How many times has Phish played Bouncing Around the Room?

Phish has performed "Bouncing Around the Room" 499 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 July 22, 2026. The current gap is 6 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 · 499 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Bouncing Around the Room

499 performances since 1990, with 461 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 70 on 2026-07-22.

DEBUT · 1990-01-20 · Hanover·LAST · 2026-07-22 · New York·LONGEST GAP · 24 SHOWS

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

’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25’26

BEST · 2026-07-22 · 70LONGEST · 18:57 · 1992-05-08SHORTEST · 2:37YEARS · 36

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN461 OF 499 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 393 plays68

v2.02002–2004 · 8 plays49

v3.02009–2020 · 67 plays57

v4.02021–present · 30 plays70

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 461 · BY SCORE461 ANALYZED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0170#1 / 461Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2026-07-2217:44

#0268#2 / 461Elk BallroomTelluride, CO

1991-10-275:58

#0364#3 / 461Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2025-12-313:44

#0463#4 / 461The Riviera TheatreNorth Tonawanda, NY

1992-05-0818:57

#0561#5 / 461SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-05-013:49

#0661#6 / 461Campus Recreation Center, Evergreen CollegeOlympia, WA

1994-11-305:43

#0759#7 / 461Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2026-07-1014:39

#0859#8 / 461South Park MeadowsAustin, TX

1997-07-263:41

#0958#9 / 461The Capitol TheatrePort Chester, NY

1991-04-274:35

#1057#10 / 461The ForumInglewood, CA

2018-07-273:42

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0170#1 / 461Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2026-07-2217:44

#0259#7 / 461Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2026-07-1014:39

#0361#5 / 461SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-05-013:49

#0455#18 / 461Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2026-01-303:52

#0564#3 / 461Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2025-12-313:44

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS499

DEBUT1990

LAST2026

AVG LEN3:54

CHARTED0

GAP MAX24

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1990–2026 · 150 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 MINUTE461 VERSIONS

1503005m10m15m

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

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1990–2026

3:004:005:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE499 PLAYS

SET 1 · 67%SET 2 · 25%

SET 1 336SET 2 127SET 3 2ENCORE 34

S1 OPEN7

S1 CLOSE2

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 · NY14 02The FrontBurlington · VT10 03Hampton ColiseumHampton · VA6 04The Capitol TheatrePort Chester · NY6 05Somerville TheatreSomerville · MA5 06The Georgia TheatreAthens · GA5

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY80 02CA36

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01You Enjoy Myself204 02Mike's Song203 03Weekapaug Groove197 04Stash180 05Cavern177 06Golgi Apparatus175 07Runaway Jim170 08Reba164 09The Squirming Coil164

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Run Like an Antelope497 Golgi Apparatus

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN97 TOURS · 499 PLAYS · 499 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

499 PLAYS·461 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · COMMON

70BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 499

07.22.26Madison Square Garden

New York, NY · 17:44

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Year by year30 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1990–2026v3.2

2026 · 69.9

'90'99'08'17'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20264 VERS · BEST 69.9

By era4 ERAS · 498 PLAYS

1.0 · 3932.03.0 · 674.0 · 30

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS393

AVG · BEST39·68

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS8

AVG · BEST39·49

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS67

AVG · BEST38·57

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS30

AVG · BEST42·70

BEST VERSION→

Versions461 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

07.22.26 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—17:4470 #02

10.27.91 Elk Ballroom · Telluride, CO

—5:5868 #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

—3:4961 #06

11.30.94 Campus Recreation , Ev · Olympia, WA

—5:4361 #07

07.10.26 Ruoff Music · Noblesville, IN

—14:3959 #08

07.26.97 South Park Meadows · Austin, TX

—3:4159 #09

04.27.91 The Capitol · Port Chester, NY

—4:3558 #10

07.27.18 The Forum · Inglewood, CA

—3:4257

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS499across 4 eras

ANALYZED46192% of all

AVG DURATION3:54duration

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 · 1990–2026499 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

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

MAX · 20 /MO·TOTAL · 499

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS498 PERFS

LONGEST · 24 SH.·MEDIAN · 2 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE461 VERSIONS

2m19m

MEDIAN · 3:30·PEAK · 3–4m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1990–2026

SHORT · 3:30 · 2022·LONG · 10:01 · 2026

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX499 PLAYS

S1 67%S2 25%

S1 OPEN7

S1 CLOSE2

S2 OPEN3

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE30

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #3

#1#15

TRANSITION OUT499 PLAYS

75%24%

STOP · 372END · 2SEGUE · 120HARD · 5

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY14 02The FrontBurlington · VT10 03Hampton ColiseumHampton · VA6 04The Capitol TheatrePort Chester · NY6 05Somerville TheatreSomerville · MA5

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY80CA36MA32CO31PA24VA19

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN70

MON28

TUE50

WED65

THU74

FRI118

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 Myself204 02Mike's Song203 03Weekapaug Groove197 04Stash180 05Cavern177 06Golgi Apparatus175

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Run Like an Antelope497 Golgi Apparatus486 Cavern485 David Bowie481 Weekapaug Groove523 Chalk Dust Torture531 Stash464 Suzy Greenberg458

By tour97 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS499 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 ForumINGLEWOOD, CA

PLAYSAVG345

45 The FrontBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG1045

45 Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSARATOGA SPRINGS, NY

PLAYSAVG444

44 Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG1443

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