How many times has Phish played Crowd Control?

Phish has performed "Crowd Control" 23 times since November 28, 2003.

What is the longest version of Crowd Control by Phish?

The longest version of "Crowd Control" was 5:31 long, performed at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD on June 26, 2010.

When was the last time Phish played Crowd Control?

Phish last played "Crowd Control" on June 27, 2025. The current gap is 44 shows.

When did Phish first play Crowd Control?

"Crowd Control" debuted on November 28, 2003 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, NY.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Crowd Control?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Crowd Control" are: 46 Days, David Bowie, Taste, Down with Disease, Bathtub Gin.

← BACK·SONGS·Crowd Control

LIVE · 23 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Crowd Control

23 performances since 2003, with 23 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 68 on 2025-06-27.

DEBUT · 2003-11-28 · Uniondale·LAST · 2025-06-27 · Austin·LONGEST GAP · 128 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 2003–2025INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’03’05’10’15’20’25

BEST · 2025-06-27 · 68LONGEST · 5:31 · 2010-06-26SHORTEST · 4:05YEARS · 22

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN23 OF 23 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 0 plays—

v2.02002–2004 · 4 plays54

v3.02009–2020 · 16 plays57

v4.02021–present · 3 plays68

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 23 · BY SCORE23 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0168#1 / 23Moody CenterAustin, TX

2025-06-274:34

#0257#2 / 23Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs, NY

2016-07-025:24

#0354#3 / 23Nassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumUniondale, NY

2003-11-284:56

#0448#4 / 23Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia, MD

2010-06-265:31

#0548#5 / 23Bill Graham Civic AuditoriumSan Francisco, CA

2014-10-284:22

#0647#6 / 23Klipsch Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2012-06-294:26

#0746#7 / 23Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2020-02-235:29

#0845#8 / 23Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs, NY

2013-07-064:15

#0945#9 / 23The Mann Center for the Performing ArtsPhiladelphia, PA

2015-08-114:44

#1042#10 / 23Blossom Music CenterCuyahoga Falls, OH

2022-08-024:39

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0168#1 / 23Moody CenterAustin, TX

2025-06-274:34

#0242#10 / 23Blossom Music CenterCuyahoga Falls, OH

2022-08-024:39

#0333#21 / 23Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2021-08-074:38

#0446#7 / 23Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2020-02-235:29

#0539#14 / 23Darling's Waterfront PavilionBangor, ME

2019-06-264:48

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS23

DEBUT2003

LAST2025

AVG LEN4:42

CHARTED0

GAP MAX128

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH2003–2025 · 23 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE23 VERSIONS

510155m

MEDIAN · 4:30PEAK · 4–5m (19)RANGE · 4–6m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2003–2025

4:004:305:005:306:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE23 PLAYS

SET 1 · 87%SET 2 · 13%

SET 1 20SET 2 3

S1 OPEN17

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 1

510151246810

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs · NY3 02Bill Graham Civic AuditoriumSan Francisco · CA3 03Madison Square GardenNew York · NY2 04Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia · MD2 05Moody CenterAustin · TX1 06Blossom Music CenterCuyahoga Falls · OH1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY8 02CA

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

0146 Days9 02David Bowie7 03Taste6 04Down with Disease6 05Bathtub Gin6 06Fuego6 07Cavern5 08Free5 09Golden Age5

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Johnny B. Goode23 On Your Way Down23 I Always Wanted It This Way

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN22 TOURS · 23 PLAYS · 23 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

012013 Summer Tour22Jul 6, 2013·Aug 4, 2013 022004 Early Summer Tour11Jun 18, 2004 032004 Late Summer Tour11Aug 9, 2004 042004 Vegas Run11Apr 15, 2004 052009 Late Summer Tour11Aug 15, 2009 062010 Early Summer Tour11Jun 26, 2010 072012 Early Summer Tour11Jun 29, 2012 082012 Late Summer Tour11Aug 19, 2012 092012 NYE Run11Dec 29, 2012 102014 Fall Tour11Oct 28, 2014

