How many times has Phish played The Squirming Coil?

Phish has performed "The Squirming Coil" 376 times since January 20, 1990.

What is the longest version of The Squirming Coil by Phish?

The longest version of "The Squirming Coil" was 14:19 long, performed at Piazza Risorgimento in Como on July 5, 1997.

When was the last time Phish played The Squirming Coil?

Phish last played "The Squirming Coil" on April 30, 2026. The current gap is 2 shows.

When did Phish first play The Squirming Coil?

"The Squirming Coil" debuted on January 20, 1990 at Webster Hall, Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH.

What songs does Phish commonly play with The Squirming Coil?

The songs most commonly played in the same show as "The Squirming Coil" are: Bouncing Around the Room, Runaway Jim, You Enjoy Myself, Cavern, Stash.

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LIVE · 376 PERFORMANCES

Phish original

The Squirming Coil

376 performances since 1990, with 352 analyzed for jam quality. Best version scored 93 on 1997-07-05.

DEBUT · 1990-01-20 · Hanover·LAST · 2026-04-30 · Las Vegas·LONGEST GAP · 34 SHOWS

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

’90’95’00’05’10’15’20’25’26

BEST · 1997-07-05 · 93LONGEST · 14:19 · 1997-07-05SHORTEST · 4:09YEARS · 36

READOUT· PER-ERA BREAKDOWN352 OF 376 ANALYZED

v1.01983–2000 · 304 plays93

v2.02002–2004 · 8 plays65

v3.02009–2020 · 44 plays86

v4.02021–present · 18 plays76

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

TOP VERSIONS· 10 OF 352 · BY SCORE352 ANALYZED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0193#1 / 352Piazza RisorgimentoComo · #3

1997-07-0514:19

#0290#2 / 352Glens Falls Civic CenterGlens Falls, NY · #4

1994-10-3110:28

#0388#3 / 352Madison Square GardenNew York, NY · #2

1998-12-3012:50

#0486#4 / 352Dick's Sporting Goods ParkCommerce City, CO · #1

2016-09-0310:57

#0584#5 / 352Field House, University of New HampshireDurham, NH · #5

1993-05-0811:08

#0676#6 / 352The MarqueeNew York, NY · #6

1990-12-288:01

#0776#7 / 352Moody CenterAustin, TX

2025-06-278:51

#0875#8 / 352Forest Hills StadiumForest Hills, NY

2025-07-238:35

#0975#9 / 352Telluride Town ParkTelluride, CO

2010-08-108:19

#1073#10 / 352Ameris Bank AmphitheatreAlpharetta, GA

2025-09-1610:04

RECENT VERSIONS· LAST 5 PLAYED

#SCOREVENUEBREAKDOWNDATELENGTH

#0169#14 / 352SphereLas Vegas, NV

2026-04-309:41

#0273#10 / 352Ameris Bank AmphitheatreAlpharetta, GA

2025-09-1610:04

#0375#8 / 352Forest Hills StadiumForest Hills, NY

2025-07-238:35

#0476#7 / 352Moody CenterAustin, TX

2025-06-278:51

#0561#78 / 352Hollywood BowlHollywood, CA

2025-04-269:28

INSTRUMENTATION· SONG-LEVEL STATS6 CHANNELS LIVE

PLAYS376

DEBUT1990

LAST2026

AVG LEN8:27

CHARTED6

GAP MAX34

CIRCULATION· WHEN IT GETS PLAYEDINPUT · SETLIST_ENTRIES.DATE

DENSITY · YEAR × MONTH1990–2026 · 130 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 MINUTE350 VERSIONS

1020304050605m10m

MEDIAN · 8:30PEAK · 9–10m (65)RANGE · 4–15m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1990–2026

