List of songs recorded by Phish

The list of songs recorded by Phish documents the original compositions and notable cover versions captured by the American jam band Phish across their studio albums, live releases, and other official recordings since the band's inception in 1983.^[1] Phish, consisting of Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon, Jon Fishman, and Page McConnell, has built an expansive musical catalog characterized by eclectic influences including rock, jazz, funk, bluegrass, and psychedelia, often extended through live improvisation.^[2] The band has issued 16 studio albums as of 2025, beginning with the demo cassette The White Tape in 1986 and culminating in Evolve in 2024, which collectively feature over 250 original tracks written primarily by Anastasio with contributions from other members.^[3] In addition to studio work, Phish maintains one of the most prolific live recording archives in rock music, with more than 100 official live albums and series like Live Phish (2002–2007) and Live Phish Downloads (2007–2012) preserving hundreds of performances that include unique song variants, jams, and covers drawn from a repertoire exceeding 1,000 songs when accounting for alternates and tributes.^[4] This catalog underscores Phish's commitment to musical exploration, with estimates placing their original song count at approximately 356, many of which debuted in live settings before studio refinement.^[4]

Original compositions

This is an incomplete list of original songs composed by Phish. Some song sections have been played separately (e.g., the middle of "Guelah Papyrus" as "The Asse Festival"). Songs such as "The Moma Dance" (formerly "Black-Eyed Katy") and "Taste" (formerly "The Fog That Surrounds") were known by different names or had different arrangements in early performances. Multi-part songs such as the sections of "Fluffhead" ("Clod", "The Chase", etc.) have occasionally been performed independently. The songs from the album The Dude of Life are excluded, except for those given to Phish. Songs from members' solo careers that Phish has performed are included.^[4]

Songs beginning with A–D

• 35 Minute Jam
• 46 Days
• A Song I Heard The Ocean Sing
• AC/DC Bag
• Access Me
• Acoustic Army
• Aftermath (never played live)
• Alaska
• Albert (never played live)
• All of These Dreams
• All Things Reconsidered
• Alumni Blues
• Anarchy
• And So To Bed (never played live)
• Anything But Me
• Architect
• Army of One
• At the Barbecue
• Avenu Malkenu
• Axilla
• Axilla (Part II)
• Babylon Baby
• Back on the Train
• Backwards Down the Number Line
• Backwards Food for Backwards Folks (never played live)
• Bathtub Gin
• Beauty of a Broken Heart
• Big Ball Jam
• Big Black Furry Creature From Mars
• Billy Breathes
• Birds of a Feather
• The Birdwatcher
• Bittersweet Motel
• Bliss
• Blue Over Yellow (never played live)
• Bouncing Around the Room
• Brian and Robert
• Brother
• Bubble Wrap (never played live)
• Buffalo Bill
• Bug
• Buried Alive
• Burn That Bridge
• Bye Bye Foot
• Camel Walk
• Can't Always Listen
• Can't Come Back (never played live)
• Carini
• Cars, Trucks, Buses
• Catapult
• The Cataract Song (never played live)
• Cavern
• Chalkdust Torture
• Character Zero
• Clone
• Colonel Forbin's Ascent
• The Connection
• Contact
• Cool Amber And Mercury
• Crowd Control
• The Curtain
• The Curtain With
• Dave's Energy Guide
• David Bowie
• Dear Mrs. Reagan
• Death Don't Hurt Very Long
• Demand
• Den of Iniquity (never played live)
• Destiny Unbound
• Dinner and a Movie
• Dirt
• Discern
• Divided Sky
• Dog Faced Boy
• Dog Log
• Dogs Stole Things
• Don't Get Me Wrong
• Down With Disease
• Dr. Gabel
• Drifting
• Driver^[4]

Songs beginning with E–H

• Eliza
• End of Session
• Esther
• Everything Is Hollow
• Everything's Right
• Faht
• Farmhouse
• Fast Enough For You
• Fee
• Fikus
• Final Flight
• The Final Hurrah
• First Tube
• Fish Bass
• Flat Fee
• Fluff's Travels
• Fluffhead
• Fly Famous Mockingbird
• Foam
• Frankie Says
• Free
• Friday
• Fuck Your Face
• Gatekeeper
• Ghost
• Glide
• Glide II
• Golgi Apparatus
• Gone
• Gotta Jibboo
• Grind
• Guantanamo Strut
• Guelah Papyrus
• Gumbo
• Guy Forget
• Guyute
• Ha Ha Ha
• Halfway to the Moon
• Halley's Comet
• The Happy Whip and Dung Song
• Harpua
• Harry Hood
• He Ent to the Bog
• Heartache
• Heavy Things
• Horn
• The Horse^[4]

