How many times has Phish played Runaway Jim?

Phish has performed "Runaway Jim" 415 times since March 28, 1990.

What is the longest version of Runaway Jim by Phish?

The longest version of "Runaway Jim" was 58:49 long, performed at Worcester Centrum Centre in Worcester, MA on November 29, 1997.

When was the last time Phish played Runaway Jim?

Phish last played "Runaway Jim" on April 30, 2026. The current gap is 2 shows.

When did Phish first play Runaway Jim?

"Runaway Jim" debuted on March 28, 1990 at Beta Theta Pi Frat House Party, Denison University in Granville, OH.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Runaway Jim?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Runaway Jim" are: Bouncing Around the Room, You Enjoy Myself, Foam, The Squirming Coil, Cavern.

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LIVE · 415 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Runaway Jim

415 performances since 1990, with 390 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 96 on 1998-08-11.

DEBUT · 1990-03-28 · Granville·LAST · 2026-04-30 · Las Vegas·LONGEST GAP · 30 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1990–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25’26

BEST · 1998-08-11 · 96LONGEST · 58:49 · 1997-11-29SHORTEST · 1:38YEARS · 36

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN390 OF 415 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 314 plays96

v2.02002–2004 · 12 plays83

v3.02009–2020 · 56 plays89

v4.02021–present · 27 plays88

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 390 · BY SCORE390 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0196#1 / 390Star Lake AmphitheatreBurgettstown, PA · #21

1998-08-1134:51

#0295#2 / 390Worcester Centrum CentreWorcester, MA · #26

1997-11-2958:49

#0391#3 / 390Walnut Creek AmphitheaterRaleigh, NC · #41

1995-06-1630:51

#0491#4 / 390Oswego County AirportVolney, NY · #19

1999-07-1824:48

#0589#5 / 390PNC Music PavilionCharlotte, NC · #9

2019-06-2118:50

#0688#6 / 390Riverport AmphitheaterMaryland Heights, MO · #28

1997-08-0616:39

#0788#7 / 390Coca-Cola AmphitheaterBirmingham, AL · #1

2025-09-1315:17

#0887#8 / 390Bill Graham Civic AuditoriumSan Francisco, CA · #12

2013-08-0416:26

#0986#9 / 390ZeppSuminoe-ku, Osaka · #18

2000-06-1626:09

#1084#10 / 390Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO · #13

2012-08-3119:03

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0175#45 / 390SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-04-3015:10

#0288#7 / 390Coca-Cola AmphitheaterBirmingham, AL · #1

2025-09-1315:17

#0355#96 / 390North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston, SC

2025-07-137:12

#0432#347 / 390SNHU ArenaManchester, NH

2025-06-226:60

#0546#155 / 390Hollywood BowlHollywood, CA

2025-04-266:43

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS415

DEBUT1990

LAST2026

AVG LEN8:46

CHARTED76

GAP MAX30

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1990–2026 · 140 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'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 MINUTE386 VERSIONS

50100

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

SET MIX & ROLE415 PLAYS

SET 1 · 67%SET 2 · 30%

SET 1 277SET 2 125SET 3 3ENCORE 10

S1 OPEN95

S1 CLOSE30

S2 OPEN40

S2 CLOSE12

ENCORE13

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 2

255075100125

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY9 02The FrontBurlington · VT6 03Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO5 04Hampton ColiseumHampton · VA5 05Somerville TheatreSomerville · MA5 06Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI4

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY56 02CA

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Bouncing Around the Room169 02You Enjoy Myself155 03Foam155 04The Squirming Coil147 05Cavern144 06Chalk Dust Torture141 07Stash137 08Llama132 09Reba132

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Tweezer416 Reba418

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN90 TOURS · 415 PLAYS · 410 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011991 Winter/Spring Tour3939Feb 1, 1991·May 18, 1991 021990 Tour3030Mar 28, 1990·Dec 31, 1990 031993 Winter/Spring Tour2828Feb 3, 1993·May 5, 1993 041992 Spring Tour2626Mar 7, 1992·May 18, 1992 051991 Fall Tour2626Sep 25, 1991·Dec 7, 1991 061995 Fall Tour1616Sep 28, 1995·Dec 17, 1995 071994 Spring Tour1515Apr 5, 1994·May 27, 1994 081992 Summer U.S. Tour1414Jul 9, 1992·Aug 28, 1992 091993 Summer Tour1212Jul 15, 1993·Aug 26, 1993 101994 Fall Tour1111Oct 9, 1994·Dec 7, 1994

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 520· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Runaway Jim

Phish original·debuted 03.28.90·Beta Theta Pi Frat House Party, Denison University, Granville

