How many times has Phish played If I Only Had a Brain?

Phish has performed "If I Only Had a Brain" 41 times since March 12, 1989.

What is the longest version of If I Only Had a Brain by Phish?

The longest version of "If I Only Had a Brain" was 8:34 long, performed at The Cameo Theatre in Miami Beach, FL on February 25, 1993.

When was the last time Phish played If I Only Had a Brain?

Phish last played "If I Only Had a Brain" on November 16, 1995. The current gap is 1150 shows.

When did Phish first play If I Only Had a Brain?

"If I Only Had a Brain" debuted on March 12, 1989 at Nectar's in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with If I Only Had a Brain?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "If I Only Had a Brain" are: You Enjoy Myself, Possum, Golgi Apparatus, Mike's Song, Weekapaug Groove.

← BACK·SONGS·If I Only Had a Brain

LIVE · 41 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Ray Bolger (as âThe Scarecrowâ)

If I Only Had a Brain

41 performances since 1989, with 28 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 66 on 1990-03-28.

DEBUT · 1989-03-12 · Burlington·LAST · 1995-11-16 · West Palm Beach·LONGEST GAP · 94 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1989–1995INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’89’90’95

BEST · 1990-03-28 · 66LONGEST · 8:34 · 1993-02-25SHORTEST · 2:26YEARS · 6

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN28 OF 41 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 33 plays66

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 0 plays—

v4.02021–present · 0 plays—

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 28 · BY SCORE28 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0166#1 / 28Beta Theta Pi Frat House Party, Denison UniversityGranville, OH

1990-03-285:38

#0264#2 / 28West Palm Beach AuditoriumWest Palm Beach, FL

1995-11-165:43

#0363#3 / 28The Cameo TheatreMiami Beach, FL

1993-02-258:34

#0463#4 / 28The Orange GroveSyracuse, NY

1989-05-134:50

#0561#5 / 28Memorial HallKansas City, KS

1993-04-137:15

#0659#6 / 28Nectar'sBurlington, VT

1989-03-123:46

#0758#7 / 28The HauntIthaca, NY

1990-01-292:42

#0857#8 / 28The ParadiseBoston, MA

1989-12-012:55

#0956#9 / 28The Colonial TheatreKeene, NH

1990-05-044:05

#1054#10 / 28Cat's CradleChapel Hill, NC

1991-11-143:35

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0164#2 / 28West Palm Beach AuditoriumWest Palm Beach, FL

1995-11-165:43

#0246#25 / 28New Haven Veterans Memorial ColiseumNew Haven, CT

1993-12-293:30

#0345#27 / 28Saltair PavilionSalt Lake City, UT

1993-08-214:48

#0449#22 / 28Sports Center, University of HartfordWest Hartford, CT

1993-04-303:12

#0561#5 / 28Memorial HallKansas City, KS

1993-04-137:15

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS41

DEBUT1989

LAST1995

AVG LEN3:58

CHARTED0

GAP MAX94

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1989–1995 · 28 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'89'90'91'92'93'94'95

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE28 VERSIONS

5105m

MEDIAN · 3:30PEAK · 3–4m (14)RANGE · 2–9m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1989–1995

3:003:304:004:305:005:306:00’90’95

SHORTEST · · 1992

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

SET MIX & ROLE41 PLAYS

SET 1 · 22%SET 2 · 71%

SET 1 9SET 2 29SET 3 1ENCORE 2

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE1

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 9

246

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The ParadiseBoston · MA2 02West Palm Beach AuditoriumWest Palm Beach · FL1 03Atlanta Civic CenterAtlanta · GA1 04New Haven Veterans Memorial ColiseumNew Haven · CT1 05Saltair PavilionSalt Lake City · UT1 06Sports Center, University of HartfordWest Hartford · CT1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01MA5 02

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01You Enjoy Myself29 02Possum24 03Golgi Apparatus24 04Mike's Song20 05Weekapaug Groove20 06I Am Hydrogen19 07Uncle Pen18 08Hold Your Head Up18 09Foam18

