How many times has Phish played I Never Needed You Like This Before?

Phish has performed "I Never Needed You Like This Before" 14 times since July 28, 2021.

What is the longest version of I Never Needed You Like This Before by Phish?

The longest version of "I Never Needed You Like This Before" was 16:29 long, performed at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY on July 26, 2022.

When was the last time Phish played I Never Needed You Like This Before?

Phish last played "I Never Needed You Like This Before" on August 11, 2024. The current gap is 78 shows.

When did Phish first play I Never Needed You Like This Before?

"I Never Needed You Like This Before" debuted on July 28, 2021 at Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion in Rogers, AR.

What songs does Phish commonly play with I Never Needed You Like This Before?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "I Never Needed You Like This Before" are: Tube, Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S., Tweezer Reprise, Soul Planet, Twist.

← BACK·SONGS·I Never Needed You Like This Before

LIVE · 14 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

I Never Needed You Like This Before

14 performances since 2021, with 15 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 81 on 2025-07-15.

DEBUT · 2021-07-28 · Rogers·LAST · 2025-07-15 · Philadelphia·LONGEST GAP · 48 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 2021–2025INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’21’25

BEST · 2025-07-15 · 81LONGEST · 33:52 · 2025-07-15SHORTEST · 4:39YEARS · 4

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN15 OF 14 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 0 plays—

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 0 plays—

v4.02021–present · 15 plays81

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 15 · BY SCORE15 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0181#1 / 15TD Pavilion at the MannPhiladelphia, PA

2025-07-1533:52

#0278#2 / 15Northwell Health at Jones Beach TheaterWantagh, NY · #1

2022-07-2616:29

#0354#3 / 15Shoreline AmphitheatreMountain View, CA

2021-08-316:21

#0453#4 / 15Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis UniversitySt. Louis, MO

2024-07-306:42

#0552#5 / 15Moon PalaceCancun, Quintana Roo

2022-02-246:10

#0647#6 / 15Atlantic City BeachAtlantic City, NJ

2021-08-144:52

#0745#7 / 15Maine Savings AmphitheaterBangor, ME

2022-07-166:02

#0842#8 / 15The Wharf AmphitheaterOrange Beach, AL

2022-05-274:42

#0941#9 / 15Bethel Woods Center for the ArtsBethel, NY

2024-08-114:47

#1040#10 / 15Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2021-08-064:39

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0181#1 / 15TD Pavilion at the MannPhiladelphia, PA

2025-07-1533:52

#0241#9 / 15Bethel Woods Center for the ArtsBethel, NY

2024-08-114:47

#0353#4 / 15Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis UniversitySt. Louis, MO

2024-07-306:42

#0435#12 / 15The Pavilion at Star LakeBurgettstown, PA

2023-07-228:16

#0531#13 / 15William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA

2023-04-197:13

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS14

DEBUT2021

LAST2025

AVG LEN6:35

CHARTED1

GAP MAX48

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH2021–2024 · 11 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'21'22'23'24

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE14 VERSIONS

123455m10m15m

MEDIAN · 5:30PEAK · 4–5m (5)RANGE · 4–17m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2021–2024

5:005:306:006:30

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

SET MIX & ROLE14 PLAYS

SET 1 · 71%SET 2 · 29%

SET 1 10SET 2 4

S1 OPEN5

S1 CLOSE1

S2 OPEN3

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 1

246812468

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Bethel Woods Center for the ArtsBethel · NY1 02Chaifetz Arena, Saint Louis UniversitySt. Louis · MO1 03The Pavilion at Star LakeBurgettstown · PA1 04William Randolph Hearst Greek Theatre, University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley · CA1 05Pine Knob Music TheatreClarkston · MI1 06Northwell Health at Jones Beach TheaterWantagh · NY1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01CA

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Tube5 02Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.5 03Tweezer Reprise4 04Soul Planet4 05Twist4 06Wolfman's Brother4 07Harry Hood4 0846 Days4 09Chalk Dust Torture4

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Petrichor14 Taste That Surrounds

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN8 TOURS · 14 PLAYS · 14 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

