How many times has Phish played Mountains in the Mist?

Phish has performed "Mountains in the Mist" 49 times since July 3, 1999.

What is the longest version of Mountains in the Mist by Phish?

The longest version of "Mountains in the Mist" was 8:47 long, performed at HiFi Buys Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA on July 26, 2003.

When was the last time Phish played Mountains in the Mist?

Phish last played "Mountains in the Mist" on July 12, 2026. The current gap is 13 shows.

When did Phish first play Mountains in the Mist?

"Mountains in the Mist" debuted on July 3, 1999 at Lakewood Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Mountains in the Mist?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Mountains in the Mist" are: Weekapaug Groove, Bathtub Gin, Chalk Dust Torture, Mike's Song, Gumbo.

← BACK·SONGS·Mountains in the Mist

LIVE · 49 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Mountains in the Mist

49 performances since 1999, with 50 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 83 on 2024-08-07.

DEBUT · 1999-07-03 · Atlanta·LAST · 2026-07-12 · Noblesville·LONGEST GAP · 145 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1999–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’99’00’05’10’15’20’25’26

BEST · 2024-08-07 · 83LONGEST · 8:47 · 2003-07-26SHORTEST · 4:37YEARS · 27

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN50 OF 49 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 8 plays58

v2.02002–2004 · 6 plays63

v3.02009–2020 · 10 plays57

v4.02021–present · 26 plays83

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 50 · BY SCORE50 ANALYZED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0183#1 / 50Van Andel ArenaGrand Rapids, MI · #1

2024-08-076:19

#0278#2 / 50SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-05-018:19

#0375#3 / 50Coca-Cola AmphitheaterBirmingham, AL

2025-09-137:14

#0473#4 / 50Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2025-12-297:48

#0571#5 / 50Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2026-07-126:43

#0663#6 / 50U.S. Bank ArenaCincinnati, OH

2003-02-227:13

#0760#7 / 50The WoodlandsDover, DE

2024-08-167:23

#0859#8 / 50Hampton ColiseumHampton, VA

2003-01-047:50

#0958#9 / 50Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2023-09-017:16

#1058#10 / 50E CentreCamden, NJ

1999-07-107:27

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0171#5 / 50Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2026-07-126:43

#0278#2 / 50SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-05-018:19

#0373#4 / 50Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2025-12-297:48

#0475#3 / 50Coca-Cola AmphitheaterBirmingham, AL

2025-09-137:14

#0544#43 / 50United CenterChicago, IL

2025-07-196:33

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS49

DEBUT1999

LAST2026

AVG LEN7:09

CHARTED1

GAP MAX145

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1999–2026 · 41 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'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 MINUTE49 VERSIONS

51015205m

MEDIAN · 7:30PEAK · 7–8m (23)RANGE · 4–9m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1999–2026

6:307:007:308:008:30

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

SET MIX & ROLE49 PLAYS

SET 1 · 51%SET 2 · 47%

SET 1 25SET 2 23ENCORE 1

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 5

3691246

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY5 02SphereLas Vegas · NV2 03United CenterChicago · IL2 04Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO2 05Hampton ColiseumHampton · VA2 06Shoreline AmphitheatreMountain View · CA2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY6 02CA6

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Weekapaug Groove14 02Bathtub Gin13 03Chalk Dust Torture13 04Mike's Song12 05Gumbo11 06Carini11 07Piper11 08Sand11 09Tube11

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Drowned49 Whipping Post49 Cold as Ice

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN33 TOURS · 49 PLAYS · 49 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011999 Summer U.S. Tour44Jul 3, 1999·Jul 26, 1999 021999 Fall Tour33Sep 16, 1999·Oct 1, 1999 032003 Summer Tour33Jul 9, 2003·Aug 3, 2003 042023 Summer Tour33Jul 16, 2023·Sep 1, 2023 052024 Summer Tour33Jul 27, 2024·Aug 16, 2024 06Not Part of a Tour33Nov 1, 2009·Oct 27, 2024 072003 Winter Tour22Feb 22, 2003·Mar 1, 2003 082021 Summer Tour22Jul 30, 2021·Aug 28, 2021 092022 Summer Tour22Jul 14, 2022·Aug 7, 2022 102010/2011 NYE Run11Dec 27, 2010

