Grateful Dead Live Recordings

The table below shows the total number of live recordings issued of each song, including Vault releases, Dick's Picks, Download Series and others. It also shows the total number of times the Grateful Dead played each song, and the percentage of those that have been issued. For a fuller explanation of these and other columns see the key at the end. Thanks to Eric Levy for his help in drawing this up - though any errors in updating it are mine not his!.

Updated to include Dave's Picks Volume 6 and May 1977 Box Set.

SONG TITLE	Live Rec's	Times Played	Percent	Studio Rec's	Video Rec's	Jams	Other Recs	Notes
Playing In The Band	88	582	15.1	2	5	1		(b)
Sugar Magnolia	74	594	12.5	1	4
China Cat Sunflower	71	554	12.8	1	5
The Other One	70	583	12.0		4	2		(a)
I Know You Rider	65	550	11.8	2	5			(v)
Not Fade Away	62	531	11.7	1	7
Me And My Uncle	58	616	9.4		3
Truckin'	56	519	10.8	1	4			(dd)
Jack Straw	52	473	11.0		2
Good Lovin'	51	428	11.9	3	3
Dark Star	51	219	23.3	1		2	1	(c)(rr)
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad	48	293	16.4		2
Bertha	47	394	11.9		4		1	(aa)
Sugaree	46	357	12.9	1			1	(j)(bb)
Tennessee Jed	45	433	10.7		1
Wharf Rat	44	394	11.2	1	2
Casey Jones	43	312	13.8	1	2		2	(h)(ll)
Eyes Of The World	42	381	11.0	1	1			(jj)
One More Saturday Night	42	340	12.4	1	2			(l)
Deal	41	423	9.7	1	4			(j)
Uncle John's Band	41	332	12.3	1	6	1
Morning Dew	41	254	16.1	1	2
Big River	40	397	10.1		3
Estimated Prophet	40	390	10.3	1	4
El Paso	39	388	10.1
He's Gone	39	328	11.9		2
Scarlet Begonias	38	316	12.0	1	4
Looks Like Rain	37	417	8.9	1	3			(l)
Beat It On Down The Line	37	325	11.4	1
The Promised Land	36	427	8.4	1	1
Loser	36	345	10.4	1				(j)
Ramble On Rose	36	316	11.4		2
Let It Grow	36	276	13.0	2	2			(d)
Brown Eyed Women	35	347	10.1				1	(f)
Saint Stephen	35	165	21.2	1	1
Turn On Your Lovelight	34	341	10.0		2
Mexicali Blues	33	435	7.6	1	3			(l)
Black Throated Wind	33	158	20.9	1	1			(l)
Samson And Delilah	32	364	8.8	1	3
Mississippi Half-Step	32	234	13.7	1	1
New Minglewood Blues	31	435	7.1	2	4
Around And Around	30	418	7.2		1
Stella Blue	29	328	8.8	1	3
Terrapin Station	29	302	9.6	1	6			(e)
Lady With A Fan	28	301	9.3	1	7			(e)
Johnny B Goode	28	284	9.9		3		1	(h)
Cumberland Blues	27	223	12.1	1	1
Big Railroad Blues	27	175	15.4
Cassidy	26	334	7.8	1	2			(l)
Row Jimmy	26	274	9.5	1	4
U.S.Blues	25	323	7.7	1	2
Greatest Story Ever Told	25	280	8.9	2	2			(k)
Fire On The Mountain	25	253	9.9	2	4			(x)
Mister Charlie	25	48	52.1
The Music Never Stopped	22	234	9.4	1	2
They Love Each Other	21	227	9.3	1				(i)
Chinatown Shuffle	21	28	75.0
Black Peter	20	343	5.8	1	1
Cold Rain And Snow	20	241	8.3	3	3			(ee)
Dire Wolf	20	226	8.8	1
Brokedown Palace	20	215	9.3	1
Me And Bobby McGee	20	118	16.9
Next Time You See Me	20	72	27.8
Caution	20	56	35.7	1		2	1	(g)
Friend Of The Devil	19	304	6.3	1	2
The Eleven	19	93	20.4	1		2		(ff)
Cryptical Envelopment	18	132	13.6
Dancing In The Street	18	123	14.6	1			1	(n)
Mama Tried	17	302	5.6		2
Peggy-O	17	265	6.4	2
Franklin's Tower	17	221	7.7	1	2
Jack-a-Roe	17	115	14.8	1	2
Supplication	17	113	15.0			1
Big Boss Man	17	71	23.9				1	(kk)
And We Bid You Goodnight	17	61	27.9		3		1	(g)
Candyman	16	277	5.8	1	2
I Need A Miracle	16	271	5.9	1	4
Lazy Lightnin'	16	111	14.4
It Hurts Me Too	16	47	34.0		1		1	(n)
Weather Report Suite Part 1	16	47	34.0	2
The Wheel	15	258	5.8	1	1		1	(j)(oo)
