How many times has Phish played The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday?

Phish has performed "The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday" 151 times since May 11, 1987.

What is the longest version of The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday by Phish?

The longest version of "The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday" was 8:20 long, performed at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on December 30, 1995.

When was the last time Phish played The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday?

Phish last played "The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday" on July 27, 2026. The current gap is 3 shows.

When did Phish first play The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday?

"The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday" debuted on May 11, 1987 at Nectar's in Burlington, VT.

What songs does Phish commonly play with The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday" are: Avenu Malkenu, Possum, Suzy Greenberg, Mike's Song, You Enjoy Myself.

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LIVE · 151 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday

151 performances since 1987, with 125 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 74 on 1990-11-08.

DEBUT · 1987-05-11 · Burlington·LAST · 2026-07-27 · New York·LONGEST GAP · 150 SHOWS

DISPLAY· VERSION TIMELINE · 1987–2026INPUT · TRACK_FEATURES.SCORE_BY_YEAR

’87’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25’26

BEST · 1990-11-08 · 74LONGEST · 8:20 · 1995-12-30SHORTEST · 1:02YEARS · 39

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN125 OF 151 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 110 plays74

v2.02002–2004 · 1 play62

v3.02009–2020 · 8 plays64

v4.02021–present · 7 plays70

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 125 · BY SCORE125 ANALYZED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0174#1 / 125The Great Hall, University of WisconsinMadison, WI

1990-11-087:43

#0272#2 / 125The RanchSouth Burlington, VT

1987-08-294:48

#0370#3 / 125Kohl CenterMadison, WI

2026-07-073:41

#0469#4 / 125Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2026-07-274:09

#0569#5 / 125Somerville TheatreSomerville, MA

1991-05-038:02

#0666#6 / 125The FrontBurlington, VT

1990-03-094:24

#0766#7 / 125CoreStates SpectrumPhiladelphia, PA

1996-12-287:06

#0865#8 / 125Soldiers and Sailors Memorial AuditoriumChattanooga, TN

1994-10-163:51

#0964#9 / 125Nassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumUniondale, NY

2019-12-014:52

#1064#10 / 125Soldiers and Sailors Memorial AuditoriumChattanooga, TN

1994-10-161:23

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#VENUEBREAKDOWN

#0169#4 / 125Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2026-07-274:09

#0270#3 / 125Kohl CenterMadison, WI

2026-07-073:41

#0358#22 / 125SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-04-243:45

#0441#96 / 125Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2023-12-311:02

#0556#30 / 125Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2022-04-213:38

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS151

DEBUT1987

LAST2026

AVG LEN3:28

CHARTED0

GAP MAX150

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1987–2026 · 66 ACTIVE MONTHS

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC

'87'88'89'90'91'92'93'94'95'96'97'98'99'00'01'02'03'04'05'06'07'08'09'10'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'26

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

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE127 VERSIONS

102030405060705m

MEDIAN · 3:30PEAK · 3–4m (70)RANGE · 1–9m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2026

1:002:003:004:005:006:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE151 PLAYS

SET 1 · 49%SET 2 · 48%

SET 1 74SET 2 73SET 3 4

S1 OPEN7

S1 CLOSE1

S2 OPEN2

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 5

5101520

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Nectar'sBurlington · VT7 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY6 03Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI6 04The FrontBurlington · VT5 05The Capitol TheatrePort Chester · NY4 06Somerville TheatreSomerville · MA4

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01VT29 02NY25

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Avenu Malkenu86 02Possum38 03Suzy Greenberg37 04Mike's Song34 05You Enjoy Myself31 06Weekapaug Groove31 07Bouncing Around the Room30 08Cavern29 09Foam28

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Cars Trucks Buses89

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN40 TOURS · 151 PLAYS · 88 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011991 Winter/Spring Tour2010Feb 7, 1991·May 17, 1991 021987 Tour105May 11, 1987·Nov 18, 1987 031991 Giant Country Horns Summer Tour105Jul 11, 1991·Jul 27, 1991 041992 Spring Tour84Mar 26, 1992·May 18, 1992 051991 Fall Tour84Oct 6, 1991·Nov 21, 1991 061988 Tour85Feb 7, 1988·Sep 12, 1988 071994 Summer Tour63Jun 22, 1994·Jul 14, 1994 081992 Fall Tour63Nov 28, 1992·Dec 13, 1992 091989 Tour65Feb 24, 1989·Dec 3, 1989 101990 Tour65Mar 9, 1990·Jun 17, 1990

