Song

Sanity

Times played

First

1986

Last

2023

Avg length

5:40

from 42 timed

The longest it ever went missing

259 shows without it, ending 1992-03-11.

Where it sits

2opened the show
9opened a set
8encore

Longest on record

Only where a tape gives a length, so this is the longest anyone timed — not necessarily the longest ever played.

9:051988-07-25Nectar's
8:442010-10-22Providence Civic Center
8:081988-08-05The Roma
7:091992-03-20Broome County Forum
6:552016-07-20Bill Graham Civic Auditorium

Across the decades

1380s
1290s
200s
1310s
220s

Every performance

Played by yearMost in 1989: 6

19862023

Date	Band	Venue	Length
1986-10-15	PHIS	Hunt's, Burlington	5:23
1986-10-31	PHIS	Sculpture Room, Goddard College, Plainfield	4:56
1987-02-13	PHIS	Johnson State College, Johnson	6:09
1987-08-21	PHIS	Ian McLean's Farm, Hebron	6:29
1988-02-24	PHIS	Gallagher's, Waitsfield	6:00
1988-07-25	PHIS	Nectar's, Burlington	9:05
1988-08-05	PHIS	The Roma, Telluride	8:08
1989-01-26	PHIS	The Paradise, Boston	3:55
1989-02-06	PHIS	The Front, Burlington	3:50
1989-02-07	PHIS	The Front, Burlington	4:10
1989-04-27	PHIS	Strafford Room, Memorial Union Building, University of New Hampshire, Durham	6:14
1989-05-26	PHIS	Valley Club Café, Rutland	6:35
1989-05-28	PHIS	Ian McLean's Farm, Hebron	6:32
1992-03-11	PHIS	The Colonial Theatre, Keene	5:16
1992-03-20	PHIS	Broome County Forum, Binghamton	7:09
1992-04-16	PHIS	Anaconda Theatre, Isla Vista	5:39
1992-04-21	PHIS	Redwood Acres Fairgrounds, Eureka	5:20
1992-05-01	PHIS	The Rave, Milwaukee	5:38
1992-05-17	PHIS	Achilles Rink, Union College, Schenectady	5:12
1994-04-29	PHIS	Boatyard Village Pavilion, Clearwater	4:56
1994-06-24	PHIS	Murat Theatre, Indianapolis	4:39
1995-12-31	PHIS	Madison Square Garden, New York	6:12
1996-10-31	PHIS	The Omni, Atlanta	5:20
1998-08-15	PHIS	Loring Commerce Centre, Limestone	5:33
1998-11-27	PHIS	Centrum, Worcester	4:52
2009-03-08	PHIS	Hampton Coliseum, Hampton	3:43
2009-11-28	PHIS	Knickerbocker Arena, Albany	5:30
2010-07-03	PHIS	Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park, Alpharetta	5:44
2010-10-22	PHIS	Providence Civic Center, Providence	8:44
2011-06-12	PHIS	Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia	5:01
2011-08-06	PHIS	The Gorge Amphitheatre, George	5:36
2011-09-02	PHIS	Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City	5:51
2012-06-29	PHIS	Deer Creek, Noblesville	5:44
2013-08-04	PHIS	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco	5:55
2014-10-28	PHIS	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco	4:59
2015-08-09	PHIS	Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy	5:27
2016-07-20	PHIS	Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco	6:55
2017-08-06	PHIS	Madison Square Garden, New York	5:35
2019-02-22	PHIS	Barceló Maya Beach, Riviera Maya	5:17
2019-06-23	PHIS	Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia	4:33
2021-08-06	PHIS	Deer Creek, Noblesville	5:12
2023-08-01	PHIS	Madison Square Garden, New York	4:55