Songs beginning with I–M

• I Always Wanted It This Way
• I Am Hydrogen
• I Been Around
• I Didn't Know
• Icculus
• Idea
• If I Could
• If I Told You
• In a Hole
• In a Misty Glade
• Ingest
• The Inlaw Josie Wales
• Insects
• Invisible
• It's Ice
• Jagermeister Song
• Jennifer Dances
• Joy
• Julius
• Keepin' It Real
• Keyboard Army
• Kill Devil Falls
• Kung
• The Landlady
• Last Victor Jam
• Lawn Boy
• Lazy and Red
• Leaves
• Lengthwise
• Leprechaun
• Let Me Lie
• Letter to Jimmy Page
• Lifeboy
• Light
• Limb by Limb
• Liquid Time
• The Lizards
• Llama
• Lushington
• Maggie's Revenge
• Magilla
• Makisupa Policeman
• The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday
• The Mango Song
• Maze
• McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters
• Meat
• Meatstick
• Mexican Cousin
• Mike's Song
• Minkin
• Mock Song
• The Moma Dance
• Montana
• More
• Most Events Aren't Planned
• Mound
• Mountains in the Mist
• Mozambique
• Mr. Completely
• My Friend, My Friend
• My Left Toe
• My Problem Right There
• My Sweet One^[4]

Songs beginning with N–R

• NO2
• The Name Is Slick
• Never
• NICU
• No Dogs Allowed
• Nothing
• Ocelot
• The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony
• Olivia's Pool (formerly "Shafty")
• Only a Dream (never played live)
• Party Time
• Passing Through
• Pebble and Marbles
• Pigtail
• Piper
• Play By Play
• Poor Heart
• Possum
• The Practical Song
• Prep School Hippie
• Prince Caspian
• Punch Me in the Eye
• Punch You in the Eye
• Quadrophonic Toppling
• Reba
• Revolution
• Rift
• Riker's Mailbox
• Rock A William
• Roggae
• Round Room
• Run Like an Antelope
• Runaway Jim
• Running Scared^[4]

Songs beginning with S–Z

• Sample in a Jar
• Sand
• Sanity
• Saw it Again
• Say It To Me S.A.N.T.O.S.
• Scent of a Mule
• Scents and Subtle Sounds
• Secret Smile
• Set Your Soul Free
• Setting Sail
• Seven Below
• Show of Life
• Shrine
• Silent in the Morning
• Simple
• Skippt the Wondermouse
• Sky Train Wand
• Slave to the Traffic Light
• Sleep
• Sleep Again
• Sleeping Monkey
• The Sloth
• Somantin
• Soul Planet
• Sparkle
• Spices
• Splinters of Hail
• Split Open and Melt
• Spock's Brain
• Spread it Round
• The Squirming Coil
• Stash
• Stealing Time from the Faulty Plan
• Steam
• Steep
• Strange Design
• Stray Dog
• Sugar Shack
• Summer of '89
• Sunshine of Your Feeling
• Susskind Hotel
• Suzy Greenberg
• Swept Away
• Talk
• Taste
• Tela
• Theme from the Bottom
• Thunderhead
• Time Turns Elastic
• Tiny
• Title Track
• Tomorrow's Song
• Train Song
• Turtle In The Clouds
• Tube
• Tweezer
• Tweezer Reprise
• Twenty Years Later
• Twist
• Two Versions of Me
• Undermind
• Union Federal
• Victor Jam Session (never played live)
• Vultures
• Wading in the Velvet Sea
• Waking Up
• Walfredo
• Walls of the Cave
• Waste
• Water in the Sky
• Waves
• We Are Come To Outlive Our Brains
• The Wedge
• Weekapaug Groove
• Weekly Time
• Weigh
• What Things Seem
• What's the Use?
• Wilson
• Windora Bug
• Windy City
• Wolfman's Brother
• Wombat
• You Enjoy Myself^[4]

