026

3:003:304:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE497 PLAYS

SET 1 · 67%SET 2 · 25%

SET 1 335SET 2 126SET 3 2ENCORE 34

S1 OPEN7

S1 CLOSE1

S2 OPEN3

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE30

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 5

10203040506070

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY13 02The FrontBurlington · VT10 03Hampton ColiseumHampton · VA6 04The Capitol TheatrePort Chester · NY6 05Somerville TheatreSomerville · MA5 06The Georgia TheatreAthens · GA5

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY79 02CA36

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01You Enjoy Myself203 02Mike's Song202 03Weekapaug Groove196 04Stash179 05Cavern177 06Golgi Apparatus175 07Runaway Jim169 08The Squirming Coil164 09Reba163

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Run Like an Antelope493 Golgi Apparatus

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN96 TOURS · 497 PLAYS · 497 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011990 Tour9191Jan 20, 1990·Dec 31, 1990 021991 Winter/Spring Tour3939Feb 1, 1991·May 19, 1991 031993 Winter/Spring Tour3333Feb 4, 1993·May 7, 1993 041992 Spring Tour2828Mar 6, 1992·May 18, 1992 051991 Fall Tour2727Sep 26, 1991·Dec 5, 1991 061995 Fall Tour1616Oct 8, 1995·Dec 17, 1995 071994 Spring Tour1616Apr 5, 1994·May 28, 1994 081994 Fall Tour1313Oct 9, 1994·Dec 4, 1994 091992 Fall Tour1212Nov 19, 1992·Dec 13, 1992 101993 Summer Tour1111Jul 16, 1993·Aug 28, 1993

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 458· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Bouncing Around the Room

Phish original·debuted 01.20.90·Webster Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover

497 PLAYS·459 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · COMMON

72BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 497

10.27.91Elk Ballroom

Telluride, CO · 5:58

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Year by year30 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1990–2026v3.2

1991 · 72.1

'90'99'08'17'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 199177 VERS · BEST 72.1

By era4 ERAS · 496 PLAYS

1.0 · 3932.03.0 · 674.0 · 28

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS393

AVG · BEST39·72

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS8

AVG · BEST40·52

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS67

AVG · BEST39·57

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS28

AVG · BEST41·64

BEST VERSION→

Versions459 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

10.27.91 Elk Ballroom · Telluride, CO

—5:5872 #02

11.30.94 Campus Recreation , Ev · Olympia, WA

—5:4365 #03

12.31.25 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—3:4464 #04

05.08.92 The Riviera · North Tonawanda, NY

—18:5763 #05

05.01.26 Sphere · Las Vegas, NV

—3:4960 #06

04.20.90 Ramskeller, Colorado S · Fort Collins, CO

—5:2060 #07

04.27.91 The Capitol · Port Chester, NY

—4:3560 #08

07.26.97 South Park Meadows · Austin, TX

—3:4158 #09

03.29.91 DNA Lounge · San Francisco, CA

—4:0858 #10

08.17.92 The Coach House · San Juan Capistrano, CA

—3:5357

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS497across 4 eras

ANALYZED45992% of all

AVG DURATION3:51duration

LONGEST18:5705.08.92 THE RIVIERA

SHORTEST2:3702.08.91 THE MUSIC HALL

LONGEST GAP24 SH.1998 → 1998

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT01.20.90HANOVER

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1990–2026497 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'90'95'00'05'10'15'20'25'26

MAX · 20 /MO·TOTAL · 497

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS496 PERFS

LONGEST · 24 SH.·MEDIAN · 2 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE459 VERSIONS

2m19m

MEDIAN · 3:30·PEAK · 3–4m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1990–2026

SHORT · 3:30 · 2022·LONG · 4:09 · 1992

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX497 PLAYS

S1 67%S2 25%

S1 OPEN7

S1 CLOSE1

S2 OPEN3

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE30

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #3

#1#15

TRANSITION OUT497 PLAYS

75%24%

STOP · 372END · 1SEGUE · 120HARD · 4

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY13 02The FrontBurlington · VT10 03Hampton ColiseumHampton · VA6 04The Capitol TheatrePort Chester · NY6 05Somerville TheatreSomerville · MA5

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY79CA36MA32CO31PA24VA19

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN70

MON28

TUE50

WED64

THU74

FRI117

SAT94

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.031.6%

v2.011.8%

v3.015.0%

v4.011.5%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01You Enjoy Myself203 02Mike's Song202 03Weekapaug Groove196 04Stash179 05Cavern177 06Golgi Apparatus175

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Run Like an Antelope493 Golgi Apparatus484 Cavern483 David Bowie479 Weekapaug Groove520 Chalk Dust Torture528 Stash461 Suzy Greenberg456

By tour96 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS497 TOTAL

011990 Tour1990 · 91 sh91 021991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 39 sh39 031993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 33 sh33 041992 Spring Tour1992 · 28 sh28 051991 Fall Tour1991 · 27 sh27 061995 Fall Tour1995 · 16 sh16 071994 Spring Tour1994 · 16 sh16 081994 Fall Tour1994 · 13 sh13

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER BOUNCING AROUND THE ROOMSWIPE →

20.34%Stash24× →→16.95%Rift20× →→16.1%It's Ice19× →→16.1%Run Like an Antelope19× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE BOUNCING AROUND THE ROOMSWIPE →

30.12%Dinner and a Movie50× ←→15.66%Maze26× ←→15.06%Stash25× ←→13.86%The Landlady23× ←→

Top venues4 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

The FrontBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG1045

45 The ForumINGLEWOOD, CA

PLAYSAVG345

45 Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSARATOGA SPRINGS, NY

PLAYSAVG445

45 23 East CabaretARDMORE, PA

PLAYSAVG443

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