How many times has Phish played The Dogs?

Phish has performed "The Dogs" 19 times since October 31, 2014.

What is the longest version of The Dogs by Phish?

The longest version of "The Dogs" was 8:26 long, performed at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV on October 30, 2021.

When was the last time Phish played The Dogs?

Phish last played "The Dogs" on April 24, 2026. The current gap is 4 shows.

When did Phish first play The Dogs?

"The Dogs" debuted on October 31, 2014 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV.

What songs does Phish commonly play with The Dogs?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "The Dogs" are: Ghost, 46 Days, Chalk Dust Torture, Simple, Roggae.

← BACK·SONGS·The Dogs

LIVE · 19 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

The Dogs

19 performances since 2014, with 17 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 91 on 2021-10-30.

DEBUT · 2014-10-31 · Las Vegas·LAST · 2026-04-24 · Las Vegas·LONGEST GAP · 75 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 2014–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’14’15’20’25’26

BEST · 2021-10-30 · 91LONGEST · 8:26 · 2021-10-30SHORTEST · 2:58YEARS · 12

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN17 OF 19 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 0 plays—

v2.02002–2004 · 0 plays—

v3.02009–2020 · 12 plays78

v4.02021–present · 5 plays91

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 17 · BY SCORE17 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0191#1 / 17MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas, NV · #1

2021-10-308:26

#0278#2 / 17MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas, NV · #3

2014-10-315:02

#0368#3 / 17SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-04-246:05

#0466#4 / 17TD Pavilion at the MannPhiladelphia, PA

2025-07-164:45

#0566#5 / 17MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas, NV

2016-10-305:16

#0664#6 / 17Bill Graham Civic AuditoriumSan Francisco, CA

2018-07-246:10

#0762#7 / 17Darling's Waterfront PavilionBangor, ME

2019-06-255:02

#0860#8 / 17North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston, SC

2019-12-075:09

#0960#9 / 17Allstate ArenaRosemont, IL

2018-10-274:41

#1055#10 / 17Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2023-07-295:60

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0168#3 / 17SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-04-246:05

#0266#4 / 17TD Pavilion at the MannPhiladelphia, PA

2025-07-164:45

#0341#16 / 17Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville, IN

2024-08-045:37

#0455#10 / 17Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2023-07-295:60

#0591#1 / 17MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas, NV · #1

2021-10-308:26

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS19

DEBUT2014

LAST2026

AVG LEN5:12

CHARTED2

GAP MAX75

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH2014–2026 · 19 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE17 VERSIONS

2465m

MEDIAN · 5:30PEAK · 5–6m (7)RANGE · 2–9m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2014–2026

4:005:006:007:008:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE19 PLAYS

SET 1 · 79%SET 2 · 16%

SET 1 15SET 2 3SET 3 1

S1 OPEN3

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 4

12345124

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas · NV4 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY3 03SphereLas Vegas · NV1 04TD Pavilion at the MannPhiladelphia · PA1 05Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville · IN1 06North Charleston ColiseumNorth Charleston · SC1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NV5 02NY

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Ghost9 0246 Days8 03Chalk Dust Torture7 04Simple6 05Roggae5 06Back on the Train5 07Bathtub Gin5 08Slave to the Traffic Light5 09Wolfman's Brother5

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Rise/Come Together19

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN16 TOURS · 19 PLAYS · 19 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

012016 Summer Tour22Jun 22, 2016·Jul 8, 2016 022015 Summer22Jul 28, 2015·Aug 21, 2015 032014 Fall Tour22Oct 31, 2014·Nov 1, 2014 042016 Fall Tour11Oct 30, 2016 052017 Summer Tour11Jul 28, 2017 062018 Fall Tour11Oct 27, 2018 072018 Summer Tour11Jul 24, 2018 082019 Fall Tour11Dec 7, 2019 092019 Summer Tour11Jun 25, 2019 102021 Fall Tour11Oct 30, 2021

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 4082· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

The Dogs

Phish original·debuted 10.31.14·MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas

19 PLAYS·17 ANALYZED·2 ERASRARITY · BUSTOUT

91BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 19

10.30.21MGM Grand Garden Arena

Las Vegas, NV · 8:26

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Year by year11 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 2014–2026v3.2