Don't Ease Me In	14	316	4.4	3	2			(ee)
Bird Song	14	296	4.7	1	3			(j)
High Time	14	133	10.5	1
China Doll	14	114	12.3	2	1
Comes A Time	13	66	19.7	1				(i)
Sing Me Back Home	13	39	33.3
Ship Of Fools	12	225	5.3	1	1
Iko Iko	12	185	6.5	1	2
Shakedown Street	12	163	7.4	1	3
Slipknot	12	112	10.7	1	1
Help On The Way	12	110	10.9	1	1
Althea	11	272	4.0	1				(w)
It's All Over Now	11	160	6.9		3
It Must Have Been The Roses	11	159	6.9	1				(i)
Hard To Handle	11	105	10.5		2			(kk)
Passenger	11	98	11.2	1			1	(g)
Little Red Rooster	10	272	3.7		2
Throwing Stones	9	265	3.8	1	3
Saint Of Circumstance	10	222	4.5	1	1
Feel Like A Stranger	10	207	4.8	1	1
Stagger Lee	10	146	6.8	1	2
Lost Sailor	9	145	6.2	1	1
Alligator	9	63	14.3				1	(g)
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl	9	62	14.5	1			1	(o)
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	8	145	5.5				1	(n)(pp)
Walkin' Blues	8	139	5.8		1			(cc)
To Lay Me Down	8	63	12.7	3	1			(j)
Dear Mr Fantasy	8	58	13.8		1
New Potato Caboose	8	26	30.8
You Win Again	8	25	32.0
The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion)	8	12	66.7
Hell In A Bucket	7	216	3.2	1	3
When I Paint My Masterpiece	7	144	4.9		4
Crazy Fingers	7	144	4.9	1
Alabama Getaway	7	141	5.0	1
Victim Or The Crime	7	96	7.3	1	1
Foolish Heart	7	87	8.0	1	1
Dupree's Diamond Blues	7	80	8.8	1
Picasso Moon	7	77	9.1	1
Death Don't Have No Mercy	7	49	14.3	1
Sitting On Top Of The World	7	44	15.9	1			1	(kk)
Cosmic Charley	7	41	17.1	1
Doin' That Rag	7	37	18.9	1
Viola Lee Blues	7	32	21.9	2			1	(kk)
Mason's Children	7	18	38.9	1
Touch Of Grey	6	213	2.8	2	4		1	(qq)
Man Smart (Woman Smarter)	6	199	3.0		1
Box Of Rain	6	161	3.7	1	1			(z)
Queen Jane Approximately	6	129	4.7				2	(m)(mm)
All Along The Watchtower	6	123	4.9		1		1	(m)
Gimme Some Lovin'	6	87	6.9		1
Memphis Blues	6	76	7.9
Here Comes Sunshine	6	65	9.2	1
Attics Of My Life	6	48	12.5	1
Easy To Love You	6	45	13.3	1	1
Easy Wind	6	44	13.6	1	1
Hey Jude	6	30	20.0					(u)
Sunrise	6	30	20.0	1
C.C.Rider	5	127	3.9
Might As Well	5	111	4.5	1				(i)
Loose Lucy	5	98	5.1	2
Standing On The Moon	5	75	6.7	1	2
Smokestack Lightning	5	60	8.3
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues	5	58	8.6		1
New Speedway Boogie	5	55	9.1	2	1
Deep Elem Blues	5	45	11.1
I'm A King Bee	5	38	13.2
Dark Hollow	5	29	17.2
Blow Away	5	23	21.7	1
Nobody's Fault But Mine	5	16	31.3			1	1
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	4	76	5.3		2		1	(m)
The Race Is On	4	59	6.8
In The Midnight Hour	4	46	8.7				1	(n)
I Will Take You Home	4	34	11.8	1	1
We Can Run	4	22	18.2	1	1
Built To Last	4	18	22.2	1	1
Mountains Of The Moon	4	12	33.3	1
West L.A. Fadeaway	3	140	2.1	2	4
Far From Me	3	74	4.1	1	1
The Last Time	3	70	4.3
Let The Good Times Roll	3	47	6.4		2
The Same Thing	3	45	6.7				1	(o)
Maggie's Farm	3	43	7.0		1
Ripple	3	39	7.7	1	1
On The Road Again	3	38	7.9		1			(y)
Monkey And The Engineer	3	32	9.4
He Was A Friend Of Mine	3	17	17.6
Born Cross-Eyed	3	13	23.1	1				(gg)
Jordan	3	12	25.0		1
My Brother Esau	2	104	1.9	1	2
Wang Dang Doodle	2	95	2.1		2
Black Muddy River	2	66	3.0	2
The Mighty Quinn	2	59	3.4				1	(mm)(pp)
When Push Comes To Shove	2	58	3.4	2	2
Keep Your Day Job	2	57	3.5
Liberty	2	56	3.6
Never Trust A Woman	2	42	4.8
Hey Pocky Way	2	25	8.0		1
I've Been All Around This World	2	18	11.1
Gloria	2	15	13.3
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie	2	13	15.4
Ain't It Crazy	2	12	16.7