Cover songs

Songs beginning with A–D

Phish's cover songs beginning with A through D highlight the band's early affinity for jazz, blues, traditional folk, and classic rock, often selected for their improvisational potential during live performances. These selections, spanning from their formative years in the 1980s to more recent shows, demonstrate Phish's ability to reimagine originals through extended jams, vocal harmonies, and instrumental flair, while staying true to the source material's spirit. Many of these covers debuted in small club settings and were played sporadically, with some becoming semi-regular features in setlists. As of November 2025, the play counts reflect a mix of rarities and more frequent inclusions, influenced by the band's rotating repertoire. The following table enumerates key cover songs in this range, including the original artist and year, Phish's first live performance, total performances, and notable adaptation details. These covers illustrate Phish's blues and jazz leanings in their A-D selections, with one-offs like "Dark as a Dungeon" and "Baby Elephant Walk" adding whimsy to the catalog, while staples like "Boogie On Reggae Woman" highlight their funk expertise. No new A-D covers were debuted in 2024 or 2025 live shows.^[4]

Songs beginning with E–H

Phish's repertoire of cover songs beginning with E through H emphasizes rock and funk reinterpretations, frequently transformed through extended improvisational jams that showcase the band's affinity for classic artists like Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix. These selections often serve as high-energy set openers, encores, or vehicles for guest collaborations, reflecting Phish's obsession with Zeppelin's blues-rock energy and funk grooves from the likes of Son Seals. While not every cover in this range receives frequent rotation, staples like "Funky Bitch" have become live fixtures, performed hundreds of times with notable style shifts toward elongated, danceable grooves. The following table highlights representative cover songs in this alphabetical range, focusing on those with significant play history or cultural impact within Phish's performances:

Songs beginning with I–M

Phish has incorporated a variety of cover songs starting with the letters I through M into their live performances, drawing from rock, blues, soul, and bluegrass traditions. These selections often highlight the band's improvisational style, transforming originals into extended jams or acoustic showcases. Notable examples include psychedelic rock anthems from The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, blues-rock staples by ZZ Top, soulful zydeco from Clifton Chenier, and bluegrass tunes like those by Hot Rize. By November 2025, these covers have been performed hundreds of times collectively, with some becoming semi-regular setlist features.^[4] The following table lists key cover songs in this range, focusing on their origins, Phish's first live performances, total play counts up to November 2025, and unique adaptations or facts about the band's versions. These covers exemplify Phish's eclectic influences, blending pop-rock icons with soul and traditional elements to create distinctive live experiences. For instance, Beatles and Stones tunes like "I Am the Walrus" and "Loving Cup" pay homage during special events, while bluegrass picks like "Nellie Kane" underscore their acoustic versatility. Soul rarities such as "My Soul" appear in fewer than 5% of shows but carry significant improvisational weight.^[4]

Songs beginning with N–R

Phish has incorporated several cover songs beginning with the letters N through R into their live performances, drawing heavily from 1960s and 1970s rock influences such as Led Zeppelin and the Velvet Underground. These selections often feature extended improvisations that align with Phish's jam-oriented style, transforming the originals into vehicles for atmospheric exploration or high-energy grooves. Notably, there are no verified cover songs starting with Q in Phish's repertoire.^[4] The band's covers in this range highlight a cluster of Led Zeppelin material, reflecting their affinity for the group's mystical and riff-driven sound, alongside homages to Frank Zappa's intricate compositions. These songs have appeared sporadically but memorably in setlists, sometimes as encores or segues within larger jams, and have been captured on official live releases like Live Phish volumes.^[19][20][21]

Songs beginning with S–Z

Phish has incorporated a variety of cover songs beginning with the letters S through Z into their live performances, often selecting tracks from rock, funk, jazz, and punk genres to add diversity to their sets. These covers, spanning from early club shows in the 1980s to recent tours in the 2020s, highlight the band's improvisational style and willingness to reinterpret classics. While some have become semi-regular features, others remain rarities debuted during special occasions like festivals or encores. The following details focus on notable examples, including original artists, debut dates, and performance counts up to November 2025, drawn from verified live recordings.^[4][29] These selections represent encores and rarities, with post-2020 performances including festival debuts like "Shine a Light" at Indio. Phish's versions often extend originals through improvisation, such as funk extensions in "Sneakin' Sally" or jazz solos in "The Chicken," contributing to their reputation for transformative live covers.^[4][29]