How many times has Phish played Sweet Adeline?

Phish has performed "Sweet Adeline" 178 times since March 28, 1990.

What is the longest version of Sweet Adeline by Phish?

The longest version of "Sweet Adeline" was 8:14 long, performed at Keswick Theatre in Glenside, PA on November 25, 1992.

When was the last time Phish played Sweet Adeline?

Phish last played "Sweet Adeline" on July 24, 2026. The current gap is 5 shows.

When did Phish first play Sweet Adeline?

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

What songs does Phish commonly play with Sweet Adeline?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "Sweet Adeline" are: Bouncing Around the Room, Cavern, Chalk Dust Torture, You Enjoy Myself, Stash.

← BACK·SONGS·Sweet Adeline

LIVE · 178 PERFORMANCES

Phish cover · Artie Shaw

Sweet Adeline

178 performances since 1990, with 150 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 69 on 2026-07-24.

DEBUT · 1990-03-28 · Granville·LAST · 2026-07-24 · New York·LONGEST GAP · 369 SHOWS

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

’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25’26

BEST · 2026-07-24 · 69LONGEST · 8:14 · 1992-11-25SHORTEST · 0:44YEARS · 36

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN150 OF 178 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 174 plays68

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 2 plays50

v4.02021–present · 1 play69

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 150 · BY SCORE150 ANALYZED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0169#1 / 150Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2026-07-242:28

#0268#2 / 150Canyon West Room, Lincoln CenterFort Collins, CO

1990-04-211:27

#0367#3 / 150Roxy TheatreAtlanta, GA

1993-02-213:48

#0467#4 / 150Keswick TheatreGlenside, PA

1992-11-258:14

#0566#5 / 150Coral Sky AmphitheaterWest Palm Beach, FL

1996-11-024:40

#0665#6 / 150The StingNew Britain, CT

1991-05-164:15

#0764#7 / 150Jones Beach AmphitheaterWantagh, NY

1992-07-122:51

#0862#8 / 150The Strand TheaterDorchester, MA

1990-04-282:36

#0962#9 / 150The Grey HallCopenhagen

1998-07-013:35

#1061#10 / 150The Edge Night ClubOrlando, FL

1993-02-233:00

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0169#1 / 150Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2026-07-242:28

#0250#76 / 150Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2016-12-292:43

#0346#127 / 150Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO

2011-09-021:46

#0454#42 / 150Naeba Ski ResortNiigata

1999-08-012:09

#0562#9 / 150The Grey HallCopenhagen

1998-07-013:35

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS178

DEBUT1990

LAST2026

AVG LEN2:20

CHARTED0

GAP MAX369

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1990–2026 · 53 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 MINUTE148 VERSIONS

10203040506070800m5m

MEDIAN · 2:30PEAK · 2–3m (84)RANGE · 0–9m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1990–2026

1:302:002:303:003:30

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

SET MIX & ROLE178 PLAYS

SET 1 · 41%SET 2 · 23%ENCORE · 36%

SET 1 73SET 2 41ENCORE 64

S1 OPEN10

S1 CLOSE29

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE17

ENCORE59

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 5

1020304050

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Somerville TheatreSomerville · MA3 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY2 03Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison · CO2 04Greek TheatreLos Angeles · CA2 05Jones Beach AmphitheaterWantagh · NY2 06Riverport AmphitheaterMaryland Heights · MO2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY22 02CA

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Bouncing Around the Room80 02Cavern72 03Chalk Dust Torture71 04You Enjoy Myself67 05Stash63 06Poor Heart61 07Reba60 08Golgi Apparatus59 09Runaway Jim59

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Contact177 The Sloth

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN29 TOURS · 178 PLAYS · 178 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011993 Winter/Spring Tour2121Feb 6, 1993·May 6, 1993 021992 Spring Tour1717Mar 7, 1992·May 16, 1992 031990 Tour1515Mar 28, 1990·Nov 17, 1990 041991 Fall Tour1414Sep 26, 1991·Dec 7, 1991 051994 Fall Tour1212Oct 12, 1994·Dec 8, 1994 061995 Fall Tour1212Sep 29, 1995·Dec 15, 1995 071992 Fall Tour1010Nov 20, 1992·Dec 13, 1992 081991 Winter/Spring Tour1010Apr 18, 1991·May 16, 1991 091992 Summer U.S. Tour99Jul 12, 1992·Aug 30, 1992 101994 Spring Tour99Apr 6, 1994·May 25, 1994

