How many times has Phish played Sleep?

Phish has performed "Sleep" 19 times since October 17, 1998.

What is the longest version of Sleep by Phish?

The longest version of "Sleep" was 3:48 long, performed at Drum Logos in Chuo-ku, Fukuoka on June 14, 2000.

When was the last time Phish played Sleep?

Phish last played "Sleep" on December 28, 2025. The current gap is 17 shows.

When did Phish first play Sleep?

"Sleep" debuted on October 17, 1998 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA.

What songs does Phish commonly play with Sleep?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Sleep" are: Birds of a Feather, Driver, Possum, Character Zero, Guyute.

← BACK·SONGS·Sleep

LIVE · 19 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

Sleep

19 performances since 1998, with 20 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 77 on 2025-12-28.

DEBUT · 1998-10-17 · Mountain View·LAST · 2025-12-28 · New York·LONGEST GAP · 295 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1998–2025INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’98’00’05’10’15’20’25

BEST · 2025-12-28 · 77LONGEST · 3:48 · 2000-06-14SHORTEST · 2:01YEARS · 27

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN20 OF 19 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 12 plays71

v2.02002–2004 · 1 play50

v3.02009–2020 · 5 plays55

v4.02021–present · 2 plays77

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 20 · BY SCORE20 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0177#1 / 20Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2025-12-282:52

#0271#2 / 20Drum LogosChuo-ku, Fukuoka

2000-06-143:48

#0362#3 / 20Deer Creek Music CenterNoblesville, IN

1999-07-263:20

#0461#4 / 20BI-LO CenterGreenville, SC

1998-11-183:22

#0558#5 / 20Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

1998-12-282:25

#0656#6 / 20Pepsi ArenaAlbany, NY

1998-11-252:18

#0756#7 / 20Sony Music StudiosNew York, NY

1998-10-202:43

#0855#8 / 20Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge, WA

2009-08-072:43

#0955#9 / 20Greek TheatreLos Angeles, CA

1998-10-292:29

#1054#10 / 20Shoreline AmphitheatreMountain View, CA

1998-10-172:11

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0177#1 / 20Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2025-12-282:52

#0246#18 / 20Broadview Stage at SPACSaratoga Springs, NY

2023-08-252:12

#0350#14 / 20Dunkin' Donuts CenterProvidence, RI

2019-11-292:17

#0451#13 / 20Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs, NY

2019-07-032:32

#0544#19 / 20UIC Pavilion, University of IllinoisChicago, IL

2011-08-172:01

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS19

DEBUT1998

LAST2025

AVG LEN2:38

CHARTED0

GAP MAX295

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1998–2025 · 14 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'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

51015

MEDIAN · 2:30PEAK · 2–3m (15)RANGE · 2–4m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1998–2025

2:002:303:003:30’00’05’10’15’20’25

SHORTEST · 2:01 · 2011LONGEST · 3:09 · 2000

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

SET MIX & ROLE19 PLAYS

SET 1 · 68%SET 2 · 16%ENCORE · 16%

SET 1 13SET 2 3ENCORE 3

S1 OPEN1

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 5

12345

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Madison Square GardenNew York · NY2 02Dunkin' Donuts CenterProvidence · RI1 03Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs · NY1 04UIC Pavilion, University of IllinoisChicago · IL1 05Gorge AmphitheatreGeorge · WA1 06The Fox TheatreSt. Louis · MO1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY6 02CA

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Birds of a Feather8 02Driver7 03Possum6 04Character Zero6 05Guyute5 06Taste5 07Slave to the Traffic Light5 08David Bowie5 09Back on the Train5

