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

Phish has performed "The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday" 149 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 April 24, 2026. The current gap is 4 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.

← BACK·SONGS·The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday

LIVE · 149 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday

149 performances since 1987, with 123 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 73 on 1990-11-08.

DEBUT · 1987-05-11 · Burlington·LAST · 2026-04-24 · Las Vegas·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 · 73LONGEST · 8:20 · 1995-12-30SHORTEST · 1:02YEARS · 39

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN123 OF 149 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 110 plays73

v2.02002–2004 · 1 play62

v3.02009–2020 · 8 plays64

v4.02021–present · 5 plays58

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 123 · BY SCORE123 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0173#1 / 123The Great Hall, University of WisconsinMadison, WI

1990-11-087:43

#0272#2 / 123The RanchSouth Burlington, VT

1987-08-294:48

#0369#3 / 123Somerville TheatreSomerville, MA

1991-05-038:02

#0466#4 / 123The FrontBurlington, VT

1990-03-094:24

#0566#5 / 123CoreStates SpectrumPhiladelphia, PA

1996-12-287:06

#0665#6 / 123Soldiers and Sailors Memorial AuditoriumChattanooga, TN

1994-10-163:51

#0764#7 / 123Nassau Veterans Memorial ColiseumUniondale, NY

2019-12-014:52

#0863#8 / 123Soldiers and Sailors Memorial AuditoriumChattanooga, TN

1994-10-161:23

#0963#9 / 123Veterans Memorial AuditoriumColumbus, OH

1994-06-222:46

#1063#10 / 123Ten Mile RoomBreckenridge, CO

1991-03-164:22

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0158#20 / 123SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-04-243:45

#0241#94 / 123Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2023-12-311:02

#0356#27 / 123Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2022-04-213:38

#0456#28 / 123Madison Square GardenNew York, NY

2022-04-213:38

#0555#32 / 123Shoreline AmphitheatreMountain View, CA

2021-09-013:46

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS149

DEBUT1987

LAST2026

AVG LEN3:43

CHARTED0

GAP MAX150

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1987–2026 · 65 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 MINUTE125 VERSIONS

10203040506070805m

MEDIAN · 3:30PEAK · 3–4m (83)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 & ROLE149 PLAYS

SET 1 · 48%SET 2 · 49%

SET 1 72SET 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 02Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI6 03Madison Square GardenNew York · NY5 04The FrontBurlington · VT5 05The Capitol TheatrePort Chester · NY4 06Somerville TheatreSomerville · MA4

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01VT29 02NY24

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Avenu Malkenu84 02Possum38 03Suzy Greenberg36 04Mike's Song33 05You Enjoy Myself31 06Weekapaug Groove30 07Bouncing Around the Room30 08Cavern29 09Foam28

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN39 TOURS · 149 PLAYS · 86 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 041988 Tour85Feb 7, 1988·Sep 12, 1988 051992 Spring Tour84Mar 26, 1992·May 18, 1992 061991 Fall Tour84Oct 6, 1991·Nov 21, 1991 071993 Winter/Spring Tour63Feb 4, 1993·Apr 20, 1993 081989 Tour65Feb 24, 1989·Dec 3, 1989 091990 Tour65Mar 9, 1990·Jun 17, 1990 101992 Fall Tour63Nov 28, 1992·Dec 13, 1992

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

149 PLAYS·123 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · COMMON

73BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 149

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 · 73.4

'87'96'06'16'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19907 VERS · BEST 73.4

By era4 ERAS · 124 PLAYS

1.0 · 1102.03.04.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS110

AVG · BEST48·73

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

PLAYS5

AVG · BEST53·58

BEST VERSION→

Versions123 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

11.08.90 The Great Hall, Univer · Madison, WI

—7:4373 #02

08.29.87 The Ranch · South Burlington, VT

—4:4872 #03

05.03.91 Somerville · Somerville, MA

—8:0269 #04

03.09.90 The Front · Burlington, VT

—4:2466 #05

12.28.96 CoreStates Spectrum · Philadelphia, PA

—7:0666 #06

10.16.94 Soldiers and Sailors M · Chattanooga, TN

—3:5165 #07

12.01.19 Nassau Veterans Memori · Uniondale, NY

—4:5264 #08

10.16.94 Soldiers and Sailors M · Chattanooga, TN

—1:2363 #09

06.22.94 Veterans Memorial Audi · Columbus, OH

—2:4663 #10

03.16.91 Ten Mile Room · Breckenridge, CO

—4:2263

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS149across 4 eras

ANALYZED12383% of all

AVG DURATION3:43duration

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 · 1987–2026149 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

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

MAX · 10 /MO·TOTAL · 149

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS85 PERFS

LONGEST · 150 SH.·MEDIAN · 12 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE125 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 MIX149 PLAYS

S1 48%S2 49%

S1 OPEN7

S1 CLOSE1

S2 OPEN2

S2 CLOSE0

ENCORE0

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #5

#1#17

TRANSITION OUT149 PLAYS

17%81%

STOP · 26END · 1SEGUE · 120HARD · 2

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01Nectar'sBurlington · VT7 02Alpine Valley Music TheatreEast Troy · WI6 03Madison Square GardenNew York · NY5 04The FrontBurlington · VT5 05The Capitol TheatrePort Chester · NY4

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

VT29NY24MA15OH8CA7WI6

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN23

MON12

TUE6

WED12

THU27

FRI23

SAT46

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.06.1%

v2.01.5%

v3.01.1%

v4.01.6%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Avenu Malkenu84 02Possum38 03Suzy Greenberg36 04Mike's Song33 05You Enjoy Myself31 06Weekapaug Groove30

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Sneakin' Sally Thru the Alley86 No Men In No Man's Land87 Carolina85 Ginseng Sullivan87 Bold As Love85 Avenu Malkenu84 Golden Age89 Cars Trucks Buses89

By tour39 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS149 TOTAL

011991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 10 sh20 021987 Tour1987 · 5 sh10 031991 Giant Country Horns Summer Tour1991 · 5 sh10 041988 Tour1988 · 5 sh8 051992 Spring Tour1992 · 4 sh8 061991 Fall Tour1991 · 4 sh8 071993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 3 sh6 081989 Tour1989 · 5 sh6

Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER THE MAN WHO STEPPED INTO YESTERDAYSWIPE →

83.17%Avenu Malkenu84× →→3.96%Tweezer4× →→3.96%Mike's Song4× →→2.97%The Lizards3× →→

OFTEN ← BEFORE THE MAN WHO STEPPED INTO YESTERDAYSWIPE →

76.54%Avenu Malkenu62× ←→4.94%Mike's Song4× ←→4.94%Cavern4× ←→4.94%Chalk Dust Torture4× ←→

Top venues4 OF MANY

BY PLAY COUNT · AVG SCORE PIPEDSWIPE →

Madison Square GardenNEW YORK, NY

PLAYSAVG353

53 Alpine Valley Music TheatreEAST TROY, WI

PLAYSAVG349

49 The FrontBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG445

45 Nectar'sBURLINGTON, VT

PLAYSAVG443

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