It's A Sin	2	12	16.7				1
Ollin Arageed	2	12	16.7		1
Katie Mae	2	11	18.2
She Belongs To Me	2	10	20.0		1
Ballad Of A Thin Man	2	8	25.0
Visions Of Johanna	2	8	25.0					(pp)
King Solomon's Marbles	2	5	40.0	1
Mission In The Rain	2	5	40.0	1				(i)
Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu	2	5	40.0
Bo Diddley	2	4	50.0
Blues For Allah	2	3	66.7	1
Sage And Spirit	2	2	100.0	1
Way To Go Home	1	92	1.1
Corrina	1	77	1.3					(s)
Desolation Row	1	58	5.7		1
So Many Roads	1	55	1.8
Spoonful	1	52	1.9
Tons Of Steel	1	29	3.4	1
From The Heart Of Me	1	26	3.8	1	1
Just A Little Light	1	21	4.8	1
Silver Threads And Golden Needles	1	17	5.9	1
That Would Be Something	1	17	5.9
Rosa Lee McFall	1	16	6.3
Wave That Flag	1	15	6.7
Wake Up Little Susie	1	14	7.1
Baba O'Riley	1	12	8.3
Tomorrow Never Knows	1	12	8.3
Werewolves Of London	1	12	8.3
It's A Man's World	1	11	9.1
Revolution	1	11	9.1
Tomorrow Is Forever	1	10	10.0
Believe It Or Not	1	7	14.3	1
Cream Puff War	1	7	14.3	2
Heaven Help The Fool	1	7	14.3		1
It Takes A ... Train To Cry	1	7	14.3
The Frozen Logger	1	6	16.7
I Second That Emotion	1	6	16.7
Little Sadie	1	6	16.7
Long Black Limousine	1	6	16.7
Till The Morning Comes	1	5	20.0	1
You Don't Have To Ask	1	5	20.0	1
Hey Bo Diddley	1	4	25.0
I'm A Hog For You Baby	1	4	25.0
One Kind Favor	1	4	25.0
A Voice From On High	1	4	25.0
Clementine	1	3	33.3	1				(ff)
Hey Little One	1	3	33.3	1
If I Had The World To Give	1	3	33.3	1
Money, Money	1	3	33.3	1
She's Mine	1	3	33.3	1
Standing On The Corner	1	3	33.3	1
Who Do You Love	1	3	33.3
Ballad Of Casey Jones	1	2	50.0
California Earhtquake	1	2	50.0
Empty Pages	1	2	50.0
Got My Mojo Working	1	2	50.0
I'm A Man (Mannish Boy)	1	2	50.0
Mona	1	2	50.0
Oh Boy	1	2	50.0
Pain In My Heart	1	2	50.0
Sick And Tired	1	2	50.0
Are You Lonely For Me	1	1	100.0
Don't Mess Up A Good Thing	1	1	100.0
Empty Heart	1	1	100.0
Gangster Of Love	1	1	100.0
How Sweet It Is	1	1	100.0
In The Pines	1	1	100.0
Keep Rolling By	1	1	100.0
Let It Rock	1	1	100.0
Sidewalks Of New York	1	1	100.0
Tom Dooley	1	1	100.0
Lazy River Road	0	65	0	1
Easy Answers	0	44	0					(r)
Eternity	0	44	0	1
Days Between	0	41	0	1
Samba In The Rain	0	38	0					(t)
I Fought The Law	0	36	0
Satisfaction	0	31	0
Wave To The Wind	0	21	0
Rain	0	20	0
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds	0	19	0
If The Shoe Fits	0	17	0
Don't Need Love	0	16	0
You Ain't Woman Enough	0	15	0
Childhood's End	0	11	0
Unbroken Chain	0	10	0	2
Maybe You Know	0	6	0
Walking The Dog	0	6	1
Operator	0	4	0	1
Reuben And Cerise	0	4	0					(q)
Stealin	0	4	0	3				(ee)
Alice D Millionaire	0	3	0	1
The Golden Road	0	3	0	1
Overseas Stomp (Lindy)	0	3	0	1			1	(o)
Cardboard Cowboy	0	2	0
Early Morning Rain	0	2	0	1
Mindbender	0	2	0	1
Gentlemen, Start Your Engines	0	2	0	1
Betty And Dupree	0	1	0	1
Can't Come Down	0	1	0	1				(hh)
The Only Time Is Now	0	1	0	1
Revolutionary Hamstrung Blues	0	1	0
Salt Lake City	0	1	0					(p)
Tastebud	0	1	0	3				(ee)
You See A Broken Heart	0	1	0	1
Pride Of Cucamonga	0	0	0	2

Key:

Live Rec's:	This gives the total number of live recordings by the Dead that have been issued officially on CD. Many thanks to Eric Levy for his help in preparing and checking this. It includes "pre-Vault" live recordings such as "Live/Dead", Vault releases such as "One From The Vault," all Dick's Picks, and CD soundtracks from DVD releases. I have counted "Anthem Of The Sun" as a live album.
