How many times has Phish played Love You?

Phish has performed "Love You" 97 times since October 31, 1987.

What is the longest version of Love You by Phish?

The longest version of "Love You" was 9:52 long, performed at East Gym, Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA on March 28, 1993.

When was the last time Phish played Love You?

Phish last played "Love You" on July 22, 2026. The current gap is 6 shows.

When did Phish first play Love You?

"Love You" debuted on October 31, 1987 at Sculpture Room, Goddard College in Plainfield, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Love You?

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

← BACK·SONGS·Love You

LIVE · 97 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Syd Barrett

Love You

97 performances since 1987, with 41 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 73 on 2026-07-22.

DEBUT · 1987-10-31 · Plainfield·LAST · 2026-07-22 · New York·LONGEST GAP · 394 SHOWS

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

’87’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25’26

BEST · 2026-07-22 · 73LONGEST · 9:52 · 1993-03-28SHORTEST · 2:38YEARS · 39

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN41 OF 97 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 42 plays65

v2.02002–2004 · 2 plays63

v3.02009–2020 · 3 plays56

v4.02021–present · 1 play73

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 41 · BY SCORE41 ANALYZED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0173#1 / 41Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2026-07-223:05

#0265#2 / 41East Gym, Humboldt State UniversityArcata, CA

1993-03-289:52

#0364#3 / 41The BayouWashington, DC

1991-02-198:50

#0463#4 / 41Wilbur Field, Stanford UniversityPalo Alto, CA

1992-04-185:58

#0563#5 / 41American Airlines ArenaMiami, FL

2003-12-282:38

#0661#6 / 41The StingNew Britain, CT

1991-11-197:45

#0761#7 / 41Balch Fieldhouse, University of ColoradoBoulder, CO

1993-03-139:13

#0860#8 / 41The Fox TheatreBoulder, CO

1992-04-057:46

#0960#9 / 41WOW HallEugene, OR

1991-04-043:33

#1059#10 / 41Target CenterMinneapolis, MN

2000-09-243:18

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0173#1 / 41Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2026-07-223:05

#0256#17 / 41Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge, WA

2016-07-163:60

#0348#35 / 41Mullins Center, University of MassachusettsAmherst, MA

2010-10-233:48

#0449#33 / 41American Airlines ArenaMiami, FL

2009-12-306:20

#0541#40 / 41Thomas & Mack CenterLas Vegas, NV

2004-04-162:46

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS97

DEBUT1987

LAST2026

AVG LEN5:40

CHARTED0

GAP MAX394

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1987–2026 · 43 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 MINUTE42 VERSIONS

5105m

MEDIAN · 5:30PEAK · 6–7m (11)RANGE · 2–10m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2026

3:004:005:006:007:008:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE97 PLAYS

SET 1 · 11%SET 2 · 84%

SET 1 11SET 2 81ENCORE 5

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 10

5101520

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Tipitina'sNew Orleans · LA3 02The BayouWashington · DC3 03American Airlines ArenaMiami · FL2 04State TheatreNew Brunswick · NJ2 05First AvenueMinneapolis · MN2 06The Capitol TheatrePort Chester · NY2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY10 02OH7

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Hold Your Head Up72 02Bouncing Around the Room54 03Llama50 04Possum48 05Cavern44 06Mike's Song43 07The Landlady43 08Weekapaug Groove42 09David Bowie41

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Frankenstein94 Farmhouse

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN25 TOURS · 97 PLAYS · 94 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011993 Winter/Spring Tour1716Feb 5, 1993·May 3, 1993 021991 Winter/Spring Tour1514Feb 7, 1991·May 10, 1991 031992 Spring Tour1313Mar 13, 1992·May 18, 1992 041990 Tour1312Apr 9, 1990·Nov 24, 1990 051991 Fall Tour1212Sep 30, 1991·Dec 4, 1991 061992 Fall Tour55Nov 21, 1992·Dec 10, 1992 071989 Tour22Apr 20, 1989·Dec 3, 1989 081994 Fall Tour22Oct 10, 1994·Nov 17, 1994 091994 Spring Tour22May 12, 1994·May 17, 1994 102003 NYE Run11Dec 28, 2003

