How many times has Phish played On Your Way Down?

Phish has performed "On Your Way Down" 23 times since June 24, 1988.

What is the longest version of On Your Way Down by Phish?

The longest version of "On Your Way Down" was 9:23 long, performed at Target Center in Minneapolis, MN on October 2, 1999.

When was the last time Phish played On Your Way Down?

Phish last played "On Your Way Down" on July 18, 2025. The current gap is 51 shows.

When did Phish first play On Your Way Down?

"On Your Way Down" debuted on June 24, 1988 at Halverson's in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with On Your Way Down?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "On Your Way Down" are: You Enjoy Myself, AC/DC Bag, Run Like an Antelope, Possum, Fluffhead.

← BACK·SONGS·On Your Way Down

LIVE · 23 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Allen Toussaint

On Your Way Down

23 performances since 1988, with 19 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 68 on 1999-10-02.

DEBUT · 1988-06-24 · Burlington·LAST · 2025-07-18 · Chicago·LONGEST GAP · 1000 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1988–2025INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’88’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25

BEST · 1999-10-02 · 68LONGEST · 9:23 · 1999-10-02SHORTEST · 4:06YEARS · 37

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN19 OF 23 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 16 plays68

v2.02002–2004 · 1 play39

v3.02009–2020 · 5 plays57

v4.02021–present · 1 play54

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 19 · BY SCORE19 ANALYZED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0168#1 / 19Target CenterMinneapolis, MN

1999-10-029:23

#0257#2 / 19Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia, MD

2011-06-116:08

#0354#3 / 19Humphries House (The Zoo), Amherst CollegeAmherst, MA

1988-09-245:36

#0454#4 / 19Pete's Phabulous Phish PhestUnderhill, VT

1988-07-236:05

#0554#5 / 19United CenterChicago, IL

2025-07-188:45

#0654#6 / 19Nectar'sBurlington, VT

1988-07-245:43

#0753#7 / 19Cynthia Woods Mitchell PavilionThe Woodlands, TX

1999-09-258:43

#0852#8 / 19Burlington BoathouseBurlington, VT

1989-08-126:27

#0949#9 / 191stBank CenterBroomfield, CO

2010-10-125:59

#1048#10 / 19Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge, WA

2011-08-067:26

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0154#5 / 19United CenterChicago, IL

2025-07-188:45

#0248#10 / 19Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge, WA

2011-08-067:26

#0357#2 / 19Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia, MD

2011-06-116:08

#0449#9 / 191stBank CenterBroomfield, CO

2010-10-125:59

#0546#15 / 19Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy, WI

2010-08-157:22

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS23

DEBUT1988

LAST2025

AVG LEN6:37

CHARTED0

GAP MAX1000

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1988–2025 · 18 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'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

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE19 VERSIONS

2465m

MEDIAN · 6:30PEAK · 5–6m (6)RANGE · 4–10m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1988–2025

5:006:007:008:009:00’90’95’00

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

SET MIX & ROLE23 PLAYS

SET 1 · 61%SET 2 · 35%

SET 1 14SET 2 8SET 3 1

S1 OPEN1

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 6

1234124

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT4 02United CenterChicago · IL1 03Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge · WA1 04Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia · MD1 051stBank CenterBroomfield · CO1 06Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01VT9 02CO3

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01You Enjoy Myself14 02AC/DC Bag10 03Run Like an Antelope9 04Possum9 05Fluffhead9 06David Bowie8 07Peaches en Regalia8 08Golgi Apparatus8 09Suzy Greenberg8

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

The Vibration of Life

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN10 TOURS · 23 PLAYS · 23 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011988 Tour77Jun 24, 1988·Sep 24, 1988 021989 Tour66Feb 6, 1989·Aug 12, 1989 031999 Fall Tour33Sep 16, 1999·Oct 2, 1999 042003 Summer Tour11Jul 30, 2003 052009 Fall Tour11Nov 27, 2009 062010 Fall Tour11Oct 12, 2010 072010 Late Summer Tour11Aug 15, 2010 082011 Early Summer Tour11Jun 11, 2011 092011 Late Summer Tour11Aug 6, 2011 102025 Early Summer Tour11Jul 18, 2025