6:007:008:009:0010:0011:00

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

SET MIX & ROLE376 PLAYS

SET 1 · 44%SET 2 · 42%ENCORE · 13%

SET 1 167SET 2 158SET 3 3ENCORE 48

S1 OPEN5

S1 CLOSE50

S2 OPEN11

S2 CLOSE28

ENCORE63

POSITION & FLOWMEDIAN POS · 6

10203040

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

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01The FrontBurlington · VT9 02Madison Square GardenNew York · NY8 03Red Rocks AmphitheatreMorrison · CO5 04The Capitol TheatrePort Chester · NY5 05Saratoga Performing Arts CenterSaratoga Springs · NY4 06TraxCharlottesville · VA4

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

01NY60 02CA

PAIRINGS· COMPANION SONGSINPUT · SHARED SHOWS + FREQUENCY MATCH

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 9

01Bouncing Around the Room164 02Runaway Jim147 03You Enjoy Myself147 04Cavern146 05Stash141 06Foam138 07Golgi Apparatus132 08Llama126 09Chalk Dust Torture125

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% RANGE · 8

Foam357 I Am Hydrogen

TOUR LOG· PER-TOUR BREAKDOWN85 TOURS · 376 PLAYS · 376 SHOWS

#TOURPLAYSSHOWSFIRST · LAST

011990 Tour4747Jan 20, 1990·Dec 31, 1990 021991 Winter/Spring Tour4242Feb 2, 1991·May 19, 1991 031991 Fall Tour2828Sep 25, 1991·Dec 6, 1991 041993 Winter/Spring Tour2626Feb 5, 1993·May 8, 1993 051992 Spring Tour2323Mar 7, 1992·May 17, 1992 061993 Summer Tour1414Jul 17, 1993·Aug 28, 1993 071992 Summer U.S. Tour1414Jul 9, 1992·Aug 28, 1992 081994 Spring Tour1313Apr 6, 1994·May 25, 1994 091995 Fall Tour1212Sep 27, 1995·Dec 16, 1995 101992 Fall Tour1010Nov 21, 1992·Dec 12, 1992

RELATED· CHARTED · FOLLOWS · PRECEDED · VENUES

SONG ID · 452· DATA VERSION v3.2

SONG · CATALOG v3.2← CATALOG

The Squirming Coil

Phish original·debuted 01.20.90·Webster Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover

