How many times has Phish played Hold Your Head Up?

Phish has performed "Hold Your Head Up" 538 times since August 21, 1987.

What is the longest version of Hold Your Head Up by Phish?

The longest version of "Hold Your Head Up" was 17:40 long, performed at Ian McLean's Farm in Hebron, NY on August 21, 1987.

When was the last time Phish played Hold Your Head Up?

Phish last played "Hold Your Head Up" on July 29, 2023. The current gap is 130 shows.

When did Phish first play Hold Your Head Up?

"Hold Your Head Up" debuted on August 21, 1987 at Ian McLean's Farm in Hebron, NY.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Hold Your Head Up?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Hold Your Head Up" are: You Enjoy Myself, Bouncing Around the Room, Cavern, Llama, Stash.

← BACK·SONGS·Hold Your Head Up

LIVE · 538 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Argent

Hold Your Head Up

538 performances since 1987, with 349 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 85 on 1991-11-07.

DEBUT · 1987-08-21 · Hebron·LAST · 2023-07-29 · New York·LONGEST GAP · 127 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1987–2023INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’87’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’23

BEST · 1991-11-07 · 85LONGEST · 17:40 · 1987-08-21SHORTEST · 0:06YEARS · 36

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN349 OF 538 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 330 plays85

v2.02002–2004 · 7 plays50

v3.02009–2020 · 23 plays64

v4.02021–present · 5 plays52

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 349 · BY SCORE349 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0185#1 / 349Tipitina'sNew Orleans, LA · #2

1991-11-078:03

#0276#2 / 349The Bomb FactoryDallas, TX · #1

1994-05-076:04

#0371#3 / 349The Greek TheatreRedlands, CA

1993-03-1912:46

#0471#4 / 349Pike's Peak CenterColorado Springs, CO

1993-03-0913:21

#0571#5 / 349Luther Burbank Center for the ArtsSanta Rosa, CA

1993-03-2415:07

#0671#6 / 349First AvenueMinneapolis, MN

1992-12-0710:55

#0770#7 / 349Ian McLean's FarmHebron, NY

1987-08-2117:40

#0870#8 / 349Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront ParkPortland, OR

1993-04-0111:52

#0969#9 / 349Florida TheatreGainesville, FL

1993-02-2711:54

#1068#10 / 349Tipitina'sNew Orleans, LA

1993-03-0312:35

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0152#177 / 349Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2023-07-291:16

#0250#202 / 349Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2023-07-291:53

#0348#218 / 349Ameris Bank AmphitheatreAlpharetta, GA

2023-07-162:01

#0433#310 / 349Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy, WI

2022-08-140:50

#05—Rock LititzLititz, PA

2021-12-31—

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS538

DEBUT1987

LAST2023

AVG LEN4:36

CHARTED2

GAP MAX127

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1987–2023 · 79 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

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE436 VERSIONS

501000m5m10m15m

MEDIAN · 2:30PEAK · 1–2m (115)RANGE · 0–18m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2023

—3:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE538 PLAYS

SET 1 · 7%SET 2 · 86%

SET 1 39SET 2 460SET 3 7ENCORE 32

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE1

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE10

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 10

255075

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Tipitina'sNew Orleans · LA8 02Cat's CradleChapel Hill · NC8 03Deer Creek Music CenterNoblesville · IN7 04Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison · CO7 05Roxy TheatreAtlanta · GA6 06The Capitol TheatrePort Chester · NY6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY58 02CA43

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01You Enjoy Myself140 02Bouncing Around the Room139 03Cavern135 04Llama125 05Stash120 06Chalk Dust Torture119 07Mike's Song115 08Golgi Apparatus114 09Runaway Jim114

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Poor Heart312 Sample in a Jar

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN52 TOURS · 538 PLAYS · 313 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011993 Winter/Spring Tour11458Feb 3, 1993·May 6, 1993 021991 Fall Tour5127Sep 30, 1991·Dec 7, 1991 031990 Tour4524Apr 29, 1990·Dec 31, 1990 041991 Winter/Spring Tour3317Feb 21, 1991·May 18, 1991 051992 Fall Tour3117Nov 19, 1992·Dec 13, 1992 061993 Summer Tour2822Jul 16, 1993·Aug 28, 1993 071994 Fall Tour2715Oct 8, 1994·Dec 10, 1994 081995 Fall Tour2418Sep 29, 1995·Dec 15, 1995 091994 Spring Tour2417Apr 5, 1994·May 25, 1994 101994 Summer Tour169Jun 10, 1994·Jul 15, 1994

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 205· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Hold Your Head Up