012021 Summer Tour44Jul 28, 2021·Aug 31, 2021 022022 Summer Tour33Jul 16, 2022·Aug 3, 2022 032024 Summer Tour22Jul 30, 2024·Aug 11, 2024 042022 Spring Tour11May 27, 2022 052022 Mexico11Feb 24, 2022 062023 Spring Tour11Apr 19, 2023 072023 Summer Tour11Jul 22, 2023 082021 Fall Tour11Oct 17, 2021

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 5375· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

I Never Needed You Like This Before

Phish original·debuted 07.28.21·Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion, Rogers

14 PLAYS·15 ANALYZED·1 ERASRARITY · BUSTOUT

81BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 14

07.15.25TD at the Mann

Philadelphia, PA · 33:52

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Year by year5 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 2021–2026v3.2

2025 · 80.9

'21'22'23'24'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20251 VERS · BEST 80.9

By era4 ERAS · 15 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS15

AVG · BEST46·81

BEST VERSION→

Versions15 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

07.15.25 TD at the Mann · Philadelphia, PA

—33:5281 #02

07.26.22 Northwell Health at Jo · Wantagh, NYCHARTED

—16:2978 #03

08.31.21 Shoreline · Mountain View, CA

—6:2154 #04

07.30.24 Chaifetz Arena, Saint · St. Louis, MO

—6:4253 #05

02.24.22 Moon Palace · Cancun, Quintana Roo

—6:1052 #06

08.14.21 Atlantic City Beach · Atlantic City, NJ

—4:5247 #07

07.16.22 Maine Savings · Bangor, ME

—6:0245 #08

05.27.22 The Wharf · Orange Beach, AL

—4:4242 #09

08.11.24 Bethel Woods for the A · Bethel, NY

—4:4741 #10

08.06.21 Ruoff Music · Noblesville, IN

—4:3940

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS14across 1 eras

ANALYZED15107% of all

AVG DURATION6:351 charted

LONGEST33:5207.15.25 TD AT THE MANN

SHORTEST4:3908.06.21 RUOFF MUSIC

LONGEST GAP48 SH.2023 → 2024

JAM CHART1CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT07.28.21ROGERS

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 2021–202414 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'21'23'24

MAX · 3 /MO·TOTAL · 14

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS13 PERFS

LONGEST · 48 SH.·MEDIAN · 8 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE14 VERSIONS

4m17m

MEDIAN · 5:30·PEAK · 4–5m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2021–2024

SHORT · 5:20 · 2021·LONG · 7:45 · 2023

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX14 PLAYS

S1 71%S2 29%

S1 OPEN5

S1 CLOSE1

S2 OPEN3

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#10

TRANSITION OUT14 PLAYS

79%14%

STOP · 11END · 2SEGUE · 1

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

CA3NY2MO1PA1MI1ME1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · TUE

SUN2

MON0

TUE3

WED3

THU1

FRI2

SAT3

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v4.05.7%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Tube5 02Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.5 03Tweezer Reprise4 04Soul Planet4 05Twist4 06Wolfman's Brother4

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Petrichor14 Taste That Surrounds14 Keyboard Army14 Monsters14 Soul Shakedown Party14 Sparks14 Ether Edge14 Beauty of a Broken Heart15

By tour8 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS14 TOTAL

012021 Summer Tour2021 · 4 sh4 022022 Summer Tour2022 · 3 sh3 032024 Summer Tour2024 · 2 sh2 042022 Spring Tour2022 · 1 sh1 052022 Mexico2022 · 1 sh1 062023 Spring Tour2023 · 1 sh1 072023 Summer Tour2023 · 1 sh1 082021 Fall Tour2021 · 1 sh1

Charted appearances1 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

07.26.22·Northwell Health at Jo · Wantagh

Trey's quarantine rocker breaks out for the first time into open-ended improvisation. The jam begins with a hint of normal "INNYLTB" guitar riffing before modulating to an airy major key section. The…

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER I NEVER NEEDED YOU LIKE THIS BEFORESWIPE →

16.67%46 Days1× →→16.67%5551× →→16.67%AC/DC Bag1× →→16.67%Bathtub Gin1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE I NEVER NEEDED YOU LIKE THIS BEFORESWIPE →

16.67%Free1× ←→16.67%Harry Hood1× ←→16.67%If I Could1× ←→16.67%Peaches en Regalia1× ←→

SONG ●/songs/i-never-needed-you-like-this-beforeSETLIST APPS →phish.net source METHOD →/methodology CATALOG →/songs index

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