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 291· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

On Your Way Down

Cover of Allen Toussaint·debuted 06.24.88·Halverson's, Burlington

23 PLAYS·19 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · BUSTOUT

68BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 23

10.02.99Target

Minneapolis, MN · 9:23

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Year by year8 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1988–2026v3.2

1999 · 68.4

'88'97'07'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19993 VERS · BEST 68.4

By era4 ERAS · 23 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS16

AVG · BEST49·68

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST39·39

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS5

AVG · BEST48·57

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST54·54

BEST VERSION→

Versions19 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

10.02.99 Target · Minneapolis, MN

—9:2368 #02

06.11.11 Merriweather Post · Columbia, MD

—6:0857 #03

09.24.88 Humphries House (The Z · Amherst, MA

—5:3654 #04

07.23.88 Pete's Phabulous Phish · Underhill, VT

—6:0554 #05

07.18.25 United · Chicago, IL

—8:4554 #06

07.24.88 Nectar's · Burlington, VT

—5:4354 #07

09.25.99 Cynthia Woods Mitchell · The Woodlands, TX

—8:4353 #08

08.12.89 Burlington Boathouse · Burlington, VT

—6:2752 #09

10.12.10 1stBank · Broomfield, CO

—5:5949 #10

08.06.11 Gorge · George, WA

—7:2648

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS23across 4 eras

ANALYZED1983% of all

AVG DURATION6:37duration

LONGEST9:2310.02.99 TARGET

SHORTEST4:0609.08.88 THE FRONT

LONGEST GAP1000 SH.1989 → 1999

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT06.24.88BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1988–202523 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'88'93'98'03'08'13'18'23'25

MAX · 3 /MO·TOTAL · 23

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS22 PERFS

LONGEST · 1000 SH.·MEDIAN · 7 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE19 VERSIONS

4m10m

MEDIAN · 6:30·PEAK · 5–6m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1988–2025

SHORT · 5:23 · 1988·LONG · 8:45 · 2025

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX23 PLAYS

S1 61%S2 35%

S1 OPEN1

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #2

#1#10

TRANSITION OUT23 PLAYS

78%22%

STOP · 18SEGUE · 5

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT4 02United CenterChicago · IL1 03Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge · WA1 04Merriweather Post PavilionColumbia · MD1 051stBank CenterBroomfield · CO1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

VT9CO3MA2IL1WA1MD1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN2

MON2

TUE1

WED2

THU3

FRI4

SAT9

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.01.3%

v2.01.5%

v3.01.1%

v4.00.4%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01You Enjoy Myself14 02AC/DC Bag10 03Run Like an Antelope9 04Possum9 05Fluffhead9 06David Bowie8

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

The Vibration of Life23 I Always Wanted It This Way23 Life on Mars?23 Devotion to a Dream23 Buffalo Bill23 Crowd Control23 Izabella23 Dave's Energy Guide22

By tour10 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS23 TOTAL

011988 Tour1988 · 7 sh7 021989 Tour1989 · 6 sh6 031999 Fall Tour1999 · 3 sh3 042003 Summer Tour2003 · 1 sh1 052009 Fall Tour2009 · 1 sh1 062010 Fall Tour2010 · 1 sh1 072010 Late Summer Tour2010 · 1 sh1 082011 Early Summer Tour2011 · 1 sh1

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER ON YOUR WAY DOWNSWIPE →

25%AC/DC Bag2× →→25%Alumni Blues2× →→12.5%Fast Enough for You1× →→12.5%Divided Sky1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE ON YOUR WAY DOWNSWIPE →

16.67%Alumni Blues1× ←→16.67%Bathtub Gin1× ←→16.67%Chalk Dust Torture1× ←→16.67%Divided Sky1× ←→

Top venues1 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

The FrontBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG440

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