How many times has Phish played I Didn't Know?

Phish has performed "I Didn't Know" 271 times since November 18, 1987.

What is the longest version of I Didn't Know by Phish?

The longest version of "I Didn't Know" was 9:53 long, performed at Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, MI on April 18, 1993.

When was the last time Phish played I Didn't Know?

Phish last played "I Didn't Know" on July 29, 2026. The current gap is 2 shows.

When did Phish first play I Didn't Know?

"I Didn't Know" debuted on November 18, 1987 at Hunt's in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with I Didn't Know?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "I Didn't Know" are: You Enjoy Myself, Possum, Golgi Apparatus, Divided Sky, Cavern.

← BACK·SONGS·I Didn't Know

LIVE · 271 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Richard (Nancy) Wright

I Didn't Know

271 performances since 1987, with 243 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 88 on 1995-06-15.

DEBUT · 1987-11-18 · Burlington·LAST · 2026-07-29 · New York·LONGEST GAP · 60 SHOWS

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

’87’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25’26

BEST · 1995-06-15 · 88LONGEST · 9:53 · 1993-04-18SHORTEST · 1:10YEARS · 39

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN243 OF 271 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 230 plays88

v2.02002–2004 · 4 plays58

v3.02009–2020 · 26 plays75

v4.02021–present · 7 plays72

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 243 · BY SCORE243 ANALYZED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0188#1 / 243Lakewood AmphitheatreAtlanta, GA · #1

1995-06-157:23

#0278#2 / 243Michigan TheaterAnn Arbor, MI

1993-04-189:53

#0375#3 / 243Watkins Glen InternationalWatkins Glen, NY

2015-08-239:17

#0472#4 / 243SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-05-013:30

#0572#5 / 243Sculpture Room, Goddard CollegePlainfield, VT

1988-10-296:16

#0671#6 / 243Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2026-07-292:08

#0768#7 / 243The FrontBurlington, VT

1988-06-155:42

#0867#8 / 243The PalaceHollywood, CA

1993-03-187:46

#0967#9 / 243The InfernoSteamboat Springs, CO

1990-04-144:48

#1066#10 / 243The FrontBurlington, VT

1989-10-207:50

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0171#6 / 243Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2026-07-292:08

#0272#4 / 243SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-05-013:30

#0351#100 / 243TD Pavilion at the MannPhiladelphia, PA

2025-07-154:14

#0446#180 / 243Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2024-08-034:07

#0563#13 / 243St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater at LakeviewSyracuse, NY

2023-07-235:38

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS271

DEBUT1987

LAST2026

AVG LEN3:56

CHARTED1

GAP MAX60

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1987–2026 · 115 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 MINUTE243 VERSIONS

501005m

MEDIAN · 3:30PEAK · 3–4m (144)RANGE · 1–10m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2026

3:004:005:006:007:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE271 PLAYS

SET 1 · 72%SET 2 · 22%

SET 1 196SET 2 59SET 3 6ENCORE 10

S1 OPEN15

S1 CLOSE5

S2 OPEN5

S2 CLOSE3

ENCORE9

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 7

102030

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT9 02Nectar'sBurlington · VT7 03Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI4 04Madison Square GardenNew York · NY3 05Worcester Centrum CentreWorcester · MA3 06Campus ClubProvidence · RI3

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY37 02VT33

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01You Enjoy Myself135 02Possum123 03Golgi Apparatus117 04Divided Sky107 05Cavern95 06Mike's Song93 07Foam93 08Suzy Greenberg93 09David Bowie92

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Character Zero268 Also Sprach Zarathustra

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN65 TOURS · 271 PLAYS · 268 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011990 Tour3131Feb 3, 1990·Dec 31, 1990 021989 Tour2928Jan 26, 1989·Dec 31, 1989 031993 Winter/Spring Tour2525Feb 3, 1993·May 7, 1993 041988 Tour2323Feb 7, 1988·Dec 10, 1988 051991 Fall Tour1919Sep 27, 1991·Dec 6, 1991 061992 Spring Tour1818Mar 12, 1992·May 17, 1992 071991 Winter/Spring Tour1515Feb 14, 1991·May 19, 1991 08Not Part of a Tour77Mar 5, 1989·Oct 30, 2009 091993 Summer Tour66Jul 15, 1993·Aug 21, 1993 101991 Giant Country Horns Summer Tour66Jul 14, 1991·Jul 27, 1991

