How many times has Phish played Happy Birthday to You?

Phish has performed "Happy Birthday to You" 23 times since December 2, 1983.

What is the longest version of Happy Birthday to You by Phish?

The longest version of "Happy Birthday to You" was 15:11 long, performed at 23 East Cabaret in Ardmore, PA on September 29, 1990.

When was the last time Phish played Happy Birthday to You?

Phish last played "Happy Birthday to You" on July 23, 2023. The current gap is 134 shows.

When did Phish first play Happy Birthday to You?

"Happy Birthday to You" debuted on December 2, 1983 at Harris-Millis Cafeteria - University of Vermont in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Happy Birthday to You?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Happy Birthday to You" are: Possum, Suzy Greenberg, Good Times Bad Times, Golgi Apparatus, AC/DC Bag.

← BACK·SONGS·Happy Birthday to You

LIVE · 23 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Traditional

Happy Birthday to You

23 performances since 1983, with 18 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 82 on 1999-07-25.

DEBUT · 1983-12-02 · Burlington·LAST · 2023-07-23 · Syracuse·LONGEST GAP · 739 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1983–2023INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’83’85’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’23

BEST · 1999-07-25 · 82LONGEST · 15:11 · 1990-09-29SHORTEST · 0:52YEARS · 40

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN18 OF 23 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 14 plays82

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 5 plays55

v4.02021–present · 2 plays53

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 18 · BY SCORE18 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0182#1 / 18Deer Creek Music CenterNoblesville, IN · #1

1999-07-2510:42

#0265#2 / 18Nectar'sBurlington, VT

1987-09-211:02

#0355#3 / 18Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2015-12-316:16

#0455#4 / 18Goddard CollegePlainfield, VT

1987-03-062:15

#0553#5 / 18St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at LakeviewSyracuse, NY

2023-07-230:55

#0652#6 / 18Watkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen, NY

2015-08-212:30

#0750#7 / 18The Dugout Lounge, Ohio UniversityAthens, OH

1991-09-302:12

#0850#8 / 1823 East CabaretArdmore, PA

1990-02-102:50

#0949#9 / 1823 East CabaretArdmore, PA

1990-09-2915:11

#1049#10 / 18Nectar'sBurlington, VT

1988-03-221:37

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0153#5 / 18St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at LakeviewSyracuse, NY

2023-07-230:55

#0235#17 / 18Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront ParkWilmington, NC

2023-07-180:54

#0349#11 / 18Wrigley FieldChicago, IL

2016-06-251:32

#0455#3 / 18Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2015-12-316:16

#0552#6 / 18Watkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen, NY

2015-08-212:30

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS23

DEBUT1983

LAST2023

AVG LEN3:20

CHARTED1

GAP MAX739

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1983–2023 · 20 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'83'84'85'86'87'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE18 VERSIONS

2460m5m10m15m

MEDIAN · 2:30PEAK · 2–3m (7)RANGE · 0–16m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2023

—3:006:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE23 PLAYS

SET 1 · 48%SET 2 · 43%

SET 1 11SET 2 10SET 3 1ENCORE 1

S1 OPEN2

S1 CLOSE1

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 6

246

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Nectar'sBurlington · VT4 02Campus ClubProvidence · RI2 0323 East CabaretArdmore · PA2 04St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at LakeviewSyracuse · NY1 05Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront ParkWilmington · NC1 06Wrigley FieldChicago · IL1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01VT7 02NY

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Possum13 02Suzy Greenberg11 03Good Times Bad Times10 04Golgi Apparatus9 05AC/DC Bag9 06You Enjoy Myself8 07I Didn't Know7 08Cavern7 09The Lizards7

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

The Vibration of Life22

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN15 TOURS · 23 PLAYS · 22 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011988 Tour44Feb 7, 1988·Jul 12, 1988 021987 Tour22Mar 6, 1987·Sep 21, 1987 031989 Tour22Oct 6, 1989·Oct 7, 1989 041990 Tour22Feb 10, 1990·Sep 29, 1990 052023 Summer Tour22Jul 18, 2023·Jul 23, 2023 061991 Winter/Spring Tour21May 17, 1991 071991 Giant Country Horns Summer Tour11Jul 26, 1991 081983 Tour11Dec 2, 1983 091999 Summer U.S. Tour11Jul 25, 1999 102009 Hampton Reunion Run11Mar 8, 2009

