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Liberation History (View Current Songs Eligible for Liberation)

Liberations
One of the most exciting aspects of a Dave Matthews Band show is the possibility that on any given night, just about any given song can be played. Now the reality is that there are songs that are played with far more regularity than others. It has become a bit of a sport for fans to chase song "liberations", which occur when a song has been played for the first time after a lengthy hiatus.

Conditions for Song Liberation
A line has to be drawn somewhere, and after careful consideration, we at Ants have come up with the following criteria for what constitutes a song liberation: 150 shows since last performance - This is the most subjective criteria of the bunch, admittedly. While humans measure time in terms of days, the band's 2017 hiatus and the pandemic response that forced the cancellation of the 2020 tour pushed us to consider "shows since" as our preferred metric for judging song scarcity. For example, should DMB go on a 3-year hiatus, we wouldn't consider every song a liberation upon return. 150 shows is somewhere in the ballpark of 3 years' worth of shows, and that feels about right. Shows must have been performed to be counted (no cancellations), and we ignore shows that have unknown or empty setlists. No Teasing - Must be considered a full performance of the song. Teases and partials will not be considered a valid liberation. Cover Song Minimum: 10 Plays - The band is known for playing lots of covers, but very few stick around for the long haul. Those that do, certainly warrant liberation should they disappear and return at a later date (read: Watchtower, The Maker). Original Song Minimum: 5 Plays - A song should stick around for a few plays before we consider it established enough to warrant a liberation upon its return.

Conditions for Song Liberation

A line has to be drawn somewhere, and after careful consideration, we at Ants have come up with the following criteria for what constitutes a song liberation:

150 shows since last performance - This is the most subjective criteria of the bunch, admittedly. While humans measure time in terms of days, the band's 2017 hiatus and the pandemic response that forced the cancellation of the 2020 tour pushed us to consider "shows since" as our preferred metric for judging song scarcity. For example, should DMB go on a 3-year hiatus, we wouldn't consider every song a liberation upon return. 150 shows is somewhere in the ballpark of 3 years' worth of shows, and that feels about right. Shows must have been performed to be counted (no cancellations), and we ignore shows that have unknown or empty setlists.

No Teasing - Must be considered a full performance of the song. Teases and partials will not be considered a valid liberation.

Cover Song Minimum: 10 Plays - The band is known for playing lots of covers, but very few stick around for the long haul. Those that do, certainly warrant liberation should they disappear and return at a later date (read: Watchtower, The Maker).

Original Song Minimum: 5 Plays - A song should stick around for a few plays before we consider it established enough to warrant a liberation upon its return.

Exclusions
There are, of course, a few exclusions to cover some outlier cases: Album Exclusions - Tim Reynolds originals, True Reflection songs and songs deemed collaborations Intros, Improv & Jams Previous Song Versions - Examples include Don't Burn the Pig, #36 & Leave Me Praying

