How many times has Phish played Harpua?

Phish has performed "Harpua" 87 times since May 11, 1987.

What is the longest version of Harpua by Phish?

The longest version of "Harpua" was 22:53 long, performed at FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago, IL on July 21, 2013.

When was the last time Phish played Harpua?

Phish last played "Harpua" on July 29, 2026. The current gap is 2 shows.

When did Phish first play Harpua?

"Harpua" debuted on May 11, 1987 at Nectar's in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Harpua?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Harpua" are: You Enjoy Myself, Run Like an Antelope, Golgi Apparatus, The Lizards, Suzy Greenberg.

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LIVE · 87 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Harpua

87 performances since 1987, with 75 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 73 on 2013-07-21.

DEBUT · 1987-05-11 · Burlington·LAST · 2026-07-29 · New York·LONGEST GAP · 188 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1987–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’87’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25’26

BEST · 2013-07-21 · 73LONGEST · 22:53 · 2013-07-21SHORTEST · 1:35YEARS · 39

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN75 OF 87 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 64 plays65

v2.02002–2004 · 3 plays60

v3.02009–2020 · 9 plays73

v4.02021–present · 3 plays72

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 75 · BY SCORE75 ANALYZED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0173#1 / 75FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly IslandChicago, IL

2013-07-2122:53

#0272#2 / 75Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2026-07-2914:18

#0371#3 / 75Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2017-07-3017:17

#0471#4 / 75Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2015-09-065:24

#0569#5 / 75MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas, NV

2021-10-3020:11

#0665#6 / 75Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

1997-12-307:28

#0765#7 / 75The "E" CenterWest Valley City, UT

1998-11-026:00

#0864#8 / 75Matthews Arena, Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA

1992-12-3119:36

#0963#9 / 75The RanchSouth Burlington, VT

1987-08-292:50

#1063#10 / 75The Wetlands PreserveNew York, NY

1990-06-0914:34

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0172#2 / 75Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2026-07-2914:18

#0250#60 / 75Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2023-12-319:11

#0369#5 / 75MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas, NV

2021-10-3020:11

#0471#3 / 75Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2017-07-3017:17

#0562#13 / 75Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2015-09-064:16

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS87

DEBUT1987

LAST2026

AVG LEN11:34

CHARTED0

GAP MAX188

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1987–2026 · 55 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'87'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE81 VERSIONS

5105m10m15m20m

MEDIAN · 13:30PEAK · 6–7m (13)RANGE · 1–23m

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

SET MIX & ROLE87 PLAYS

SET 1 · 11%SET 2 · 67%SET 3 · 8%ENCORE · 14%

SET 1 10SET 2 58SET 3 7ENCORE 12

S1 OPEN3

S1 CLOSE2

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE11

ENCORE9

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 6

510

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Nectar'sBurlington · VT8 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY5 03The Aladdin TheatreLas Vegas · NV4 04Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star LakeBurgettstown · PA3 05Classic AmphitheaterRichmond · VA3 06The FrontBurlington · VT3

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY20 02VT18

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01You Enjoy Myself35 02Run Like an Antelope27 03Golgi Apparatus26 04The Lizards26 05Suzy Greenberg24 06Possum23 07Divided Sky22 08AC/DC Bag21 09David Bowie20

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Camel Walk66 Axilla (Part II)

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN32 TOURS · 87 PLAYS · 67 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011988 Tour99Mar 11, 1988·Nov 3, 1988 021987 Tour85May 11, 1987·Nov 19, 1987 031994 Summer Tour73Jun 17, 1994·Jul 16, 1994 041989 Tour77Mar 14, 1989·Nov 10, 1989 051993 Winter/Spring Tour54Feb 12, 1993·May 7, 1993 061996 Fall Tour41Dec 6, 1996 071990 Tour44Jan 29, 1990·Jun 9, 1990 081992 Spring Tour44Mar 26, 1992·May 9, 1992 091994 Fall Tour43Oct 16, 1994·Nov 25, 1994 101991 Winter/Spring Tour33Apr 18, 1991·May 3, 1991