Cover of Argent·debuted 08.21.87·Ian McLean's Farm, Hebron

538 PLAYS·349 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · COMMON

85BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 538

11.07.91Tipitina's

New Orleans, LA · 8:03

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Year by year27 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1987–2026v3.2

1991 · 84.5

'87'96'06'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 199165 VERS · BEST 84.5

By era4 ERAS · 365 PLAYS

1.0 · 3302.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS330

AVG · BEST51·85

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS7

AVG · BEST40·50

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS23

AVG · BEST47·64

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS5

AVG · BEST46·52

BEST VERSION→

Versions349 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

11.07.91 Tipitina's · New Orleans, LACHARTED

—8:0385 #02

05.07.94 The Bomb Factory · Dallas, TXCHARTED

—6:0476 #03

03.19.93 The Greek · Redlands, CA

—12:4671 #04

03.09.93 Pike's Peak · Colorado Springs, CO

—13:2171 #05

03.24.93 Luther Burbank for the · Santa Rosa, CA

—15:0771 #06

12.07.92 First Avenue · Minneapolis, MN

—10:5571 #07

08.21.87 Ian McLean's Farm · Hebron, NY

—17:4070 #08

04.01.93 Gov. Tom McCall Waterf · Portland, OR

—11:5270 #09

02.27.93 Florida · Gainesville, FL

—11:5469 #10

03.03.93 Tipitina's · New Orleans, LA

—12:3568

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS538across 4 eras

ANALYZED34965% of all

AVG DURATION4:362 charted

LONGEST17:4008.21.87 IAN MCLEAN'S FARM

SHORTEST0:0612.08.90 THE CHANCE

LONGEST GAP127 SH.1989 → 1990

JAM CHART2CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT08.21.87HEBRON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1987–2023538 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'87'92'97'02'07'12'17'22'23

MAX · 37 /MO·TOTAL · 538

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS312 PERFS

LONGEST · 127 SH.·MEDIAN · 2 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE436 VERSIONS

0m18m

MEDIAN · 2:30·PEAK · 1–2m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2023

SHORT · 0:50 · 2022·LONG · 12:48 · 1987

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX538 PLAYS

S2 86%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE1

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE10

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #10

#1#32

TRANSITION OUT538 PLAYS

50%48%

STOP · 270END · 2SEGUE · 258HARD · 8

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Tipitina'sNew Orleans · LA8 02Cat's CradleChapel Hill · NC8 03Deer Creek Music CenterNoblesville · IN7 04Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison · CO7 05Roxy TheatreAtlanta · GA6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY58CA43CO30PA29FL28MA26

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN53

MON49

TUE76

WED62

THU77

FRI111

SAT110

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.023.3%

v2.07.4%

v3.03.1%

v4.01.6%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01You Enjoy Myself140 02Bouncing Around the Room139 03Cavern135 04Llama125 05Stash120 06Chalk Dust Torture119

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Poor Heart312 Sample in a Jar316 Bathtub Gin319 Wilson304 Rift323 Down with Disease325 Llama326 Slave to the Traffic Light298

By tour52 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS538 TOTAL

011993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 58 sh114 021991 Fall Tour1991 · 27 sh51 031990 Tour1990 · 24 sh45 041991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 17 sh33 051992 Fall Tour1992 · 17 sh31 061993 Summer Tour1993 · 22 sh28 071994 Fall Tour1994 · 15 sh27 081995 Fall Tour1995 · 18 sh24

Charted appearances2 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

05.07.94·The Bomb Factory · Dallas

Following "Purple Rain," This version is highly improvisational, and may sound more like "Tweezer" than "HYHU" to you. Ain't called the Tweezerfest for no reason!

→CHRT#2

11.07.91·Tipitina's · New Orleans

Familiar "HYHU" intro includes members of Aquarium Rescue Unit, and -> to an improvisational take on Syd Barrett's "Love You."

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER HOLD YOUR HEAD UPSWIPE →

29.63%Love You64× →→19.91%Terrapin43× →→14.35%Harry Hood31× →→13.43%Cracklin' Rosie29× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE HOLD YOUR HEAD UPSWIPE →

30.84%Love You70× ←→18.94%Terrapin43× ←→14.1%Cracklin' Rosie32× ←→14.1%Purple Rain32× ←→

Top venues4 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Tipitina'sNEW ORLEANS, LA

PLAYSAVG469

69 The Georgia TheatreATHENS, GA

PLAYSAVG363

63 Roxy TheatreATLANTA, GA

PLAYSAVG362

62 The BayouWASHINGTON, DC

PLAYSAVG359

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