415 PLAYS·390 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · COMMON

96BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 415

08.11.98Star Lake

Burgettstown, PA · 34:51

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Year by year31 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1990–2026v3.2

1998 · 95.6

'90'99'08'17'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19988 VERS · BEST 95.6

By era4 ERAS · 409 PLAYS

1.0 · 3142.03.0 · 564.0 · 27

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS314

AVG · BEST47·96

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS12

AVG · BEST50·83

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS56

AVG · BEST48·89

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS27

AVG · BEST53·88

BEST VERSION→

Versions390 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

08.11.98 Star Lake · Burgettstown, PACHARTED

—34:5196 #02

11.29.97 Worcester Centrum · Worcester, MACHARTED

—58:4995 #03

06.16.95 Walnut Creek · Raleigh, NCCHARTED

—30:5191 #04

07.18.99 Oswego County Airport · Volney, NYCHARTED

—24:4891 #05

06.21.19 PNC Music · Charlotte, NCCHARTED

—18:5089 #06

08.06.97 Riverport · Maryland Heights, MOCHARTED

—16:3988 #07

09.13.25 Coca-Cola · Birmingham, ALCHARTED

—15:1788 #08

08.04.13 Bill Graham Civic Audi · San Francisco, CACHARTED

—16:2687 #09

06.16.00 Zepp · Suminoe-ku, OsakaCHARTED

—26:0986 #10

08.31.12 Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City, COCHARTED

—19:0384

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS415across 4 eras

ANALYZED39094% of all

AVG DURATION8:4676 charted

LONGEST58:4911.29.97 WORCESTER CENTRUM

SHORTEST1:3802.14.91 STATE OF ITHACA

LONGEST GAP30 SH.2015 → 2016

JAM CHART76CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT03.28.90GRANVILLE

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1990–2026415 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'90'95'00'05'10'15'20'25'26

MAX · 13 /MO·TOTAL · 415

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS409 PERFS

LONGEST · 30 SH.·MEDIAN · 3 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE386 VERSIONS

1m59m

MEDIAN · 7:30·PEAK · 7–8m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1990–2026

SHORT · 4:12 · 2018·LONG · 19:11 · 2000

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX415 PLAYS

S1 67%S2 30%

S1 OPEN95

S1 CLOSE30

S2 OPEN40

S2 CLOSE12

ENCORE13

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#22

TRANSITION OUT415 PLAYS

66%16%

STOP · 273END · 52SEGUE · 65HARD · 25

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY9 02The FrontBurlington · VT6 03Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City · CO5 04Hampton ColiseumHampton · VA5 05Somerville TheatreSomerville · MA5

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY56CA34CO33MA23PA17NC15

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN60

MON23

TUE47

WED57

THU54

FRI80

SAT94

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.025.5%

v2.016.2%

v3.012.2%

v4.010.7%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Bouncing Around the Room169 02You Enjoy Myself155 03Foam155 04The Squirming Coil147 05Cavern144 06Chalk Dust Torture141

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Tweezer416 Reba418 Harry Hood440 The Squirming Coil376 Divided Sky446 Suzy Greenberg456 Stash461 Foam357

By tour90 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS415 TOTAL

011991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 39 sh39 021990 Tour1990 · 30 sh30 031993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 28 sh28 041992 Spring Tour1992 · 26 sh26 051991 Fall Tour1991 · 26 sh26 061995 Fall Tour1995 · 16 sh16 071994 Spring Tour1994 · 15 sh15 081992 Summer U.S. Tour1992 · 14 sh14

Charted appearances76 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

09.13.25·Coca-Cola · Birmingham

In from an amazing "Gin" (last paired 8/9/04, and definitely worth revisiting), the play here, if not an extension of the improvisation, is certainly a welcome complement. While "Jim" has been great o…

→CHRT#2

12.29.24·Madison Square Garden · New York

Extended tension building and tonal changes send this jam spiraling to an eventual triumphant release. Excellent normal-lengthed version.

→CHRT#3

07.15.23·Ameris Bank · Alpharetta

Strong show-opening jam >'s to "Foam," completing one of the summer's classic throwback moments. Tight, full-band play is marked by no shortage of 23's sound, most notably found when, exploring tonali…

→CHRT#4

04.19.23·William Randolph Hears · Berkeley

The jam initially begins in standard "Jim" territory before a Mike-led tonal shift signals new directions. Fishman's inspired melodic drumming retains a familiar vibe, as the rest of the band shifts t…

→CHRT#5

07.20.22·TD at the Mann · Philadelphia

Another Phish classic benefitting from the band's renewed interest in exceptional, seemingly effortless, improvisation. Not quite running away, the jam threatens to break free, riding that effortlessl…

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER RUNAWAY JIMSWIPE →