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 522· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

Sweet Adeline

Cover of Artie Shaw·debuted 03.28.90·Beta Theta Pi Frat House Party, Denison University, Granville

178 PLAYS·150 ANALYZED·3 ERASRARITY · COMMON

69BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 178

07.24.26Madison Square Garden

New York, NY · 2:28

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Year by year13 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1990–2026v3.2

2026 · 69.2

'90'99'08'17'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20261 VERS · BEST 69.2

By era4 ERAS · 177 PLAYS

1.0 · 1742.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS174

AVG · BEST51·68

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS2

AVG · BEST48·50

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST69·69

BEST VERSION→

Versions150 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

07.24.26 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—2:2869 #02

04.21.90 Canyon West Room, Linc · Fort Collins, CO

—1:2768 #03

02.21.93 Roxy · Atlanta, GA

—3:4867 #04

11.25.92 Keswick · Glenside, PA

—8:1467 #05

11.02.96 Coral Sky · West Palm Beach, FL

—4:4066 #06

05.16.91 The Sting · New Britain, CT

—4:1565 #07

07.12.92 Jones Beach · Wantagh, NY

—2:5164 #08

04.28.90 The Strand · Dorchester, MA

—2:3662 #09

07.01.98 The Grey Hall · Copenhagen

—3:3562 #10

02.23.93 The Edge Night Club · Orlando, FL

—3:0061

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS178across 3 eras

ANALYZED15084% of all

AVG DURATION2:20duration

LONGEST8:1411.25.92 KESWICK

SHORTEST0:4412.05.92 THE VIC

LONGEST GAP369 SH.2016 → 2026

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT03.28.90GRANVILLE

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1990–2026178 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

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

MAX · 9 /MO·TOTAL · 178

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS177 PERFS

LONGEST · 369 SH.·MEDIAN · 3 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE148 VERSIONS

0m9m

MEDIAN · 2:30·PEAK · 2–3m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1990–2026

SHORT · 1:46 · 2011·LONG · 3:35 · 1998

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX178 PLAYS

S1 41%S2 23%ENCORE 36%

S1 OPEN10

S1 CLOSE29

S2 OPEN1

S2 CLOSE17

ENCORE59

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#18

TRANSITION OUT178 PLAYS

62%38%

STOP · 110END · 67SEGUE · 1

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Somerville TheatreSomerville · MA3 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY2 03Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison · CO2 04Greek TheatreLos Angeles · CA2 05Jones Beach AmphitheaterWantagh · NY2

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY22CA15MA10CO9OH8NH7

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN28

MON9

TUE25

WED29

THU29

FRI33

SAT25

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.014.1%

v3.00.4%

v4.00.4%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Bouncing Around the Room80 02Cavern72 03Chalk Dust Torture71 04You Enjoy Myself67 05Stash63 06Poor Heart61

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Contact177 The Sloth177 Horn180 Back on the Train176 The Horse175 Buried Alive175 Punch You in the Eye173 Prince Caspian188

By tour29 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS178 TOTAL

011993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 21 sh21 021992 Spring Tour1992 · 17 sh17 031990 Tour1990 · 15 sh15 041991 Fall Tour1991 · 14 sh14 051994 Fall Tour1994 · 12 sh12 061995 Fall Tour1995 · 12 sh12 071992 Fall Tour1992 · 10 sh10 081991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 10 sh10

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER SWEET ADELINESWIPE →

30.56%Rocky Top11× →→22.22%Golgi Apparatus8× →→13.89%Cavern5× →→11.11%Run Like an Antelope4× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE SWEET ADELINESWIPE →

32.35%Memories11× ←→17.65%David Bowie6× ←→14.71%Llama5× ←→11.76%Cavern4× ←→

Top venues1 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Somerville TheatreSOMERVILLE, MA

PLAYSAVG341

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