How many times has Phish played Have Mercy?

Phish has performed "Have Mercy" 17 times since April 1, 1986.

What is the longest version of Have Mercy by Phish?

The longest version of "Have Mercy" was 11:49 long, performed at Sculpture Room, Goddard College in Plainfield, VT on October 31, 1986.

When was the last time Phish played Have Mercy?

Phish last played "Have Mercy" on February 22, 2020. The current gap is 240 shows.

When did Phish first play Have Mercy?

"Have Mercy" debuted on April 1, 1986 at Hunt's in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Have Mercy?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Have Mercy" are: Harry Hood, Chalk Dust Torture, You Enjoy Myself, AC/DC Bag, Slave to the Traffic Light.

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← BACK·SONGS·Have Mercy

LIVE · 17 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · The Mighty Diamonds

Have Mercy

17 performances since 1986, with 17 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 82 on 1993-08-14.

DEBUT · 1986-04-01 · Burlington·LAST · 2020-02-22 · Cancun, Quintana Roo·LONGEST GAP · 554 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1986–2020INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’86’90’95’00’05’10’15’20

BEST · 1993-08-14 · 82LONGEST · 11:49 · 1986-10-31SHORTEST · 1:57YEARS · 34

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN17 OF 17 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 10 plays82

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 7 plays79

v4.02021–present · 0 plays—

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 17 · BY SCORE17 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0182#1 / 17World Music TheatreTinley Park, IL · #3

1993-08-142:57

#0279#2 / 17Utica Memorial AuditoriumUtica, NY · #1

2010-10-207:10

#0376#3 / 17MAC Center, Kent State UniversityKent, OH · #2

1994-11-126:16

#0475#4 / 17Roxy TheatreAtlanta, GA · #5

1993-02-202:58

#0569#5 / 17Field House, University of New HampshireDurham, NH · #4

1993-05-082:50

#0668#6 / 17University of VermontBurlington, VT

1986-04-257:27

#0767#7 / 17Sculpture Room, Goddard CollegePlainfield, VT

1986-10-3111:49

#0860#8 / 17Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2020-02-224:47

#0958#9 / 17Hunt'sBurlington, VT

1986-04-015:36

#1055#10 / 17Hunt'sBurlington, VT

1986-10-156:40

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0160#8 / 17Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2020-02-224:47

#0253#14 / 17PNC Music PavilionCharlotte, NC

2019-06-215:22

#0351#16 / 17Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2017-07-285:49

#0455#11 / 17MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas, NV

2016-10-301:57

#0533#17 / 17Blossom Music CenterCuyahoga Falls, OH

2011-06-042:33

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS17

DEBUT1986

LAST2020

AVG LEN5:15

CHARTED5

GAP MAX554

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1986–2020 · 15 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'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

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE17 VERSIONS

12345m10m

MEDIAN · 5:30PEAK · 2–3m (4)RANGE · 1–12m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1986–2020

2:003:004:005:006:007:008:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE17 PLAYS

SET 1 · 24%SET 2 · 76%

SET 1 4SET 2 13

S1 OPEN1

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 6

1234

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Hunt'sBurlington · VT2 02Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo1 03PNC Music PavilionCharlotte · NC1 04Madison Square GardenNew York · NY1 05MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas · NV1 06Blossom Music CenterCuyahoga Falls · OH1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01VT4 02NY3

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Harry Hood8 02Chalk Dust Torture6 03You Enjoy Myself5 04AC/DC Bag5 05Slave to the Traffic Light5 06Birds of a Feather5 07Tweezer5 08Fluffhead5 09Golgi Apparatus5

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Shaggy Dog

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN14 TOURS · 17 PLAYS · 17 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011986 Tour33Apr 1, 1986·Oct 31, 1986 021993 Winter/Spring Tour22Feb 20, 1993·May 8, 1993 031994 Fall Tour11Nov 12, 1994 041999 Summer U.S. Tour11Jul 17, 1999 051999 Winter Tour11Dec 10, 1999 062010 Early Summer Tour11Jul 1, 2010 072010 Fall Tour11Oct 20, 2010 082011 Early Summer Tour11Jun 4, 2011 092016 Fall Tour11Oct 30, 2016 102017 Summer Tour11Jul 28, 2017

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 88· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Have Mercy

Cover of The Mighty Diamonds·debuted 04.01.86·Hunt's, Burlington

17 PLAYS·17 ANALYZED·2 ERASRARITY · BUSTOUT

82BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 17

08.14.93World Music

Tinley Park, IL · 2:57

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Year by year10 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1986–2026v3.2

1993 · 81.8

'86'96'06'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19933 VERS · BEST 81.8