Shows Since (↓)	Days Since (↓)	Last Played (↓)	Liberated (↓)	Song (↓)	Album (↓)
179	1544	2019-08-27	2023-11-18	Smooth Rider	Stand Up
368 (*)	2955	2015-08-01	2023-09-03	Long Black Veil	Cover Songs
166	1461	2019-08-24	2023-08-24	Spoon	Before These Crowded Streets
508 (*)	3875	2012-12-14	2023-07-25	Baby Blue	Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
329 (*)	2814	2015-11-07	2023-07-22	Little Thing	Unreleased
238	1820	2018-07-27	2023-07-21	Hunger for the Great Light	Stand Up
209	1594	2019-03-10	2023-07-21	Help Myself	Unreleased
156	1418	2019-08-31	2023-07-19	Cortez The Killer	Cover Songs
558 (*)	4317	2011-09-18	2023-07-14	American Baby Intro	Stand Up
569 (*)	4631	2010-09-03	2023-05-09	Busted Stuff	Busted Stuff
248	2443	2016-08-30	2023-05-09	Bismarck	Unreleased
175	1458	2018-09-07	2022-09-04	#34	Under the Table and Dreaming
420 (*)	3348	2013-07-03	2022-09-02	Eh Hee	Unreleased
221	2178	2016-09-03	2022-08-21	Cry Freedom	Crash
290	2534	2015-08-01	2022-07-09	Pay For What You Get	Under the Table and Dreaming
322 (*)	2845	2014-09-06	2022-06-21	Sugar Man	Cover Songs
169	1435	2018-07-14	2022-06-18	Steady As We Go	Stand Up
262	2449	2015-08-29	2022-05-13	The Dreaming Tree	Before These Crowded Streets
506 (*)	4266	2010-09-05	2022-05-11	Break For It	Unreleased
229	2191	2016-05-11	2022-05-11	Shotgun	Unreleased
363 (*)	3026	2013-07-24	2021-11-05	Broken Things	Away From The World
195	1945	2016-07-09	2021-11-05	Dive In	Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
237	2185	2015-10-18	2021-10-11	Little Red Bird	Little Red Bird
244	2237	2015-07-22	2021-09-05	Take Me To Tomorrow	Cover Songs
232	2190	2015-09-06	2021-09-04	The Needle and the Damage Done	Cover Songs
231	2187	2015-09-09	2021-09-04	Rye Whiskey	Cover Songs
161	1828	2016-09-02	2021-09-04	Oh	Some Devil
229	2184	2015-09-11	2021-09-03	Thank You	Cover Songs
208	2140	2015-09-13	2021-07-23	Sweet	Away From The World
462 (*)	3468	2010-08-31	2020-02-28	Sweet Up and Down	The Lillywhite Sessions
269	2047	2014-07-22	2020-02-28	The Riff	Away From The World
213	1641	2015-09-01	2020-02-28	Beach Ball	Little Red Bird
176	1378	2016-05-21	2020-02-28	Stolen Away on 55th and 3rd	Stand Up
168	1388	2015-11-11	2019-08-30	Drunken Soldier	Away From The World
198	1487	2015-07-29	2019-08-24	Spoon	Before These Crowded Streets
211	1487	2015-07-01	2019-07-27	I'll Back You Up	Remember Two Things
310 (*)	2208	2013-06-26	2019-07-13	Blue Water Baboon Farm	Unreleased
202	1470	2015-07-04	2019-07-13	#40	Unreleased
288	2142	2013-08-30	2019-07-12	Joy Ride	Stand Up Bonus Disc
202	1470	2015-06-26	2019-07-05	Water Into Wine	Unreleased
440 (*)	3264	2010-07-25	2019-07-02	Funny How Time Slips Away	Cover Songs
382 (*)	2596	2012-05-19	2019-06-28	If I Had It All	Everyday
268	2080	2013-06-29	2019-03-10	Help Myself	Unreleased
202	1623	2014-06-28	2018-12-07	Christmas Song	Remember Two Things
157	1269	2015-06-10	2018-11-30	Cortez The Killer	Cover Songs
348 (*)	2711	2011-06-26	2018-11-27	Kill The King	Unreleased
266	2008	2013-05-29	2018-11-27	Sleep to Dream Her	Everyday
626 (*)	4172	2007-03-23	2018-08-24	Time Of The Season	Cover Songs
229	1837	2013-07-03	2018-07-14	JTR	The Lillywhite Sessions
357 (*)	2883	2010-06-30	2018-05-22	Hello Again	Stand Up
353 (*)	2876	2010-07-03	2018-05-18	Stand Up	Stand Up
