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Catalog scope

37,025

Tracks

2,012

Shows

1983–2026

Years

4,759

Hours of audio

Score formula

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Phish concert analytics, setlist data, and audio analysis across 40+ years of touring. Fan-built & not affiliated with Phish; audience recordings follow the official taping policy.

Catalog scopeUpdated live

37,025Tracks

2,012Shows

1983–26Years

4,759Hours · audio

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Best The Chase Versions - Every Phish The Chase Ranked | Foul Domain

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← BACK·SONGS·The Chase

LIVE · 7 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

The Chase

7 performances since 1987, with 8 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 61 on 1987-09-02.

DEBUT · 1987-10-14 · Burlington·LAST · 1990-06-07 · Washington·LONGEST GAP · 100 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1987–1990INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’87’90

BEST · 1987-09-02 · 61LONGEST · 1:58 · 1987-09-02SHORTEST · 0:33YEARS · 3

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN8 OF 7 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 8 plays61

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· 8 OF 8 · BY SCORE8 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0161#1 / 8Hunt'sBurlington, VT

1987-09-021:58

#0239#2 / 8Sculpture Room, Goddard CollegePlainfield, VT

1987-10-311:12

#0336#3 / 8The FrontBurlington, VT

1989-10-011:08

#0436#4 / 8Pearl Street BallroomNorthampton, MA

1989-09-211:11

#0535#5 / 8Nectar'sBurlington, VT

1988-03-210:33

#0633#6 / 8The Wetlands PreserveNew York, NY

1989-10-261:10

#0732#7 / 8Hunt'sBurlington, VT

1987-10-141:11

#0827#8 / 8The BayouWashington, DC

1990-06-071:15

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0127#8 / 8The BayouWashington, DC

1990-06-071:15

#0233#6 / 8The Wetlands PreserveNew York, NY

1989-10-261:10

#0336#3 / 8The FrontBurlington, VT

1989-10-011:08

#0436#4 / 8Pearl Street BallroomNorthampton, MA

1989-09-211:11

#0535#5 / 8Nectar'sBurlington, VT

1988-03-210:33

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS7

DEBUT1987

LAST1990

AVG LEN1:06

CHARTED0

GAP MAX100

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1987–1990 · 5 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'87'88'89'90

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE7 VERSIONS

2460m

MEDIAN · 1:30PEAK · 1–2m (6)RANGE · 0–2m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–1990

0:301:001:30’90

SHORTEST · 0:33 · 1988LONGEST · 1:15 · 1990

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

SET MIX & ROLE7 PLAYS

SET 1 · 43%SET 2 · 57%

SET 1 3SET 2 4

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 6

1224689

TRANSITION OUT7 PLAYS

SEGUE · 100%

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The BayouWashington · DC1 02The Wetlands PreserveNew York · NY1 03The FrontBurlington · VT1 04Pearl Street BallroomNorthampton · MA1 05Nectar'sBurlington · VT1 06Sculpture Room, Goddard CollegePlainfield · VT1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 4

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Possum7 02Divided Sky6 03AC/DC Bag6 04You Enjoy Myself6 05Dinner and a Movie5 06Golgi Apparatus5 07McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters5 08David Bowie4 09Fee4

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN4 TOURS · 7 PLAYS · 7 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011989 Tour33Sep 21, 1989·Oct 26, 1989 021987 Tour22Oct 14, 1987·Oct 31, 1987 031988 Tour11Mar 21, 1988 041990 Tour11Jun 7, 1990