By era4 ERAS · 17 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS10

AVG · BEST66·82

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS7

AVG · BEST55·79

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

Versions17 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

08.14.93 World Music · Tinley Park, ILCHARTED

—2:5782 #02

10.20.10 Utica Memorial Auditor · Utica, NYCHARTED

—7:1079 #03

11.12.94 MAC , Kent State Unive · Kent, OHCHARTED

—6:1676 #04

02.20.93 Roxy · Atlanta, GACHARTED

—2:5875 #05

05.08.93 Field House, Universit · Durham, NHCHARTED

—2:5069 #06

04.25.86 University of Vermont · Burlington, VT

—7:2768 #07

10.31.86 Sculpture Room, Goddar · Plainfield, VT

—11:4967 #08

02.22.20 Moon Palace · Cancun, Quintana Roo

—4:4760 #09

04.01.86 Hunt's · Burlington, VT

—5:3658 #10

10.15.86 Hunt's · Burlington, VT

—6:4055

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS17across 2 eras

ANALYZED17100% of all

AVG DURATION5:155 charted

LONGEST11:4910.31.86 SCULPTURE ROOM, GODDAR

SHORTEST1:5710.30.16 MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA

LONGEST GAP554 SH.1986 → 1993

JAM CHART5CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT04.01.86BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1986–202017 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'86'88'90'92'94'96'98'00'02'04'06'08'10'12'14'16'18'20

MAX · 2 /MO·TOTAL · 17

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS16 PERFS

LONGEST · 554 SH.·MEDIAN · 40 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE17 VERSIONS

1m12m

MEDIAN · 5:30·PEAK · 2–3m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1986–2020

SHORT · 1:57 · 2016·LONG · 7:53 · 1986

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX17 PLAYS

S1 24%S2 76%

S1 OPEN1

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #6

#1#15

TRANSITION OUT17 PLAYS

24%29%47%

STOP · 4SEGUE · 5HARD · 8

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Hunt'sBurlington · VT2 02Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo1 03PNC Music PavilionCharlotte · NC1 04Madison Square GardenNew York · NY1 05MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas · NV1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

VT4NY3NC2OH2NV1PA1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN1

MON0

TUE1

WED2

THU1

FRI5

SAT7

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.00.8%

v3.01.3%

v4.00.4%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Harry Hood8 02Chalk Dust Torture6 03You Enjoy Myself5 04AC/DC Bag5 05Slave to the Traffic Light5 06Birds of a Feather5

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Shaggy Dog17 Albuquerque17 Foreplay/Long Time17 Ride Captain Ride17 The Inlaw Josie Wales17 What's Going Through Your Mind17 Demand16 Ass Handed18

By tour14 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS17 TOTAL

011986 Tour1986 · 3 sh3 021993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 2 sh2 031994 Fall Tour1994 · 1 sh1 041999 Summer U.S. Tour1999 · 1 sh1 051999 Winter Tour1999 · 1 sh1 062010 Early Summer Tour2010 · 1 sh1 072010 Fall Tour2010 · 1 sh1 082011 Early Summer Tour2011 · 1 sh1

Charted appearances5 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

10.20.10·Utica Memorial Auditor · Utica

Part of an improvisational "SOAM" -> "Have Mercy" > "Piper" -> "SOAM," one of the best jams of 2010. "Have Mercy" includes some improvisation…

→CHRT#2

11.12.94·MAC , Kent State Unive · Kent

Excellent "Have Mercy" section of a huge and jammed early "DwD."

→CHRT#3

08.14.93·World Music · Tinley Park

-> in from "RLAA." This epic segue-fest continues with some melodic relief from the intense sections of "Antelope" that precede it. -> to "RLAA" to finish off this…

→CHRT#4

05.08.93·Field House, Universit · Durham

-> in from "DB." Great segue to "Have Mercy" in the midst of a stellar "Bowie" jam. -> back to "DB."

→CHRT#5

02.20.93·Roxy · Atlanta

-> in from "Weekapaug Groove." This incredible "Mike's Groove" is a segue and tease-fest, with 12 bona fide ->'s in a single set. -> back to "Weekapaug."

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER HAVE MERCYSWIPE →

50%Harry Hood5× →→10%Chalk Dust Torture1× →→10%David Bowie1× →→10%Down with Disease1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE HAVE MERCYSWIPE →

33.33%David Bowie3× ←→22.22%Harry Hood2× ←→11.11%Fluffhead1× ←→11.11%Makisupa Policeman1× ←→

SONG ●/songs/have-mercySETLIST APPS →phish.net source METHOD →/methodology CATALOG →/songs index

FOUL DOMAIN/songs/have-mercy · v3.2

FOUL DOMAIN · INDEPENDENT · NOT AFFILIATED WITH PHISH

TOTAL · 17 PLAYSMAX · 2 IN ONE MONTHLESSMORE

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN CONSECUTIVE PLAYSEACH DOT IS ONE PERFORMANCE · 16 TOTAL

150300450’90’95’00’05’10’15’20

LONGEST · 554 SHOWSMEDIAN · 40 SHOWSTYPICAL·FALLOW

SHORTEST · 1:57 · 2016LONGEST · 7:53 · 1986

TRANSITION OUT17 PLAYS

STOP · 24%SEGUE · 29%HARD · 47%

STOP ( , ) 4SEGUE ( > ) 5HARD SEGUE ( → ) 8

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN1

MON0

TUE1

WED2

THU1

FRI5

SAT7

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.00.8%(10/1243)

v3.01.3%(6/452)

v4.00.4%(1/244)

VENUESSTRONGEST AVG · TOP 0

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