How many times has Phish played Contact?

Phish has performed "Contact" 176 times since June 15, 1988.

What is the longest version of Contact by Phish?

The longest version of "Contact" was 9:06 long, performed at Campus Club in Providence, RI on March 13, 1992.

When was the last time Phish played Contact?

Phish last played "Contact" on July 26, 2024. The current gap is 90 shows.

When did Phish first play Contact?

"Contact" debuted on June 15, 1988 at The Front in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Contact?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Contact" are: Possum, You Enjoy Myself, Mike's Song, Golgi Apparatus, Weekapaug Groove.

← BACK·SONGS·Contact

LIVE · 176 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Contact

176 performances since 1988, with 152 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 89 on 2003-01-03.

DEBUT · 1988-06-15 · Burlington·LAST · 2024-07-26 · East Troy·LONGEST GAP · 98 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1988–2024INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’88’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’24

BEST · 2003-01-03 · 89LONGEST · 9:06 · 1992-03-13SHORTEST · 3:39YEARS · 36

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN152 OF 176 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 147 plays76

v2.02002–2004 · 5 plays89

v3.02009–2020 · 18 plays65

v4.02021–present · 3 plays54

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 152 · BY SCORE152 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0189#1 / 152Hampton ColiseumHampton, VA · #1

2003-01-038:27

#0276#2 / 152The RomaTelluride, CO

1988-08-058:35

#0374#3 / 152320 Spear StreetBurlington, VT

1989-05-219:01

#0473#4 / 152Campus ClubProvidence, RI

1992-03-139:06

#0566#5 / 152The RomaTelluride, CO

1988-07-308:11

#0665#6 / 152Cross Insurance ArenaPortland, ME

2016-07-067:41

#0764#7 / 152Ian McLean's Party, Connie Condon's FarmHebron, NY

1989-05-287:48

#0864#8 / 152Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY

1990-05-158:15

#0964#9 / 152Sculpture Room, Goddard CollegePlainfield, VT

1988-10-297:38

#1062#10 / 152Concert HallToronto, Ontario

1993-08-097:33

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0154#43 / 152Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy, WI

2024-07-267:10

#0245#127 / 152Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2022-06-036:56

#0346#113 / 152Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2021-08-086:57

#0453#46 / 152Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2019-12-306:12

#0552#61 / 152Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy, WI

2019-07-146:10

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS176

DEBUT1988

LAST2024

AVG LEN6:39

CHARTED1

GAP MAX98

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1988–2024 · 91 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE150 VERSIONS

501005m

MEDIAN · 6:30PEAK · 6–7m (101)RANGE · 3–10m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1988–2024

6:006:307:007:308:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE176 PLAYS

SET 1 · 11%SET 2 · 39%ENCORE · 47%

SET 1 20SET 2 68SET 3 6ENCORE 82

S1 OPEN2

S1 CLOSE6

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE6

ENCORE78

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 3

10203040506070

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT8 02Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI4 03Hampton ColiseumHampton · VA3 04Townshend Family ParkTownshend · VT3 05The ParadiseBoston · MA3 06Nectar'sBurlington · VT3

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01VT24 02NY23

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Possum88 02You Enjoy Myself76 03Mike's Song72 04Golgi Apparatus71 05Weekapaug Groove70 06The Lizards64 07Run Like an Antelope62 08I Am Hydrogen59 09Bouncing Around the Room59

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Sweet Adeline

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN54 TOURS · 176 PLAYS · 176 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011990 Tour3535Feb 3, 1990·Dec 8, 1990 021989 Tour2929Jan 26, 1989·Dec 31, 1989 031988 Tour1212Jun 15, 1988·Dec 10, 1988 041993 Winter/Spring Tour88Feb 7, 1993·May 6, 1993 051991 Winter/Spring Tour77Feb 9, 1991·Apr 12, 1991 061994 Spring Tour66Apr 8, 1994·May 25, 1994 071991 Giant Country Horns Summer Tour66Jul 11, 1991·Jul 27, 1991 081992 Spring Tour66Mar 13, 1992·May 5, 1992 091995 Fall Tour44Oct 7, 1995·Nov 28, 1995 101993 Summer Tour44Jul 22, 1993·Aug 28, 1993

