If I Only Had a Brain
Played 41 times. Current gap: 1149 shows bustout candidate. · phish.net ↗ · jam-chart notes ↗
As a jam vehicle
Longest versions
| Date | Set | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1990-03-28 | Set 2 | 5:38 |
| 1989-05-13 | Set 2 | 4:50 |
| 1993-08-21 | Set 2 | 4:48 |
| 1989-03-24 | Set 1 | 4:43 |
| 1990-05-04 | Set 2 | 4:05 |
Length by set
Where a song lands changes what it is: a Set 2 version of a jam vehicle runs far longer than the same song opening Set 1. One catalogue-wide average would hide exactly that.
| Set | Versions | Median | Average | Longest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | 7 | 3:23 | 3:27 | 4:43 |
| Set 2 | 17 | 3:19 | 3:32 | 5:38 |
Based on 24 of 41 performances — only phish.in tracks that map to exactly one song are counted, so bundled segues and in-set repeats are left out rather than guessed at.
Every performance
| Date | Set | Venue | Gap | Length | Before | After |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-11-16 | Set 2 | WEST PALM BEACH AUDITORIUM, West Palm Beach | 91 bustout | — | Hold Your Head Up | Hold Your Head Up |
| 1994-10-25 | Set 2 | ATLANTA CIVIC CENTER, Atlanta | 90 bustout | — | Hold Your Head Up | Hold Your Head Up |
| 1993-12-29 | Set 2 | NEW HAVEN VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM, New Haven | 5 | — | Hold Your Head Up | Hold Your Head Up |
| 1993-08-21 | Set 2 | SALTAIR PAVILION, Salt Lake City | 37 | — | Hold Your Head Up | Hold Your Head Up |
| 1993-04-30 | Set 2 | SPORTS CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD, West Hartford | 12 | — | Hold Your Head Up | Hold Your Head Up |
| 1993-04-13 | Set 2 | MEMORIAL HALL, Kansas City | 9 | — | Hold Your Head Up | Hold Your Head Up |
| 1993-03-30 | Set 2 | HILTON BALLROOM, Eugene | 8 | — | Hold Your Head Up | Hold Your Head Up |
| 1993-03-18 | Set 2 | THE PALACE, Hollywood | 13 | — | Hold Your Head Up | Hold Your Head Up |
| 1993-02-25 | Set 2 | THE CAMEO THEATRE, Miami Beach | 13 | — | Hold Your Head Up | Hold Your Head Up |
| 1993-02-07 | Set 2 | LISNER AUDITORIUM, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington | 10 | — | The Squirming Coil | Tweezer Reprise |
| 1992-12-12 | Set 2 | THE SPECTRUM, Toronto | 60 bustout | — | Hold Your Head Up | Hold Your Head Up |
| 1992-06-23 | Set 1 | PHILIPSHALLE, Düsseldorf | 24 | — | Big Black Furry Creature from Mars | Golgi Apparatus |
| 1992-04-19 | Set 2 | THE CATALYST, Santa Cruz | 46 | — | Cold as Ice | Cold as Ice |
| 1991-11-14 | Set 2 | CAT'S CRADLE, Chapel Hill | 20 | — | Hold Your Head Up | Hold Your Head Up |
| 1991-10-12 | Set 2 | ROSELAND THEATER, Portland | 25 | — | Hold Your Head Up | Hold Your Head Up |
| 1991-07-13 | Set 2 | BERKSHIRE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Lenox | 21 | — | Hold Your Head Up | Hold Your Head Up |
| 1991-04-16 | Encore | RICK'S CAFé, Ann Arbor | 40 | — | Hold Your Head Up | Hold Your Head Up |
| 1990-12-31 | Set 2 | BOSTON WORLD TRADE CENTER EXHIBITION HALL, Boston | 24 | — | Hold Your Head Up | Hold Your Head Up |
| 1990-10-25 | Set 1 | THE SHOWBAR, Houston | 0 | — | You Enjoy Myself | Buried Alive |
| 1990-10-22 | Encore | TIPITINA'S, New Orleans | 3 | — | (opens set) | Good Times Bad Times |
| 1990-10-17 | Set 2 | THE PTERODACTYL CLUB, Charlotte | 0 | — | The Lizards | David Bowie |
| 1990-10-13 | Set 1 | GREENSTREETS, Columbia | 3 | — | Funky Bitch | Contact |
| 1990-10-08 | Set 2 | THE BAYOU, Washington | 1 | — | Hold Your Head Up | Hold Your Head Up |
| 1990-10-06 | Set 1 | THE CAPITOL THEATRE, Port Chester | 16 | — | Hold Your Head Up | Hold Your Head Up |
| 1990-06-16 | Set 3 | TOWNSHEND FAMILY PARK, Townshend | 12 | — | Hold Your Head Up | Hold Your Head Up |
| 1990-05-23 | Set 1 | THE LIBRARY, Richmond | 9 | — | You Enjoy Myself | The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony |
| 1990-05-04 | Set 2 | THE COLONIAL THEATRE, Keene | 3 | — | Caravan | Highway to Hell |
| 1990-04-25 | Set 2 | THE CLARKE MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN, NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY, Notre Dame | 9 | — | (opens set) | Divided Sky |
| 1990-04-08 | Set 1 | FLY ME TO THE MOON SALOON, Telluride | 2 | — | You Enjoy Myself | The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony |
| 1990-04-05 | Set 2 | J.J. MCCABE'S, Boulder | 2 | — | Weekapaug Groove | Contact |
| 1990-03-28 | Set 2 | BETA THETA PI FRAT HOUSE PARTY, DENISON UNIVERSITY, Granville | 23 | — | Highway to Hell | (closes set) |
| 1990-01-29 | Set 2 | THE HAUNT, Ithaca | 14 | — | The Lizards | Mike's Song |
| 1989-12-01 | Set 2 | THE PARADISE, Boston | 3 | — | Weekapaug Groove | Highway to Hell |
| 1989-11-11 | Set 1 | PATRICK GYMNASIUM, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, Burlington | 0 | — | You Enjoy Myself | Frankenstein |
| 1989-11-10 | Set 2 | SIGMA PHI HOUSE, HAMILTON COLLEGE, Clinton | 15 | — | The Lizards | Possum |
| 1989-10-01 | Set 2 | THE FRONT, Burlington | 0 | — | You Enjoy Myself | Contact |
| 1989-09-21 | Set 2 | PEARL STREET BALLROOM, Northampton | 21 | — | You Enjoy Myself | Run Like an Antelope |
| 1989-05-13 | Set 2 | THE ORANGE GROVE, Syracuse | 11 | — | Harry Hood | Contact |
| 1989-04-14 | Set 2 | THE BASE LODGE, STEARNS HALL, JOHNSON STATE COLLEGE, Johnson | 5 | — | Possum | Mike's Song |
| 1989-03-24 | Set 1 | THE PARADISE, Boston | 2 | — | AC/DC Bag | Take the 'A' Train |
| 1989-03-12 | Set 1 | NECTAR'S, Burlington | debut | — | Weekapaug Groove | Alumni Blues |