How many times has Phish played Purple Rain?

Phish has performed "Purple Rain" 32 times since July 16, 1993.

What is the longest version of Purple Rain by Phish?

The longest version of "Purple Rain" was 8:06 long, performed at Warfield Theatre in San Francisco, CA on May 25, 1994.

When was the last time Phish played Purple Rain?

Phish last played "Purple Rain" on July 4, 2012. The current gap is 536 shows.

When did Phish first play Purple Rain?

"Purple Rain" debuted on July 16, 1993 at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, PA.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Purple Rain?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Purple Rain" are: Hold Your Head Up, Rift, Maze, Also Sprach Zarathustra, You Enjoy Myself.

← BACK·SONGS·Purple Rain

LIVE · 32 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Prince

Purple Rain

32 performances since 1993, with 18 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 70 on 1993-12-30.

DEBUT · 1993-07-16 · Philadelphia·LAST · 1996-08-06 · Morrison·LONGEST GAP · 339 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1993–1996INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’93’95’96

BEST · 1993-12-30 · 70LONGEST · 8:06 · 1994-05-25SHORTEST · 4:55YEARS · 3

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN18 OF 32 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 18 plays70

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 18 · BY SCORE18 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0170#1 / 18Cumberland County Civic CenterPortland, ME

1993-12-305:30

#0269#2 / 18Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

1994-12-305:35

#0367#3 / 18Waterloo VillageStanhope, NJ

1993-07-256:14

#0467#4 / 18Warfield TheatreSan Francisco, CA

1994-05-258:06

#0566#5 / 18The Bomb FactoryDallas, TX

1994-05-075:49

#0665#6 / 18Bayfront Park AmphitheaterMiami, FL

1993-08-036:15

#0764#7 / 18IC Light AmphitheaterPittsburgh, PA

1993-07-186:31

#0863#8 / 18Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison, CO

1996-08-064:55

#0961#9 / 18Orange County FairgroundsMiddletown, NY

1993-07-217:01

#1058#10 / 18La MarnaSesto Calende

1996-07-155:19

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0163#8 / 18Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison, CO

1996-08-064:55

#0258#10 / 18La MarnaSesto Calende

1996-07-155:19

#0358#12 / 18Pershing AuditoriumLincoln, NE

1995-10-215:47

#0469#2 / 18Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

1994-12-305:35

#0557#13 / 18UIC Pavilion, University of IllinoisChicago, IL

1994-11-255:43

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS32

DEBUT1993

LAST1996

AVG LEN6:05

CHARTED0

GAP MAX339

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1993–2012 · 14 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE18 VERSIONS

3695m

MEDIAN · 5:30PEAK · 5–6m (9)RANGE · 4–9m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1993–1996

5:005:306:006:30’95

SHORTEST · 5:07 · 1996LONGEST · 6:18 · 1994

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

SET MIX & ROLE32 PLAYS

SET 1 · 9%SET 2 · 91%

SET 1 3SET 2 29

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 8

24656912

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison · CO2 02Nikon at Jones Beach TheaterWantagh · NY1 03Deer Creek Music CenterNoblesville · IN1 04La MarnaSesto Calende1 05MelkwegAmsterdam1 06Pershing AuditoriumLincoln · NE1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY5 02CA3

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Hold Your Head Up32 02Rift19 03Maze17 04Also Sprach Zarathustra15 05You Enjoy Myself15 06Sparkle14 07Bouncing Around the Room13 08Run Like an Antelope13 09Stash13

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Evolve32 Yarmouth Road

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN11 TOURS · 32 PLAYS · 32 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011993 Summer Tour1414Jul 16, 1993·Aug 28, 1993 021994 Spring Tour55Apr 13, 1994·May 25, 1994 031994 Fall Tour44Oct 8, 1994·Dec 4, 1994 041996 Summer European Tour22Jul 12, 1996·Jul 15, 1996 051996 Summer U.S. Tour11Aug 6, 1996 061999 Summer U.S. Tour11Jul 25, 1999 071993 NYE Run11Dec 30, 1993 082012 Early Summer Tour11Jul 4, 2012 091994 NYE Run11Dec 30, 1994 101994 Summer Tour11Jun 16, 1994

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 960· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Purple Rain

Cover of Prince·debuted 07.16.93·The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia

32 PLAYS·18 ANALYZED·1 ERASRARITY · UNCOMMON

70BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 32

12.30.93Cumberland County Civi

Portland, ME · 5:30

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Year by year4 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1993–2026v3.2

1993 · 69.7

'93'01'09'17'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19938 VERS · BEST 69.7

By era4 ERAS · 18 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS18

AVG · BEST59·70

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

Versions18 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

12.30.93 Cumberland County Civi · Portland, ME

—5:3070 #02

12.30.94 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—5:3569 #03

07.25.93 Waterloo Village · Stanhope, NJ

—6:1467 #04

05.25.94 Warfield · San Francisco, CA

—8:0667 #05

05.07.94 The Bomb Factory · Dallas, TX

—5:4966 #06

08.03.93 Bayfront Park · Miami, FL

—6:1565 #07

07.18.93 IC Light · Pittsburgh, PA

—6:3164 #08

08.06.96 Red Rocks · Morrison, CO

—4:5563 #09

07.21.93 Orange County Fairgrou · Middletown, NY

—7:0161 #10

07.15.96 La Marna · Sesto Calende

—5:1958

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS32across 2 eras

ANALYZED1856% of all

AVG DURATION6:05duration

LONGEST8:0605.25.94 WARFIELD

SHORTEST4:5508.06.96 RED ROCKS

LONGEST GAP339 SH.1999 → 2012

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT07.16.93PHILADELPHIA

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1993–201232 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'93'95'97'99'01'03'05'07'09'11'12

MAX · 8 /MO·TOTAL · 32

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS31 PERFS

LONGEST · 339 SH.·MEDIAN · 5 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE18 VERSIONS

4m9m

MEDIAN · 5:30·PEAK · 5–6m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1993–1996

SHORT · 5:07 · 1996·LONG · 6:18 · 1994

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX32 PLAYS

S2 91%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #8

#5#16

TRANSITION OUT32 PLAYS

100%

SEGUE · 32

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison · CO2 02Nikon at Jones Beach TheaterWantagh · NY1 03Deer Creek Music CenterNoblesville · IN1 04La MarnaSesto Calende1 05MelkwegAmsterdam1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY5CA3FL3CO2IL2VA2

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN5

MON1

TUE4

WED4

THU3

FRI6

SAT9

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.02.5%

v3.00.2%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Hold Your Head Up32 02Rift19 03Maze17 04Also Sprach Zarathustra15 05You Enjoy Myself15 06Sparkle14

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Evolve32 Yarmouth Road32 Lengthwise32 Shade33 Corinna31 Frankie Says33 I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome31 Grind31

By tour11 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS32 TOTAL

011993 Summer Tour1993 · 14 sh14 021994 Spring Tour1994 · 5 sh5 031994 Fall Tour1994 · 4 sh4 041996 Summer European Tour1996 · 2 sh2 051996 Summer U.S. Tour1996 · 1 sh1 061999 Summer U.S. Tour1999 · 1 sh1 071993 NYE Run1993 · 1 sh1 082012 Early Summer Tour2012 · 1 sh1

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER PURPLE RAINSWIPE →

100%Hold Your Head Up32× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE PURPLE RAINSWIPE →

36.36%You Enjoy Myself8× ←→27.27%Hold Your Head Up6× ←→13.64%Big Ball Jam3× ←→13.64%Weekapaug Groove3× ←→

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