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 215· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

I Didn't Know

Cover of Richard (Nancy) Wright·debuted 11.18.87·Hunt's, Burlington

271 PLAYS·243 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · COMMON

88BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 271

06.15.95Lakewood

Atlanta, GA · 7:23

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Year by year32 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1987–2026v3.2

1995 · 88.2

'87'96'06'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 199510 VERS · BEST 88.2

By era4 ERAS · 267 PLAYS

1.0 · 2302.03.0 · 264.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS230

AVG · BEST50·88

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS4

AVG · BEST45·58

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS26

AVG · BEST51·75

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS7

AVG · BEST58·72

BEST VERSION→

Versions243 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

06.15.95 Lakewood · Atlanta, GACHARTED

—7:2388 #02

04.18.93 Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI

—9:5378 #03

08.23.15 Watkins Glen Internati · Watkins Glen, NY

—9:1775 #04

05.01.26 Sphere · Las Vegas, NV

—3:3072 #05

10.29.88 Sculpture Room, Goddar · Plainfield, VT

—6:1672 #06

07.29.26 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—2:0871 #07

06.15.88 The Front · Burlington, VT

—5:4268 #08

03.18.93 The Palace · Hollywood, CA

—7:4667 #09

04.14.90 The Inferno · Steamboat Springs, CO

—4:4867 #10

10.20.89 The Front · Burlington, VT

—7:5066

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS271across 4 eras

ANALYZED24390% of all

AVG DURATION3:561 charted

LONGEST9:5304.18.93 MICHIGAN

SHORTEST1:1006.29.94 WALNUT CREEK

LONGEST GAP60 SH.1997 → 1997

JAM CHART1CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT11.18.87BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1987–2026271 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

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

MAX · 9 /MO·TOTAL · 271

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS267 PERFS

LONGEST · 60 SH.·MEDIAN · 4 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE243 VERSIONS

1m10m

MEDIAN · 3:30·PEAK · 3–4m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2026

SHORT · 2:49 · 2026·LONG · 7:05 · 2015

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX271 PLAYS

S1 72%S2 22%

S1 OPEN15

S1 CLOSE5

S2 OPEN5

S2 CLOSE3

ENCORE9

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #7

#1#14

TRANSITION OUT271 PLAYS

86%

STOP · 233END · 9SEGUE · 29

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT9 02Nectar'sBurlington · VT7 03Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI4 04Madison Square GardenNew York · NY3 05Worcester Centrum CentreWorcester · MA3

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY37VT33MA20CA15CO13PA10

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN45

MON17

TUE26

WED32

THU45

FRI65

SAT41

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.018.6%

v2.04.4%

v3.06.0%

v4.02.7%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01You Enjoy Myself135 02Possum123 03Golgi Apparatus117 04Divided Sky107 05Cavern95 06Mike's Song93

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Character Zero268 Also Sprach Zarathustra279 It's Ice255 Wolfman's Brother254 My Sweet One254 Fee290 Julius245 Free243

By tour65 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS271 TOTAL

011990 Tour1990 · 31 sh31 021989 Tour1989 · 28 sh29 031993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 25 sh25 041988 Tour1988 · 23 sh23 051991 Fall Tour1991 · 19 sh19 061992 Spring Tour1992 · 18 sh18 071991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 15 sh15 08Not Part of a Tour1989–2009 · 7 sh7

Charted appearances1 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

06.15.95·Lakewood · Atlanta

Segues in smoothly from Stash. This unusual version is played much slower than normal and carries real weight. The bizarre jam in the middle features Fishman on trombone and Mike on power drill.

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER I DIDN'T KNOWSWIPE →

21.79%David Bowie17× →→17.95%Golgi Apparatus14× →→16.67%You Enjoy Myself13× →→15.38%Mike's Song12× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE I DIDN'T KNOWSWIPE →

30.56%Divided Sky22× ←→18.06%Reba13× ←→15.28%Stash11× ←→13.89%Maze10× ←→

Top venues4 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG363

63 Campus ClubPROVIDENCE, RI

PLAYSAVG353

53 The FrontBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG852

52 Worcester Centrum CentreWORCESTER, MA

PLAYSAVG349

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