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Currently Awaiting 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 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. 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 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.

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 & Leave Me Praying

Shows Since (↓)	Days Since (↓)	Last Played (↓)	Song (↓)	Album (↓)
2194	11407	1993-01-26	People People	Unreleased
2059	11127	1993-11-02	Doobie Thing	Unreleased
2027	11070	1993-12-29	Spotlight	Unreleased
1846	10703	1994-12-31	Get In Line	Unreleased
1727	10478	1995-08-13	What Will Become of Me	Unreleased
1570	9813	1997-06-08	Nature	Cover Songs
1231	8273	2001-08-26	Mother Father	Everyday
1206	8016	2002-05-10	Waste	Cover Songs
1197	8003	2002-05-23	For the Beauty of Wynona	Cover Songs
1134	7595	2003-07-05	Angel	Everyday
959	6706	2005-12-10	Linus And Lucy	Cover Songs
846	6045	2007-10-02	Exodus	Cover Songs
828	5782	2008-06-21	A Dream So Real	Unreleased
792	5705	2008-09-06	Money	Cover Songs
587	4340	2012-06-02	Blackjack	Unreleased
531	3991	2013-05-17	Everybody Wake Up	Stand Up
498	3921	2013-07-26	Kit Kat Jam	Busted Stuff
493	3886	2013-08-30	Crazy-Easy	Unreleased
491	3884	2013-09-01	Gaucho	Away From The World
487	3877	2013-09-08	Don't Fear The Reaper	Cover Songs
468	3613	2014-05-30	American Baby	Stand Up
436	3522	2014-08-29	Good Good Time	Unreleased
397	3196	2015-07-21	I Did It	Everyday
394	3191	2015-07-26	Let You Down	Crash
386	3150	2015-09-05	Snow Outside	Away From The World
385	3149	2015-09-06	Angel From Montgomery	Cover Songs
384	3146	2015-09-09	Down By the River	Cover Songs
383	3144	2015-09-11	Be Yourself	Unreleased
378	3113	2015-10-12	A Whiter Shade Of Pale	Cover Songs
376	3108	2015-10-17	Loving Wings	Unreleased
373	3104	2015-10-21	Belly Full	Away From The World
370	3098	2015-10-27	Still Water	Cover Songs
336	2853	2016-06-28	Out of My Hands	Stand Up
320	2822	2016-07-29	Death On The High Seas	Unreleased
310	2268	2018-02-03	Alligator Pie	Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
310	2268	2018-02-03	Runnin Down a Dream	Cover Songs
291	2128	2018-06-23	Black and Blue Bird	Come Tomorrow
265	2057	2018-09-02	Butterfly	Unreleased
258	1969	2018-11-29	Sleep to Dream Her	Everyday
253	1961	2018-12-07	Belly Belly Nice	Away From The World
252	1960	2018-12-08	Kill The King	Unreleased
248	1953	2018-12-15	Burning Down The House	Cover Songs
239	1859	2019-03-19	Dreamgirl	Stand Up
215	1765	2019-06-21	Stand Up	Stand Up
213	1758	2019-06-28	If I Had It All	Everyday
204	1743	2019-07-13	Blue Water Baboon Farm	Unreleased
181	1665	2019-09-29	Back In Black/Stayin' Alive	Cover Songs
175	1644	2019-10-20	Fly Like an Eagle	Cover Songs
174	1513	2020-02-28	Beach Ball	Little Red Bird
157	969	2021-08-25	Write A Song	Little Red Bird
153	960	2021-09-03	Save Me	Some Devil
152	959	2021-09-04	Mercy	Away From The World
152	959	2021-09-04	The Needle and the Damage Done	Cover Songs
151	958	2021-09-05	Here On Out	Come Tomorrow
151	958	2021-09-05	Take Me To Tomorrow	Cover Songs
145	945	2021-09-18	Sugar Will	Unreleased

Shows Since (↓)	Days Since (↓)	Last Played (↓)	Song (↓)	Album (↓)
254	10233	1996-04-14	Pay For What You Get	Under the Table and Dreaming
235	9307	1998-10-27	Typical Situation	Under the Table and Dreaming
233	9272	1998-12-01	Spoon	Before These Crowded Streets
187	8433	2001-03-19	Digging a Ditch	Busted Stuff
183	8431	2001-03-21	What You Are	Everyday
181	8370	2001-05-21	Angel	Everyday
173	8217	2001-10-21	Recently	Remember Two Things
165	8194	2001-11-13	When the World Ends	Everyday
163	8071	2002-03-16	I Did It	Everyday
142	7849	2002-10-24	The Song That Jane Likes	Remember Two Things

Shows Since (↓)	Days Since (↓)	Last Played (↓)	Song (↓)	Album (↓)
234	9952	1997-01-20	Watermelon Song	Cover Songs
208	9918	1997-02-23	Dream I Killed God	Unreleased
207	9778	1997-07-13	Let You Down	Crash
198	9215	1999-01-27	Deed Is Done	Unreleased
196	9212	1999-01-30	Crazy	Unreleased
167	9169	1999-03-14	If I Had a Boat	Cover Songs
165	9158	1999-03-25	Wild Horses	Cover Songs
157	7693	2003-03-29	Drive In Drive Out	Crash

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