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 287· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Contact

Phish original·debuted 06.15.88·The Front, Burlington

176 PLAYS·152 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · COMMON

89BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 176

01.03.03Hampton

Hampton, VA · 8:27

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Year by year29 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1988–2026v3.2

2003 · 88.5

'88'97'07'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20034 VERS · BEST 88.5

By era4 ERAS · 173 PLAYS

1.0 · 1472.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS147

AVG · BEST51·76

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS5

AVG · BEST60·89

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS18

AVG · BEST50·65

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS3

AVG · BEST48·54

BEST VERSION→

Versions152 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

01.03.03 Hampton · Hampton, VACHARTED

—8:2789 #02

08.05.88 The Roma · Telluride, CO

—8:3576 #03

05.21.89 320 Spear Street · Burlington, VT

—9:0174 #04

03.13.92 Campus Club · Providence, RI

—9:0673 #05

07.30.88 The Roma · Telluride, CO

—8:1166 #06

07.06.16 Cross Insurance Arena · Portland, ME

—7:4165 #07

05.28.89 Ian McLean's Party, Co · Hebron, NY

—7:4864 #08

05.15.90 Hamilton College · Clinton, NY

—8:1564 #09

10.29.88 Sculpture Room, Goddar · Plainfield, VT

—7:3864 #10

08.09.93 Concert Hall · Toronto, Ontario

—7:3362

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS176across 4 eras

ANALYZED15286% of all

AVG DURATION6:391 charted

LONGEST9:0603.13.92 CAMPUS CLUB

SHORTEST3:3903.14.89 NECTAR'S

LONGEST GAP98 SH.2022 → 2024

JAM CHART1CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT06.15.88BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1988–2024176 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'88'93'98'03'08'13'18'23'24

MAX · 8 /MO·TOTAL · 176

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS175 PERFS

LONGEST · 98 SH.·MEDIAN · 5 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE150 VERSIONS

3m10m

MEDIAN · 6:30·PEAK · 6–7m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1988–2024

SHORT · 6:01 · 1996·LONG · 7:52 · 2004

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX176 PLAYS

S2 39%ENCORE 47%

S1 OPEN2

S1 CLOSE6

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE6

ENCORE78

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#16

TRANSITION OUT176 PLAYS

40%15%45%

STOP · 70END · 27SEGUE · 79

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT8 02Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI4 03Hampton ColiseumHampton · VA3 04Townshend Family ParkTownshend · VT3 05The ParadiseBoston · MA3

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

VT24NY23MA14CO13PA9CA9

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN27

MON14

TUE19

WED17

THU19

FRI32

SAT48

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.012.1%

v2.07.4%

v3.04.0%

v4.01.2%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Possum88 02You Enjoy Myself76 03Mike's Song72 04Golgi Apparatus71 05Weekapaug Groove70 06The Lizards64

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Sweet Adeline177 The Sloth177 The Horse174 Buried Alive174 Back on the Train173 Horn179 Punch You in the Eye171 Prince Caspian185

By tour54 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS176 TOTAL

011990 Tour1990 · 35 sh35 021989 Tour1989 · 29 sh29 031988 Tour1988 · 12 sh12 041993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 8 sh8 051991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 7 sh7 061994 Spring Tour1994 · 6 sh6 071991 Giant Country Horns Summer Tour1991 · 6 sh6 081992 Spring Tour1992 · 6 sh6

Charted appearances1 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

01.03.03·Hampton · Hampton

In the encore slot, this excellent "Contact" features an extended, rocking and funky jam.

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER CONTACTSWIPE →

37.93%Big Black Furry Creature from Mars22× →→17.24%Tweezer Reprise10× →→12.07%Highway to Hell7× →→12.07%Fire7× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE CONTACTSWIPE →

26.67%Run Like an Antelope8× ←→16.67%You Enjoy Myself5× ←→16.67%David Bowie5× ←→13.33%Mike's Song4× ←→

Top venues4 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

The RomaTELLURIDE, CO

PLAYSAVG366

66 Hampton ColiseumHAMPTON, VA

PLAYSAVG364

64 The FrontBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG853

53 Nectar'sBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG350

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