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 6· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Happy Birthday to You

Cover of Traditional·debuted 12.02.83·Harris-Millis Cafeteria - University of Vermont, Burlington

23 PLAYS·18 ANALYZED·3 ERASRARITY · BUSTOUT

82BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 23

07.25.99Deer Creek Music

Noblesville, IN · 10:42

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Year by year12 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1983–2026v3.2

1999 · 81.9

'83'93'04'15'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19991 VERS · BEST 81.9

By era4 ERAS · 21 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS14

AVG · BEST50·82

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS5

AVG · BEST50·55

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS2

AVG · BEST44·53

BEST VERSION→

Versions18 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

07.25.99 Deer Creek Music · Noblesville, INCHARTED

—10:4282 #02

09.21.87 Nectar's · Burlington, VT

—1:0265 #03

12.31.15 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—6:1655 #04

03.06.87 Goddard College · Plainfield, VT

—2:1555 #05

07.23.23 St. Joseph's Health at · Syracuse, NY

—0:5553 #06

08.21.15 Watkins Glen Internati · Watkins Glen, NY

—2:3052 #07

09.30.91 The Dugout Lounge, Ohi · Athens, OH

—2:1250 #08

02.10.90 23 East Cabaret · Ardmore, PA

—2:5050 #09

09.29.90 23 East Cabaret · Ardmore, PA

—15:1149 #10

03.22.88 Nectar's · Burlington, VT

—1:3749

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS23across 3 eras

ANALYZED1878% of all

AVG DURATION3:201 charted

LONGEST15:1109.29.90 23 EAST CABARET

SHORTEST0:5207.12.88 SAM'S TAVERN

LONGEST GAP739 SH.1991 → 1999

JAM CHART1CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT12.02.83BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1983–202323 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'83'88'93'98'03'08'13'18'23

MAX · 2 /MO·TOTAL · 23

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS21 PERFS

LONGEST · 739 SH.·MEDIAN · 15 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE18 VERSIONS

0m16m

MEDIAN · 2:30·PEAK · 2–3m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2023

SHORT · 0:55 · 2023·LONG · 10:42 · 1999

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX23 PLAYS

S1 48%S2 43%

S1 OPEN2

S1 CLOSE1

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #6

#1#14

TRANSITION OUT23 PLAYS

70%22%

STOP · 16END · 1SEGUE · 5HARD · 1

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

VT7NY3RI2PA2NC1IL1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN5

MON2

TUE3

WED0

THU1

FRI8

SAT4

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.01.2%

v3.01.1%

v4.00.8%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Possum13 02Suzy Greenberg11 03Good Times Bad Times10 04Golgi Apparatus9 05AC/DC Bag9 06You Enjoy Myself8

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

The Vibration of Life22 Dave's Energy Guide22 Izabella22 The Howling22 Wombat22 Eliza22 Crowd Control23 I Always Wanted It This Way23

By tour15 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS23 TOTAL

011988 Tour1988 · 4 sh4 021987 Tour1987 · 2 sh2 031989 Tour1989 · 2 sh2 041990 Tour1990 · 2 sh2 052023 Summer Tour2023 · 2 sh2 061991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 1 sh2 071991 Giant Country Horns Summer Tour1991 · 1 sh1 081983 Tour1983 · 1 sh1

Charted appearances1 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

07.25.99·Deer Creek Music · Noblesville

"Happy Birthday" (first version since 9/30/91) to CK5 as the meat of a goofy "Makisupa" sandwich.

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUSWIPE →

28.57%Harry Hood2× →→14.29%Big Black Furry Creature from Mars1× →→14.29%Colonel Forbin's Ascent1× →→14.29%Contact1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUSWIPE →

28.57%Good Times Bad Times2× ←→14.29%Dinner and a Movie1× ←→14.29%Fluffhead1× ←→14.29%Free1× ←→

Top venues1 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Nectar'sBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG449

SONG ●/songs/happy-birthday-to-youSETLIST APPS →phish.net source METHOD →/methodology CATALOG →/songs index

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Common questions

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