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 214· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Love You

Cover of Syd Barrett·debuted 10.31.87·Sculpture Room, Goddard College, Plainfield

97 PLAYS·41 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

73BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 97

07.22.26Madison Square Garden

New York, NY · 3:05

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Year by year14 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1987–2026v3.2

2026 · 73.1

'87'96'06'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20261 VERS · BEST 73.1

By era4 ERAS · 48 PLAYS

1.0 · 422.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS42

AVG · BEST54·65

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS2

AVG · BEST52·63

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS3

AVG · BEST51·56

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST73·73

BEST VERSION→

Versions41 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

07.22.26 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—3:0573 #02

03.28.93 East Gym, Humboldt Sta · Arcata, CA

—9:5265 #03

02.19.91 The Bayou · Washington, DC

—8:5064 #04

04.18.92 Wilbur Field, Stanford · Palo Alto, CA

—5:5863 #05

12.28.03 American Airlines Aren · Miami, FL

—2:3863 #06

11.19.91 The Sting · New Britain, CT

—7:4561 #07

03.13.93 Balch Fieldhouse, Univ · Boulder, CO

—9:1361 #08

04.05.92 The Fox · Boulder, CO

—7:4660 #09

04.04.91 WOW Hall · Eugene, OR

—3:3360 #10

09.24.00 Target · Minneapolis, MN

—3:1859

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS97across 4 eras

ANALYZED4142% of all

AVG DURATION5:40duration

LONGEST9:5203.28.93 EAST GYM, HUMBOLDT STA

SHORTEST2:3812.28.03 AMERICAN AIRLINES AREN

LONGEST GAP394 SH.2016 → 2026

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT10.31.87PLAINFIELD

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1987–202697 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

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

MAX · 9 /MO·TOTAL · 97

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS93 PERFS

LONGEST · 394 SH.·MEDIAN · 5 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE42 VERSIONS

2m10m

MEDIAN · 5:30·PEAK · 6–7m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2026

SHORT · 2:38 · 2003·LONG · 8:06 · 1993

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX97 PLAYS

S2 84%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #11

#1#31

TRANSITION OUT97 PLAYS

90%

STOP · 8SEGUE · 87HARD · 2

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Tipitina'sNew Orleans · LA3 02The BayouWashington · DC3 03American Airlines ArenaMiami · FL2 04State TheatreNew Brunswick · NJ2 05First AvenueMinneapolis · MN2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY10OH7CO7MA6CA6VT5

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN10

MON11

TUE12

WED10

THU17

FRI18

SAT19

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.07.1%

v2.02.9%

v3.00.7%

v4.00.4%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Hold Your Head Up72 02Bouncing Around the Room54 03Llama50 04Possum48 05Cavern44 06Mike's Song43

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Frankenstein94 Farmhouse95 Jam93 Walk Away93 Tela93 Paul and Silas92 Golden Age91 Sleeping Monkey97

By tour25 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS97 TOTAL

011993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 16 sh17 021991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 14 sh15 031992 Spring Tour1992 · 13 sh13 041990 Tour1990 · 12 sh13 051991 Fall Tour1991 · 12 sh12 061992 Fall Tour1992 · 5 sh5 071989 Tour1989 · 2 sh2 081994 Fall Tour1994 · 2 sh2

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER LOVE YOUSWIPE →

78.89%Hold Your Head Up71× →→12.22%Cold as Ice11× →→3.33%Let's Go3× →→2.22%Whole Lotta Love2× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE LOVE YOUSWIPE →

76.19%Hold Your Head Up64× ←→15.48%Cold as Ice13× ←→3.57%Let's Go3× ←→2.38%You Enjoy Myself2× ←→

SONG ●/songs/love-youSETLIST APPS →phish.net source METHOD →/methodology CATALOG →/songs index

FOUL DOMAIN/songs/love-you · v3.2

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Common questions

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