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Driver41 Bike42

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN13 TOURS · 41 PLAYS · 41 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011990 Tour1515Jan 29, 1990·Dec 31, 1990 021989 Tour99Mar 12, 1989·Dec 1, 1989 031993 Winter/Spring Tour66Feb 7, 1993·Apr 30, 1993 041991 Fall Tour22Oct 12, 1991·Nov 14, 1991 051992 Spring Tour11Apr 19, 1992 061992 Summer European Tour11Jun 23, 1992 071993 NYE Run11Dec 29, 1993 081993 Summer Tour11Aug 21, 1993 091994 Fall Tour11Oct 25, 1994 101995 Fall Tour11Nov 16, 1995

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 394· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

If I Only Had a Brain

Cover of Ray Bolger (as âThe Scarecrowâ)·debuted 03.12.89·Nectar's, Burlington

41 PLAYS·28 ANALYZED·1 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

66BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 41

03.28.90Beta Theta Pi Frat Hou

Granville, OH · 5:38

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Year by year6 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1989–2026v3.2

1990 · 66.3

'89'98'07'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 199014 VERS · BEST 66.3

By era4 ERAS · 33 PLAYS

1.0 · 332.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS33

AVG · BEST53·66

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

Versions28 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

03.28.90 Beta Theta Pi Frat Hou · Granville, OH

—5:3866 #02

11.16.95 West Palm Beach Audito · West Palm Beach, FL

—5:4364 #03

02.25.93 The Cameo · Miami Beach, FL

—8:3463 #04

05.13.89 The Orange Grove · Syracuse, NY

—4:5063 #05

04.13.93 Memorial Hall · Kansas City, KS

—7:1561 #06

03.12.89 Nectar's · Burlington, VT

—3:4659 #07

01.29.90 The Haunt · Ithaca, NY

—2:4258 #08

12.01.89 The Paradise · Boston, MA

—2:5557 #09

05.04.90 The Colonial · Keene, NH

—4:0556 #10

11.14.91 Cat's Cradle · Chapel Hill, NC

—3:3554

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS41across 1 eras

ANALYZED2868% of all

AVG DURATION3:58duration

LONGEST8:3402.25.93 THE CAMEO

SHORTEST2:2612.31.90 BOSTON WORLD TRADE EXH

LONGEST GAP94 SH.1994 → 1995

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT03.12.89BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1989–199541 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'89'91'93'95

MAX · 6 /MO·TOTAL · 41

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS40 PERFS

LONGEST · 94 SH.·MEDIAN · 13 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE28 VERSIONS

2m9m

MEDIAN · 3:30·PEAK · 3–4m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1989–1995

SHORT · 3:23 · 1992·LONG · 5:43 · 1995

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX41 PLAYS

S1 22%S2 71%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE1

ENCORE1

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #9

#1#15

TRANSITION OUT41 PLAYS

49%49%

STOP · 20END · 1SEGUE · 20

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

MA5VT5NY4FL2CT2OR2

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN5

MON4

TUE5

WED5

THU7

FRI6

SAT9

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.03.3%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01You Enjoy Myself29 02Possum24 03Golgi Apparatus24 04Mike's Song20 05Weekapaug Groove20 06I Am Hydrogen19

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Driver41 Bike42 Memories42 A Wave of Hope40 Ruby Waves42 A Life Beyond The Dream43 Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)39 Dogs Stole Things43

By tour13 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS41 TOTAL

011990 Tour1990 · 15 sh15 021989 Tour1989 · 9 sh9 031993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 6 sh6 041991 Fall Tour1991 · 2 sh2 051992 Spring Tour1992 · 1 sh1 061992 Summer European Tour1992 · 1 sh1 071993 NYE Run1993 · 1 sh1 081993 Summer Tour1993 · 1 sh1

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER IF I ONLY HAD A BRAINSWIPE →

62.07%Hold Your Head Up18× →→13.79%Contact4× →→6.9%The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony2× →→6.9%Highway to Hell2× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE IF I ONLY HAD A BRAINSWIPE →

56.25%Hold Your Head Up18× ←→18.75%You Enjoy Myself6× ←→9.38%Weekapaug Groove3× ←→9.38%The Lizards3× ←→

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