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 187· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday

Phish original·debuted 05.11.87·Nectar's, Burlington

151 PLAYS·125 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · COMMON

74BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 151

11.08.90The Great Hall, Univer

Madison, WI · 7:43

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Year by year22 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1987–2026v3.2

1990 · 73.7

'87'96'06'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19907 VERS · BEST 73.7

By era4 ERAS · 126 PLAYS

1.0 · 1102.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS110

AVG · BEST48·74

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS1

AVG · BEST62·62

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS8

AVG · BEST52·64

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS7

AVG · BEST58·70

BEST VERSION→

Versions125 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

11.08.90 The Great Hall, Univer · Madison, WI

—7:4374 #02

08.29.87 The Ranch · South Burlington, VT

—4:4872 #03

07.07.26 Kohl · Madison, WI

—3:4170 #04

07.27.26 Madison Square Garden · New York, NY

—4:0969 #05

05.03.91 Somerville · Somerville, MA

—8:0269 #06

03.09.90 The Front · Burlington, VT

—4:2466 #07

12.28.96 CoreStates Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA

—7:0666 #08

10.16.94 Soldiers and Sailors M · Chattanooga, TN

—3:5165 #09

12.01.19 Nassau Veterans Memori · Uniondale, NY

—4:5264 #10

10.16.94 Soldiers and Sailors M · Chattanooga, TN

—1:2364

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS151across 4 eras

ANALYZED12583% of all

AVG DURATION3:28duration

LONGEST8:2012.30.95 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

SHORTEST1:0212.31.23 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

LONGEST GAP150 SH.2015 → 2019

JAM CHART0none

DEBUT05.11.87BURLINGTON

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1987–2026151 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

'87'92'97'02'07'12'17'22'26

MAX · 10 /MO·TOTAL · 151

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS87 PERFS

LONGEST · 150 SH.·MEDIAN · 12 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE127 VERSIONS

1m9m

MEDIAN · 3:30·PEAK · 3–4m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1987–2026

SHORT · 1:02 · 2023·LONG · 6:04 · 1995

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX151 PLAYS

S1 49%S2 48%

S1 OPEN7

S1 CLOSE1

S2 OPEN2

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #5

#1#17

TRANSITION OUT151 PLAYS

17%81%

STOP · 26END · 1SEGUE · 122HARD · 2

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Nectar'sBurlington · VT7 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY6 03Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI6 04The FrontBurlington · VT5 05The Capitol TheatrePort Chester · NY4

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

VT29NY25MA15OH8WI7CA7

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN23

MON13

TUE7

WED12

THU27

FRI23

SAT46

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.06.1%

v2.01.5%

v3.01.1%

v4.02.3%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Avenu Malkenu86 02Possum38 03Suzy Greenberg37 04Mike's Song34 05You Enjoy Myself31 06Weekapaug Groove31

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Cars Trucks Buses89 Ginseng Sullivan87 Water in the Sky89 Peaches en Regalia89 No Men In No Man's Land90 Bold As Love86 Avenu Malkenu86 Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley86

By tour40 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS151 TOTAL

011991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 10 sh20 021987 Tour1987 · 5 sh10 031991 Giant Country Horns Summer Tour1991 · 5 sh10 041992 Spring Tour1992 · 4 sh8 051991 Fall Tour1991 · 4 sh8 061988 Tour1988 · 5 sh8 071994 Summer Tour1994 · 3 sh6 081992 Fall Tour1992 · 3 sh6

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER THE MAN WHO STEPPED INTO YESTERDAYSWIPE →

83.5%Avenu Malkenu86× →→3.88%Tweezer4× →→3.88%Mike's Song4× →→2.91%The Lizards3× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE THE MAN WHO STEPPED INTO YESTERDAYSWIPE →

75.61%Avenu Malkenu62× ←→6.1%Mike's Song5× ←→4.88%Cavern4× ←→4.88%Chalk Dust Torture4× ←→

Top venues4 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG455

55 Alpine Valley Music TheatreEAST TROY, WI

PLAYSAVG349

49 The FrontBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG445

45 Nectar'sBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG443

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