215	1813	2013-05-31	2018-05-18	What You Are	Everyday
169	1081	2013-07-09	2016-06-24	Fool to Think	Everyday
244	1704	2011-09-17	2016-05-17	Break Free	Walk Around the Moon
244	1702	2011-09-16	2016-05-14	Dive In	Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
253	1995	2010-11-20	2016-05-07	The Last Stop	Before These Crowded Streets
325 (*)	2074	2010-03-07	2015-11-10	Sugar Will	Unreleased
202	1212	2012-07-13	2015-11-07	Little Thing	Unreleased
844 (*)	5124	2001-08-26	2015-09-06	Angel From Montgomery	Cover Songs
1158 (*)	6601	1997-06-20	2015-07-17	Let You Down	Crash
230	1766	2010-09-15	2015-07-17	I Did It	Everyday
422 (*)	2569	2008-06-21	2015-07-04	#40	Unreleased
477 (*)	2952	2007-05-27	2015-06-26	Down By the River	Cover Songs
329 (*)	2156	2009-07-18	2015-06-13	Smooth Rider	Stand Up
184	1362	2011-09-17	2015-06-10	Cortez The Killer	Cover Songs
445 (*)	2833	2007-09-02	2015-06-05	Butterfly	Unreleased
183	1369	2011-09-03	2015-06-03	The Maker	Cover Songs
490 (*)	2947	2006-08-06	2014-08-31	Steady As We Go	Stand Up
230	1573	2010-03-14	2014-07-04	Sledgehammer	Cover Songs
161	1324	2010-11-05	2014-06-21	Rye Whiskey	Cover Songs
165	1364	2010-09-18	2014-06-13	Good Good Time	Unreleased
347 (*)	2142	2008-07-12	2014-05-24	Pay For What You Get	Under the Table and Dreaming
322 (*)	2085	2008-08-30	2014-05-16	Stolen Away on 55th and 3rd	Stand Up
294	1784	2008-09-07	2013-07-27	Old Dirt Hill	Stand Up
164	1119	2010-07-01	2013-07-24	Kit Kat Jam	Busted Stuff
543 (*)	3240	2004-09-08	2013-07-23	Crazy-Easy	Unreleased
327 (*)	2076	2007-09-22	2013-05-29	Hunger for the Great Light	Stand Up
605 (*)	3629	2002-08-03	2012-07-10	Little Thing	Unreleased
248	1455	2008-07-02	2012-06-26	The Space Between	Everyday
370 (*)	2362	2005-12-15	2012-06-03	Everybody Wake Up	Stand Up
207	1368	2008-08-29	2012-05-28	Help Myself	Unreleased
325 (*)	1858	2006-08-01	2011-09-02	American Baby	Stand Up
241	1387	2007-11-15	2011-09-02	American Baby Intro	Stand Up
332 (*)	1840	2006-06-24	2011-07-08	Joy Ride	Stand Up Bonus Disc
328 (*)	1821	2006-07-01	2011-06-26	Kill The King	Unreleased
296	1746	2006-09-13	2011-06-25	Break Free	Walk Around the Moon
455 (*)	2523	2004-07-27	2011-06-24	Captain	Busted Stuff
226	897	2008-06-06	2010-11-20	Long Black Veil	Cover Songs
178	800	2008-09-10	2010-11-19	Spoon	Before These Crowded Streets
329 (*)	1738	2005-12-15	2010-09-18	Christmas Song	Remember Two Things
159	717	2008-09-28	2010-09-15	Water Into Wine	Unreleased
411 (*)	2192	2004-09-04	2010-09-05	I Did It	Everyday
215	1074	2007-09-26	2010-09-04	Fool to Think	Everyday
173	763	2008-08-01	2010-09-03	Sleep to Dream Her	Everyday
217	1076	2007-09-14	2010-08-25	If I Had It All	Everyday
258	1418	2006-09-12	2010-07-31	The Last Stop	Before These Crowded Streets
251	1379	2006-10-21	2010-07-31	Cortez The Killer	Cover Songs
530 (*)	2927	2002-07-18	2010-07-23	Funny How Time Slips Away	Cover Songs
304 (*)	1681	2005-12-13	2010-07-21	Minarets	Remember Two Things
382 (*)	2110	2004-10-02	2010-07-13	Good Good Time	Unreleased
173	756	2008-06-14	2010-07-10	What You Are	Everyday
178	992	2007-10-01	2010-06-19	Stand Up	Stand Up
352 (*)	1896	2005-03-27	2010-06-05	Cry Freedom	Crash
190	1014	2007-08-26	2010-06-05	Some Devil	Some Devil
156	721	2008-06-14	2010-06-05	Can't Stop	Come Tomorrow