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 2040· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Mountains in the Mist

Phish original·debuted 07.03.99·Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta

49 PLAYS·50 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

83BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 49

08.07.24Van Andel Arena

Grand Rapids, MI · 6:19

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Year by year14 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1999–2026v3.2

2024 · 82.5

'99'05'12'19'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20247 VERS · BEST 82.5

By era4 ERAS · 50 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0 · 26

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS8

AVG · BEST50·58

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS6

AVG · BEST53·63

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS10

AVG · BEST49·57

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS26

AVG · BEST54·83

BEST VERSION→

Versions50 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

08.07.24 Van Andel Arena · Grand Rapids, MICHARTED

—6:1983 #02

05.01.26 Sphere · Las Vegas, NV

—8:1978 #03

09.13.25 Coca-Cola · Birmingham, AL

—7:1475 #04

12.29.25 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—7:4873 #05

07.12.26 Ruoff Music · Noblesville, IN

—6:4371 #06

02.22.03 U.S. Bank Arena · Cincinnati, OH

—7:1363 #07

08.16.24 The Woodlands · Dover, DE

—7:2360 #08

01.04.03 Hampton · Hampton, VA

—7:5059 #09

09.01.23 Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City, CO

—7:1658 #10

07.10.99 E · Camden, NJ

—7:2758

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS49across 4 eras

ANALYZED50102% of all

AVG DURATION7:091 charted

LONGEST8:4707.26.03 HIFI BUYS

SHORTEST4:3712.13.99 PROVIDENCE CIVIC

LONGEST GAP145 SH.2010 → 2014

JAM CHART1CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT07.03.99ATLANTA

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1999–202649 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'99'01'03'05'07'09'11'13'15'17'19'21'23'25'26

MAX · 4 /MO·TOTAL · 49

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS48 PERFS

LONGEST · 145 SH.·MEDIAN · 9 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE49 VERSIONS

4m9m

MEDIAN · 7:30·PEAK · 7–8m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1999–2026

SHORT · 6:36 · 2014·LONG · 8:10 · 2009

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX49 PLAYS

S1 51%S2 47%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #6

#1#10

TRANSITION OUT49 PLAYS

94%

STOP · 46SEGUE · 3

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY5 02SphereLas Vegas · NV2 03United CenterChicago · IL2 04Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO2 05Hampton ColiseumHampton · VA2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY6CA6GA4CO3MA3VA3

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN7

MON5

TUE7

WED5

THU2

FRI9

SAT14

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.00.6%

v2.08.8%

v3.02.2%

v4.09.5%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Weekapaug Groove14 02Bathtub Gin13 03Chalk Dust Torture13 04Mike's Song12 05Gumbo11 06Carini11

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Drowned49 Whipping Post49 Cold as Ice49 Twenty Years Later49 The Ballad of Curtis Loew48 Weigh48 Set Your Soul Free48 My Mind's Got a Mind of its Own47

By tour33 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS49 TOTAL

011999 Summer U.S. Tour1999 · 4 sh4 021999 Fall Tour1999 · 3 sh3 032003 Summer Tour2003 · 3 sh3 042023 Summer Tour2023 · 3 sh3 052024 Summer Tour2024 · 3 sh3 06Not Part of a Tour2009–2024 · 3 sh3 072003 Winter Tour2003 · 2 sh2 082021 Summer Tour2021 · 2 sh2

Charted appearances1 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

08.07.24·Van Andel Arena · Grand Rapids

Remarkable version, featuring Billy Strings on acoustic guitar.

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER MOUNTAINS IN THE MISTSWIPE →

21.43%Blaze On3× →→21.43%Waves3× →→14.29%Meat2× →→14.29%Julius2× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE MOUNTAINS IN THE MISTSWIPE →

21.43%Tube3× ←→21.43%Piper3× ←→14.29%Mound2× ←→14.29%Light2× ←→

Top venues1 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG556

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