376 PLAYS·352 ANALYZED·4 ERASRARITY · COMMON

93BEST

BEST VERSION · OF 376

07.05.97Piazza Risorgimento

Como · 14:19

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Year by year32 ACTIVE YEARS

BEST SCORE / YEAR · 1990–2026v3.2

1997 · 93

'90'99'08'17'26

MULTIPLESINGLEHIATUS / 0PEAK ≥ 90

BEST YEAR · 19978 VERS · BEST 93

By era4 ERAS · 374 PLAYS

1.0 · 3042.03.0 · 444.0

PHISH 1.01983–2000

PLAYS304

AVG · BEST51·93

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 2.02002–2004

PLAYS8

AVG · BEST55·65

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 3.02009–2020

PLAYS44

AVG · BEST57·86

BEST VERSION→

PHISH 4.02021–present

PLAYS18

AVG · BEST58·76

BEST VERSION→

Versions352 TOTAL

RKSHOW · VENUE · CITYSETDURSCR

#01

07.05.97 Piazza Risorgimento · ComoCHARTED

—14:1993 #02

10.31.94 Glens Falls Civic · Glens Falls, NYCHARTED

—10:2890 #03

12.30.98 Madison Square Garden · New York, NYCHARTED

—12:5088 #04

09.03.16 Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City, COCHARTED

—10:5786 #05

05.08.93 Field House, Universit · Durham, NHCHARTED

—11:0884 #06

12.28.90 The Marquee · New York, NYCHARTED

—8:0176 #07

06.27.25 Moody · Austin, TX

—8:5176 #08

07.23.25 Forest Hills · Forest Hills, NY

—8:3575 #09

08.10.10 Telluride Town Park · Telluride, CO

—8:1975 #10

09.16.25 Ameris Bank · Alpharetta, GA

—10:0473

By the numbers8 STATS

TOTAL PLAYS376across 4 eras

ANALYZED35294% of all

AVG DURATION8:276 charted

LONGEST14:1907.05.97 PIAZZA RISORGIMENTO

SHORTEST4:0911.24.90 THE CAPITOL

LONGEST GAP34 SH.2015 → 2016

JAM CHART6CHARTED VERSIONS

DEBUT01.20.90HANOVER

When it gets playedCIRCULATION

DENSITY · YR×MO · 1990–2026376 PLAYS

JFMAMJJASOND

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

MAX · 13 /MO·TOTAL · 376

GAP · SHOWS BETWEEN PLAYS375 PERFS

LONGEST · 34 SH.·MEDIAN · 3 SH.

How long it runsDURATION

DISTRIBUTION · BY MINUTE350 VERSIONS

4m15m

MEDIAN · 8:30·PEAK · 9–10m

AVERAGE · BY YEAR1990–2026

SHORT · 5:55 · 1990·LONG · 11:18 · 1998

Where in the showTOPOLOGY

SET MIX376 PLAYS

S1 44%S2 42%ENCORE 13%

S1 OPEN5

S1 CLOSE50

S2 OPEN11

S2 CLOSE28

ENCORE63

POSITION IN SETPEAK · #1

#1#16

TRANSITION OUT376 PLAYS

39%30%29%

STOP · 145END · 114SEGUE · 109HARD · 8

Where & whenGEOGRAPHY

VENUES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

STATES · BY PLAYSTOP 6

NY60CA26CO26MA21VA16VT15

DAY OF WEEKPEAK · SAT

SUN40

MON29

TUE45

WED48

THU52

FRI76

SAT86

PLAY RATE · BY ERA% OF ERA SHOWS

v1.024.6%

v2.010.3%

v3.09.5%

v4.07.8%

Plays withPAIRINGS

SAME SHOW · MOST OFTENTOP 6

01Bouncing Around the Room164 02Runaway Jim147 03You Enjoy Myself147 04Cavern146 05Stash141 06Foam138

SIMILAR PLAY COUNT±20% · 8

Foam357 I Am Hydrogen355 Split Open and Melt353 Maze348 AC/DC Bag342 Runaway Jim410 Tweezer416 Sparkle335

By tour85 TOURS

TOUR LOG · BY PLAYS376 TOTAL

011990 Tour1990 · 47 sh47 021991 Winter/Spring Tour1991 · 42 sh42 031991 Fall Tour1991 · 28 sh28 041993 Winter/Spring Tour1993 · 26 sh26 051992 Spring Tour1992 · 23 sh23 061993 Summer Tour1993 · 14 sh14 071992 Summer U.S. Tour1992 · 14 sh14 081994 Spring Tour1994 · 13 sh13

Charted appearances6 TOTAL →

CHRT#1

09.03.16·Dick's Sporting Goods · Commerce City

Mike's thundering basslines throughout the jam convince everyone, Page included, to leave the stage to let him finish off this beautiful and unique show-closing version.

→CHRT#2

12.30.98·Madison Square Garden · New York

Full-band jam in place of traditional piano outro transforms Coil from predictable (if beautiful) set piece into surprising vehicle for textural improvisation. Unlike 5/8/93, this is not an unmotivat…

→CHRT#3

07.05.97·Piazza Risorgimento · Como

Page shines throughout this single-set, free, outdoor gig, so it arrives as a bit of a surprise that it's Trey who steals the show during the course of this patient and serene encore. To be sure, Page…

→CHRT#4

10.31.94·Glens Falls Civic · Glens Falls

A spectacular, transcendent end to a spectacular, transcendent show.

→CHRT#5

05.08.93·Field House, Universit · Durham

Towards the end of Page's solo, Trey, and then Mike and Fish jump back in and kick off (by ->) an awesome, rocking and bluesy "Jam."

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Often follows / sets up

OFTEN → AFTER THE SQUIRMING COILSWIPE →