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 190· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Harpua

Phish original·debuted 05.11.87·Nectar's, Burlington

87 PLAYS·75 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

73BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 87

07.21.13FirstMerit Bank at Nor

Chicago, IL · 22:53

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Year by year22 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1987–2026v3.2

2013 · 72.9

'87'96'06'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20131 VERS · BEST 72.9

By era4 ERAS · 79 PLAYS

1.0 · 642.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS64

AVG · BEST54·65

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS3

AVG · BEST54·60

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS9

AVG · BEST58·73

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS3

AVG · BEST64·72

BEST VERSION→

Versions75 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

07.21.13 FirstMerit Bank at Nor · Chicago, IL

—22:5373 #02

07.29.26 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—14:1872 #03

07.30.17 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—17:1771 #04

09.06.15 Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City, CO

—5:2471 #05

10.30.21 MGM Grand Garden Arena · Las Vegas, NV

—20:1169 #06

12.30.97 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—7:2865 #07

11.02.98 The "E" · West Valley City, UT

—6:0065 #08

12.31.92 Matthews Arena, Northe · Boston, MA

—19:3664 #09

08.29.87 The Ranch · South Burlington, VT

—2:5063 #10

06.09.90 The Wetlands Preserve · New York, NY

—14:3463

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS87across 4 eras

ANALYZED7586% of all

AVG DURATION11:34duration

LONGEST22:5307.21.13 FIRSTMERIT BANK AT NOR

SHORTEST1:3510.20.89 THE FRONT

LONGEST GAP188 SH.1998 → 2003

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT05.11.87BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1987–202687 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'87'92'97'02'07'12'17'22'26

MAX · 6 /MO·TOTAL · 87

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS66 PERFS

LONGEST · 188 SH.·MEDIAN · 16 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE81 VERSIONS

1m23m

MEDIAN · 13:30·PEAK · 6–7m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2026

SHORT · 3:39 · 1987·LONG · 22:53 · 2013

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX87 PLAYS

S2 67%ENCORE 14%

S1 OPEN3

S1 CLOSE2

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE11

ENCORE9

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#16

TRANSITION OUT87 PLAYS

32%22%31%15%

STOP · 28END · 19SEGUE · 27HARD · 13

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Nectar'sBurlington · VT8 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY5 03The Aladdin TheatreLas Vegas · NV4 04Post-Gazette Pavilion at Star LakeBurgettstown · PA3 05Classic AmphitheaterRichmond · VA3

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY20VT18CO7NV5PA5MA5

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN16

MON9

TUE12

WED5

THU10

FRI19

SAT16

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.04.6%

v2.01.5%

v3.01.3%

v4.01.1%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01You Enjoy Myself35 02Run Like an Antelope27 03Golgi Apparatus26 04The Lizards26 05Suzy Greenberg24 06Possum23

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Camel Walk66 Axilla (Part II)66 Terrapin66 Billy Breathes68 Undermind65 Lifeboy65 Steam69 Strange Design70

By tour32 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS87 TOTAL

011988 Tour1988 · 9 sh9 021987 Tour1987 · 5 sh8 031994 Summer Tour1994 · 3 sh7 041989 Tour1989 · 7 sh7 051993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 4 sh5 061996 Fall Tour1996 · 1 sh4 071990 Tour1990 · 4 sh4 081992 Spring Tour1992 · 4 sh4

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER HARPUASWIPE →

23.53%Bundle of Joy4× →→17.65%Run Like an Antelope3× →→17.65%Chalk Dust Torture3× →→17.65%Kung3× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE HARPUASWIPE →

26.92%Hold Your Head Up7× ←→23.08%You Enjoy Myself6× ←→15.38%Harry Hood4× ←→11.54%Divided Sky3× ←→

Top venues3 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG464

64 Nectar'sBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG754

54 The FrontBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG354

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