166	932	2007-11-15	2010-06-04	Dreamgirl	Stand Up
228	1362	2006-09-09	2010-06-02	Digging a Ditch	Busted Stuff
222	1345	2006-09-22	2010-05-29	So Right	Everyday
177	988	2007-09-14	2010-05-29	Sweet Up and Down	The Lillywhite Sessions
517 (*)	2932	2002-05-18	2010-05-28	Busted Stuff	Busted Stuff
437 (*)	2494	2003-07-30	2010-05-28	Kit Kat Jam	Busted Stuff
290	1721	2005-09-10	2010-05-28	Hello Again	Stand Up
228	1363	2006-09-03	2010-05-28	JTR	The Lillywhite Sessions
198	954	2007-08-04	2010-03-15	Still Water	Cover Songs
222	1279	2006-09-12	2010-03-14	Big Eyed Fish	Busted Stuff
169	869	2007-03-23	2009-08-08	I'll Back You Up	Remember Two Things
518 (*)	3060	2000-12-08	2009-04-25	Blue Water Baboon Farm	Unreleased
292	1791	2003-09-14	2008-08-09	Spoon	Before These Crowded Streets
229	1407	2004-09-04	2008-07-12	Help Myself	Unreleased
220	1373	2004-10-05	2008-07-09	Sugar Will	Unreleased
249	1446	2004-07-13	2008-06-28	The Space Between	Everyday
163	1063	2005-07-24	2008-06-21	#40	Unreleased
883 (*)	4677	1995-08-21	2008-06-10	Water Into Wine	Unreleased
280	1771	2003-08-01	2008-06-06	Long Black Veil	Cover Songs
192	1112	2004-09-04	2007-09-21	Fool to Think	Everyday
457 (*)	2569	2000-07-25	2007-08-07	Sweet Up and Down	The Lillywhite Sessions
206	1294	2003-09-06	2007-03-23	The Maker	Cover Songs
171	1053	2003-09-09	2006-07-28	Sleep to Dream Her	Everyday
178	1059	2003-08-08	2006-07-02	The Last Stop	Before These Crowded Streets
170	1031	2003-08-24	2006-06-20	Pay For What You Get	Under the Table and Dreaming
179	1057	2003-07-19	2006-06-10	So Right	Everyday
221	1399	2002-08-08	2006-06-07	Big Eyed Fish	Busted Stuff
163	1031	2003-08-07	2006-06-03	The Dreaming Tree	Before These Crowded Streets
156	1007	2003-08-31	2006-06-03	Digging a Ditch	Busted Stuff
222	1401	2002-07-29	2006-05-30	Raven	Busted Stuff
205	1360	2002-09-08	2006-05-30	Proudest Monkey	Crash
273	1705	2001-08-28	2006-04-29	JTR	The Lillywhite Sessions
354 (*)	1920	2000-08-27	2005-11-29	Linus And Lucy	Cover Songs
181	1073	2002-12-22	2005-11-29	Christmas Song	Remember Two Things
323 (*)	1734	2000-12-13	2005-09-12	Exodus	Cover Songs
178	995	2002-12-21	2005-09-11	Halloween	Before These Crowded Streets
225	1190	2002-04-21	2005-07-24	#40	Unreleased
1154 (*)	4491	1993-03-23	2005-07-09	#34	Under the Table and Dreaming
317 (*)	1711	1998-11-21	2003-07-29	Spoon	Before These Crowded Streets
168	1014	2000-09-13	2003-06-24	I'll Back You Up	Remember Two Things
235	1442	1999-07-07	2003-06-18	Pay For What You Get	Under the Table and Dreaming
231	1437	1999-07-11	2003-06-17	The Last Stop	Before These Crowded Streets
175	1025	2000-08-26	2003-06-17	Typical Situation	Under the Table and Dreaming
202	1129	1999-08-06	2002-09-08	The Dreaming Tree	Before These Crowded Streets
200	1111	1999-07-10	2002-07-25	Cry Freedom	Crash
153	723	2000-07-30	2002-07-23	Proudest Monkey	Crash
378 (*)	1992	1996-11-19	2002-05-04	Little Thing	Unreleased
213	906	1998-06-21	2000-12-13	Exodus	Cover Songs
522 (*)	2113	1995-02-25	2000-12-08	Blue Water Baboon Farm	Unreleased

Shows Since (↓)	Days Since (↓)	Last Played (↓)	Liberated (↓)	Song (↓)	Album (↓)

Shows Since (↓)	Days Since (↓)	Last Played (↓)	Liberated (↓)	Song (↓)	Album (↓)
154	7627	2003-03-31	2024-02-16	Big Eyed Fish	Busted Stuff

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