2021 · 90.9

'14'17'20'23'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 20211 VERS · BEST 90.9

By era4 ERAS · 17 PLAYS

1.02.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS0

AVG · BEST—·—

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS12

AVG · BEST55·78

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS5

AVG · BEST64·91

BEST VERSION→

Versions17 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

10.30.21 MGM Grand Garden Arena · Las Vegas, NVCHARTED

—8:2691 #02

10.31.14 MGM Grand Garden Arena · Las Vegas, NVCHARTED

—5:0278 #03

04.24.26 Sphere · Las Vegas, NV

—6:0568 #04

07.16.25 TD at the Mann · Philadelphia, PA

—4:4566 #05

10.30.16 MGM Grand Garden Arena · Las Vegas, NV

—5:1666 #06

07.24.18 Bill Graham Civic Audi · San Francisco, CA

—6:1064 #07

06.25.19 Darling's Waterfront · Bangor, ME

—5:0262 #08

12.07.19 North Charleston · North Charleston, SC

—5:0960 #09

10.27.18 Allstate Arena · Rosemont, IL

—4:4160 #10

07.29.23 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—5:6055

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS19across 2 eras

ANALYZED1789% of all

AVG DURATION5:122 charted

LONGEST8:2610.30.21 MGM GRAND GARDEN ARENA

SHORTEST2:5812.31.14 AMERICAN AIRLINES AREN

LONGEST GAP75 SH.2021 → 2023

JAM CHART2CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT10.31.14LAS VEGAS

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 2014–202619 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'14'16'18'20'22'24'26

MAX · 1 /MO·TOTAL · 19

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS18 PERFS

LONGEST · 75 SH.·MEDIAN · 22 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE17 VERSIONS

2m9m

MEDIAN · 5:30·PEAK · 5–6m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR2014–2026

SHORT · 4:00 · 2014·LONG · 8:26 · 2021

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX19 PLAYS

S1 79%S2 16%

S1 OPEN3

S1 CLOSE0

S2 OPEN0

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #4

#1#9

TRANSITION OUT19 PLAYS

47%42%

STOP · 9SEGUE · 8HARD · 2

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01MGM Grand Garden ArenaLas Vegas · NV4 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY3 03SphereLas Vegas · NV1 04TD Pavilion at the MannPhiladelphia · PA1 05Ruoff Music CenterNoblesville · IN1

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NV5NY4PA1IN1SC1ME1

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · FRI

SUN2

MON0

TUE3

WED4

THU0

FRI5

SAT5

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v3.03.1%

v4.02.0%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Ghost9 0246 Days8 03Chalk Dust Torture7 04Simple6 05Roggae5 06Back on the Train5

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Rise/Come Together19 Bittersweet Motel19 Leaves19 Breath and Burning19 Sleep19 Fuck Your Face20 Ass Handed18 Life Saving Gun20

By tour16 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS19 TOTAL

012016 Summer Tour2016 · 2 sh2 022015 Summer2015 · 2 sh2 032014 Fall Tour2014 · 2 sh2 042016 Fall Tour2016 · 1 sh1 052017 Summer Tour2017 · 1 sh1 062018 Fall Tour2018 · 1 sh1 072018 Summer Tour2018 · 1 sh1 082019 Fall Tour2019 · 1 sh1

Charted appearances2 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

10.30.21·MGM Grand Garden Arena · Las Vegas

The opening song of the "animals" show, a surprisingly insistent low-key groove reminiscent of "BOAF" emerges out of the song proper, driven by Page's piano work. Trey then briefly moves the band into…

→CHRT#2

10.31.14·MGM Grand Garden Arena · Las Vegas

Promising debut. Following Laura Olsher's narration, Phish explodes into arena rock, replete with full-tilt guitar histrionics.

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER THE DOGSSWIPE →

25%Destiny Unbound2× →→25%46 Days2× →→12.5%Billy Breathes1× →→12.5%Bug1× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE THE DOGSSWIPE →

16.67%Auld Lang Syne1× ←→16.67%Axilla1× ←→16.67%Bathtub Gin1× ←→16.67%Daniel Saw the Stone1× ←→

Top venues2 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

MGM Grand Garden ArenaLAS VEGAS, NV

PLAYSAVG478

78 Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG351

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FOUL DOMAIN/songs/the-dogs · v3.2

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