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Rise/Come Together19

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN13 TOURS · 19 PLAYS · 19 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011998 Fall Tour44Oct 29, 1998·Nov 25, 1998 02Not Part of a Tour33Oct 17, 1998·Jul 17, 2000 031999 Summer U.S. Tour22Jul 8, 1999·Jul 26, 1999 042000 Fall Tour11Sep 18, 2000 052000 Summer Japan Tour11Jun 14, 2000 062003 Winter Tour11Feb 28, 2003 072009 Early Summer Tour11Jun 16, 2009 082009 Late Summer Tour11Aug 7, 2009 092011 Late Summer Tour11Aug 17, 2011 102019 Fall Tour11Nov 29, 2019

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 1928· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Sleep

Phish original·debuted 10.17.98·Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View

19 PLAYS·20 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · BUSTOUT

77BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 19

12.28.25Madison Square Garden

New York, NY · 2:52

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Year by year9 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1998–2026v3.2

2025 · 77.4

'98'05'12'19'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20251 VERS · BEST 77.4

By era4 ERAS · 20 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS12

AVG · BEST56·71

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST50·50

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS5

AVG · BEST49·55

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS2

AVG · BEST62·77

BEST VERSION→

Versions20 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

12.28.25 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—2:5277 #02

06.14.00 Drum Logos · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka

—3:4871 #03

07.26.99 Deer Creek Music · Noblesville, IN

—3:2062 #04

11.18.98 BI-LO · Greenville, SC

—3:2261 #05

12.28.98 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—2:2558 #06

11.25.98 Pepsi Arena · Albany, NY

—2:1856 #07

10.20.98 Sony Music Studios · New York, NY

—2:4356 #08

08.07.09 Gorge · George, WA

—2:4355 #09

10.29.98 Greek · Los Angeles, CA

—2:2955 #10

10.17.98 Shoreline · Mountain View, CA

—2:1154

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS19across 4 eras

ANALYZED20105% of all

AVG DURATION2:38duration

LONGEST3:4806.14.00 DRUM LOGOS

SHORTEST2:0108.17.11 UIC , UNIVERSITY OF IL

LONGEST GAP295 SH.2011 → 2019

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT10.17.98MOUNTAIN VIEW

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1998–202519 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'98'00'02'04'06'08'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'24'25

MAX · 3 /MO·TOTAL · 19

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS18 PERFS

LONGEST · 295 SH.·MEDIAN · 11 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE19 VERSIONS

2m4m

MEDIAN · 2:30·PEAK · 2–3m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1998–2025

SHORT · 2:01 · 2011·LONG · 3:09 · 2000

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX19 PLAYS

S1 68%S2 16%ENCORE 16%

S1 OPEN1

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE1

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #5

#1#15

TRANSITION OUT19 PLAYS

89%

STOP · 17SEGUE · 2

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY6CA2RI1IL1WA1MO1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · WED

SUN1

MON4

TUE2

WED6

THU2

FRI3

SAT1

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.01.0%

v2.01.5%

v3.01.1%

v4.00.4%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Birds of a Feather8 02Driver7 03Possum6 04Character Zero6 05Guyute5 06Taste5

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Rise/Come Together19 Bittersweet Motel19 Leaves19 Breath and Burning19 The Dogs19 Fuck Your Face20 Ass Handed18 Life Saving Gun20

By tour13 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS19 TOTAL

011998 Fall Tour1998 · 4 sh4 02Not Part of a Tour1998–2000 · 3 sh3 031999 Summer U.S. Tour1999 · 2 sh2 042000 Fall Tour2000 · 1 sh1 052000 Summer Japan Tour2000 · 1 sh1 062003 Winter Tour2003 · 1 sh1 072009 Early Summer Tour2009 · 1 sh1 082009 Late Summer Tour2009 · 1 sh1

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER SLEEPSWIPE →

25%Frankie Says2× →→25%Driver2× →→12.5%Buffalo Bill1× →→12.5%Destiny Unbound1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE SLEEPSWIPE →

28.57%Taste2× ←→14.29%Carolina1× ←→14.29%David Bowie1× ←→14.29%Driver1× ←→

SONG ●/songs/sleepSETLIST APPS →phish.net source METHOD →/methodology CATALOG →/songs index

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