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 2601· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Crowd Control

Phish original·debuted 11.28.03·Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale

23 PLAYS·23 ANALYZED·3 ERASRARITY · BUSTOUT

68BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 23

06.27.25Moody

Austin, TX · 4:34

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Year by year16 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 2003–2026v3.2

2025 · 67.6

'03'08'14'20'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20251 VERS · BEST 67.6

By era4 ERAS · 23 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS4

AVG · BEST42·54

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS16

AVG · BEST42·57

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS3

AVG · BEST48·68

BEST VERSION→

Versions23 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

06.27.25 Moody · Austin, TX

—4:3468 #02

07.02.16 Saratoga Performing Ar · Saratoga Springs, NY

—5:2457 #03

11.28.03 Nassau Veterans Memori · Uniondale, NY

—4:5654 #04

06.26.10 Merriweather Post · Columbia, MD

—5:3148 #05

10.28.14 Bill Graham Civic Audi · San Francisco, CA

—4:2248 #06

06.29.12 Klipsch Music · Noblesville, IN

—4:2647 #07

02.23.20 Moon Palace · Cancun, Quintana Roo

—5:2946 #08

07.06.13 Saratoga Performing Ar · Saratoga Springs, NY

—4:1545 #09

08.11.15 The Mann for the Perfo · Philadelphia, PA

—4:4445 #10

08.02.22 Blossom Music · Cuyahoga Falls, OH

—4:3942

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS23across 3 eras

ANALYZED23100% of all

AVG DURATION4:42duration

LONGEST5:3106.26.10 MERRIWEATHER POST

SHORTEST4:0504.15.04 THOMAS & MACK

LONGEST GAP128 SH.2022 → 2025

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT11.28.03UNIONDALE

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 2003–202523 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'03'05'07'09'11'13'15'17'19'21'23'25

MAX · 1 /MO·TOTAL · 23

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS22 PERFS

LONGEST · 128 SH.·MEDIAN · 26 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE23 VERSIONS

4m6m

MEDIAN · 4:30·PEAK · 4–5m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2003–2025

SHORT · 4:12 · 2013·LONG · 5:31 · 2010

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX23 PLAYS

S1 87%S2 13%

S1 OPEN17

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#10

TRANSITION OUT23 PLAYS

78%22%

STOP · 18SEGUE · 5

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY8CA3IN2MD2TX1OH1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN3

MON1

TUE5

WED2

THU1

FRI4

SAT7

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v2.05.9%

v3.03.3%

v4.01.6%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

0146 Days9 02David Bowie7 03Taste6 04Down with Disease6 05Bathtub Gin6 06Fuego6

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Johnny B. Goode23 On Your Way Down23 I Always Wanted It This Way23 Buffalo Bill23 Life on Mars?23 Most Events Aren't Planned23 Devotion to a Dream23 Dave's Energy Guide22

By tour22 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS23 TOTAL

012013 Summer Tour2013 · 2 sh2 022004 Early Summer Tour2004 · 1 sh1 032004 Late Summer Tour2004 · 1 sh1 042004 Vegas Run2004 · 1 sh1 052009 Late Summer Tour2009 · 1 sh1 062010 Early Summer Tour2010 · 1 sh1 072012 Early Summer Tour2012 · 1 sh1 082012 Late Summer Tour2012 · 1 sh1

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER CROWD CONTROLSWIPE →

30%Mike's Song3× →→20%Kill Devil Falls2× →→20%Chalk Dust Torture2× →→10%Dinner and a Movie1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE CROWD CONTROLSWIPE →

16.67%Camel Walk1× ←→16.67%Lifeboy1× ←→16.67%O Canada1× ←→16.67%Secret Smile1× ←→

Top venues2 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSARATOGA SPRINGS, NY

PLAYSAVG345

45 Bill Graham Civic AuditoriumSAN FRANCISCO, CA

PLAYSAVG344

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