Times Played:	This gives the total number of times the Dead played the song live. It omits covers played less than 10 times for which no recordings have been issued. The figures are taken from DeadBase XI: this is the most convenient source, though it omits a number of tapes that have come into circulation recently. It is very likely that some of the early songs (eg "Can't Come Down") were played at many more 1966 concerts for which no setlists exist.
Percentages:	These are the total number of recordings as a percentage of the number of times played. I am not arguing for an even proportion of recordings of every song: a much larger percentage of Dark Stars than Me And My Uncles is fine by me! But it does highlight some songs that are very much under-represented in the official releases.
Studio Rec's:	This gives the number of studio recordings by the Dead. In some cases I have stretched what counts as a Grateful Dead studio recording - these are mentioned in the notes.
Video Rec's:	This gives the number of releases of each song on video or DVD. It includes those that have also been released on CD soundtrack albums. This means that some of these recordings are also counted in the column "Live Rec's."
Jams:	This gives the number of live versions released as jams without lyrics being sung
Other Rec's:	This identifies other live recordings not included in the totals, for example because they are part of other recordings or because they have been issued only semi-officially. It lists only other recordings of the Grateful Dead themselves - not subsequent recordings by Ratdog, The Other Ones, Phil Lesh & Friends etc.

Notes:

(a)	"The Other One" includes recordings with "Cryptical Envelopment" as part of "That's It For The Other One" suite.
(b)	studio recordings of "Playing In The Band" are on Bob Weir's "Ace" and Mickey Hart's "Rolling Thunder" (titled "The Main Ten"); Jam on DP16, also titled "The Main Ten".
(c)	the "Dark Star" studio recording was released as a single and on the compilation "What A Long Strange Trip It's Been" (and also as a hidden track on Live/Dead in the box set "The Golden Road").
(d)	"Let It Grow" includes recordings as part of "Weather Report Suite"
(e)	DP3 contains "Terrapin Station" not preceded by "Lady With A Fan" - the only known time.
(f)	an additional recording of "Brown-Eyed Women" from 4 May 1977 issued on "Around The Fire" soundtrack
(g)	additional live recordings of "Alligator", "Caution" and "And We Bid You Goodnight" have been issued on the CD The Best Of The Grateful Dead Hour
(h)	additional live recordings of "Casey Jones" and "Johnny B Goode" from 2 July 1971 were issued on "The Last Days Of The Fillmore." An additional live recording of "Casey Jones" from 1978 is on the compilation "Saturday Night Live Vol 1"
(i)	studio recordings of "Might As Well", "Mission In The Rain", "It Must Have Been The Roses" and "They Love Each Other" were issued on "Reflections" by Jerry Garcia
(j)	studio recordings of "Deal", "Bird Song", "Sugaree", "Loser", "To Lay Me Down" and "The Wheel" were issued on "Garcia" by Jerry Garcia
(k)	studio recordings of "Greatest Story Ever Told" are on "Ace" by Bob Weir and on "Rolling Thunder" by Mickey Hart (titled "The Pump Song")
(l)	studio recordings of "Greatest Story Ever Told", "Playing In The Band", "Black Throated Wind", "Looks Like Rain", "One More Saturday Night" and "Cassidy" were issued on "Ace" by Bob Weir
(m)	additional recordings of "Queen Jane Approximately", "All Along The Watchtower" and "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" were issued on "Dylan And The Dead"
(n)	additional recordings of "I Know You Rider" (see note (v)), "It Hurts Me Too", "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", "Dancing In The Streets" and "In The Midnight Hour" were issued on vinyl on "Vintage Dead"
(o)	additional recordings of "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl", "Stealin'" "Lindy" and "The Same Thing" were issued on vinyl on "Historic Dead"
(p)	"Salt Lake City" was recorded on Bob Weir's album "Heaven Help The Fool"