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

CHARTEDPEER-RECOGNIZED · 0

No charted versions

FOLLOWS WITHSEGUE / NEXT · TOP 4

Possum43% OF FOLLOW-UPS

3

Dinner and a Movie14% OF FOLLOW-UPS

1

Fluffhead14% OF FOLLOW-UPS

1

I Am Hydrogen14% OF FOLLOW-UPS

PRECEDED BYSETS UP · TOP 4

AC/DC Bag17% OF LEAD-INS

1

Divided Sky17% OF LEAD-INS

1

Harry Hood17% OF LEAD-INS

1

Slave to the Traffic Light17% OF LEAD-INS

VENUESSTRONGEST AVG · TOP 0

No venue data

SONG ID · 212· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

The Chase

Phish original·debuted 10.14.87·Hunt's, Burlington

7 PLAYS·8 ANALYZED·1 ERASRARITY · BUSTOUT

61BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 7

09.02.87Hunt's

Burlington, VT · 1:58

Year by year4 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1987–2026v3.2

1987 · 61.3

'87'96'06'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19873 VERS · BEST 61.3

By era4 ERAS · 8 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS8

AVG · BEST37·61

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

Versions8 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

09.02.87 Hunt's · Burlington, VT

10.31.87 Sculpture Room, Goddar · Plainfield, VT

10.01.89 The Front · Burlington, VT

09.21.89 Pearl Street Ballroom · Northampton, MA

03.21.88 Nectar's · Burlington, VT

10.26.89 The Wetlands Preserve · New York, NY

10.14.87 Hunt's · Burlington, VT

06.07.90 The Bayou · Washington, DC

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS7across 1 eras

ANALYZED8114% of all

AVG DURATION1:06duration

LONGEST1:5809.02.87 HUNT'S

SHORTEST0:3303.21.88 NECTAR'S

LONGEST GAP100 SH.1988 → 1989

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT10.14.87BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1987–19907 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'87'89'90

MAX · 2 /MO·TOTAL · 7

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS6 PERFS

LONGEST · 100 SH.·MEDIAN · 11 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE7 VERSIONS

0m2m

MEDIAN · 1:30·PEAK · 1–2m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–1990

SHORT · 0:33 · 1988·LONG · 1:15 · 1990

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX7 PLAYS

S1 43%S2 57%

S1 OPEN0

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #2

#2#9

TRANSITION OUT7 PLAYS

100%

SEGUE · 7

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The BayouWashington · DC1 02The Wetlands PreserveNew York · NY1 03The FrontBurlington · VT1 04Pearl Street BallroomNorthampton · MA1 05Nectar'sBurlington · VT1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 4

VT4DC1NY1MA1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · THU

SUN1

MON1

TUE0

WED1

THU3

FRI0

SAT1

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.00.6%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Possum7 02Divided Sky6 03AC/DC Bag6 04You Enjoy Myself6 05Dinner and a Movie5 06Golgi Apparatus5

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Home7 Access Me7 Big Leg Emma7 After Midnight7 Black-Eyed Katy7 Bye Bye Foot7 Communication Breakdown7 Low Rider7

By tour4 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS7 TOTAL

011989 Tour1989 · 3 sh3 021987 Tour1987 · 2 sh2 031988 Tour1988 · 1 sh1 041990 Tour1990 · 1 sh1

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER THE CHASESWIPE →

42.86%Possum3× →→14.29%Dinner and a Movie1× →→14.29%Fluffhead1× →→14.29%I Am Hydrogen1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE THE CHASESWIPE →

16.67%AC/DC Bag1× ←→16.67%Divided Sky1× ←→16.67%Harry Hood1× ←→16.67%Slave to the Traffic Light1× ←→

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TOTAL · 7 PLAYSMAX · 2 IN ONE MONTHLESSMORE

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN CONSECUTIVE PLAYSEACH DOT IS ONE PERFORMANCE · 6 TOTAL

255075100’90

LONGEST · 100 SHOWSMEDIAN · 11 SHOWSTYPICAL·FALLOW

SEGUE ( > ) 7

03

NY

1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · THU

SUN1

MON1

TUE0

WED1

THU3

FRI0

SAT1

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.00.6%(7/1243)

After Midnight7

Black-Eyed Katy7

Communication Breakdown7