(q)	"Reuben And Cerise" was recorded on Jerry Garcia's album "Run For The Roses." A live recording by the Grateful Dead plays as background to the contents page of the DVD "View From The Vault II"
(r)	a version of "Easy Answers" by "The Other Ones" is on "FurthurMost", and a Weir/Wasserman/Neil Young version is on "Trios"
(s)	a version of "Corrina" by "The Other Ones" is on "The Strange Remain", and a Ratdog version on "Evening Moods"
(t)	a version of "Samba In The Rain" by Vince Welnick is on the "Missing Man Formation" CD
(u)	the full "Hey Jude" was played only 3 times, but the finale was played a further 28 times
(v)	the version of "I Know You Rider" on "Vintage Dead" is the same as the version on "So Many Roads", included in the left-hand column
(w)	two of the live recordings of Althea (on "Without A Net" and "Terrapin Station (Limited Edition)") are from the same night
(x)	the video of "Fire On The Mountain" on "Dead Ahead" is the same performance as on the "Dead Set" CD
(y)	the video of "On The Road Again" on "Dead Ahead" is the same performance as on the "Reckoning" CD
(z)	a recording of "Box Of Rain" is included on the DVD version of "View From The Vault II" but not on the CD or videocassette. It is included in the "video" column and not counted in the percentages - which are based on CD releases only
(aa)	a live recording of "Bertha" from an unknown date is included on the CD "Huckleberry Jam" (various artists compilation) sold in the Bay Area as a fundraiser for the Huckleberry House
(bb)	a live recording of "Sugaree" from 11 April 1987 is included on the CD "ONXRT: Live From The Archives, Vol. 4" (various artists compilation) sold in Chicago as a fundraiser for a tree-planting project
(cc)	two of the live recordings of "Walkin' Blues" may be from the same night - those on "Without A Net" and "Terrapin Station (Limited Edition)." Because this isn't certain, I have included both in the total of recordings and the percentage.
(dd)	the single version of "Truckin'" is included as a bonus track on "American Beauty" on the Rhino Box Set "The Golden Road (1965-1973)"
(ee)	the CD "Birth Of The Dead" in the Rhino Box Set "The Golden Road (1965-1973)" includes two studio versions, one with vocals, one without. Another studio version is included as a bonus track on "The Grateful Dead"
(ff)	the studio version is a jam, included as a bonus track on "Aoxomoxoa" in the Rhino Box Set "The Golden Road (1965-1973)"
(gg)	the single version of "Born Cross-Eyed" is included as a bonus track on "Anthem Of The Sun" in the Rhino Box Set "The Golden Road (1965-1973"
(hh)	the same studio version is on the box sets "The Golden Road (1965-1973)" and "So Many Roads (1965-1995)"
(jj)	the video version of "Eyes Of The World" on "The Grateful Dead Movie" is the same as the version on "So Many Roads (1965-1995)"
(kk)	longish excerpts from live recordings of "Viola Lee Blues", "Sitting On Top Of The World" and "Big Boss Man" from the Fillmore in 1967 are on the "Grateful Dead Documentary" CD
(ll)	the performance of "Casey Jones" on "The Grateful Dead Movie" is the same as that on "Steal Your Face"
(mm)	additional recordings of "Queen Jane Approximately" and "The Mighty Quinn" were issued on a bonus disc with early copies of "Postcards Of The Hanging"
(nn)	the video of "Hard To Handle" is on "Backstage Pass." The audio on that comes from the same show (29 April 1971) as "Ladies And Gentlemen ... The Grateful Dead", though the video footage comes from a variety of other shows.
(oo)	a version of "The Wheel" from 9 September 1982 was included on a limited edition CD "Jerry Garcia: The Collected Artworks."
(pp)	the live Grateful Dead recordings of "The Mighty Quinn", "Visions of Johanna" and "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" include those on the album Jerry Garcia Plays Dylan
(qq)	the additional recording of "Touch Of Grey" is on ONXRT: Live From The Archives, Vol 11 (11 Apr 1987)
(rr)	the additional recording of "Dark Star" is from 16 Aug 1969, released on "Woodstock--40 Years On: Back To Yasgur's Farm"