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"Mike's Song" is a song by the rock band Phish. Originally written in 1985, and debuting that year on March 16, bass player Mike Gordon's song has been played a total of 488 times (appearing in 28.26% of all of Phish live shows), the third most played song in Phish history (after "You Enjoy Myself" and "Possum").

Release

Despite being one of the band's most popular songs it wasn't until 1997–12 years after its debut, that it finally was officially released on a Phish album when a live version from Hamburg, Germany was released on Slip Stitch and Pass. It has since appeared on numerous live Phish releases including Hampton Comes Alive, Hampton/Winston-Salem '97, and Chicago '94. No studio recording of the song has ever been commercially released.

"Mike's Groove"

"Mike's Song" is the first song in a series of three songs known to Phish fans as "Mike's Groove", which traditionally consists of "Mike's Song" > "I Am Hydrogen" > Weekapaug Groove. “I Am Hydrogen” may be replaced with other songs such as “Lawn Boy” on ‘Slip Stitch and Pass’.

References

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Trey Anastasio Jon Fishman Mike Gordon Page McConnell Tom Marshall Giant Country Horns Paul Languedoc Jeff Holdsworth Marc Daubert
Studio albums	Junta Lawn Boy A Picture of Nectar Rift Hoist Billy Breathes The Story of the Ghost The Siket Disc Farmhouse Round Room Undermind Joy Fuego Big Boat Sigma Oasis Evolve
Live albums	A Live One Slip Stitch and Pass Hampton Comes Alive Live at Madison Square Garden Live in Brooklyn Colorado '88 Vegas 96 At the Roxy Hampton/Winston-Salem '97 Chicago '94 Ventura Niagara Falls Amsterdam St. Louis '93 Kasvot Växt: í rokk The Gorge '98 Live Phish Series 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Other Live Phish releases 02.28.03 07.29.03 04.02.98 04.03.98 04.04.98 04.05.98 10.31.90 Japan Relief LP on LP
Other albums	Phish The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday Crimes of the Mind Stash The Victor Disc Headphones Jam Party Time Get More Down
Songs	"Birds of a Feather" "Chalk Dust Torture" "Cavern" "Down with Disease" "Fast Enough for You" "Free" "Ghost" "Gumbo" "Harpua" "Harry Hood" "Heavy Things" "Julius" "Mike's Song" "Sample in a Jar" "The Wedge" "You Enjoy Myself"
Filmography	Tracking Bittersweet Motel Live in Vegas It Specimens of Beauty Live in Brooklyn Walnut Creek The Clifford Ball Phish 3D
Side projects and related acts	Amfibian Dave Matthews & Friends The Dude of Life The Everyone Orchestra Jazz Mandolin Project Leo Kottke Oysterhead Phil Lesh and Friends Pork Tornado Ramble Dove Rhythm Devils SerialPod Surrender to the Air Trey Anastasio Band Vida Blue
Tribute albums	Gone Phishin Sharin' in the Groove Still Phishin JamGrass The String Quartet Tribute to Phish High Neighbors: Dub Tribute to Phish
Related articles	Discography (Songs) The Barn Gamehendge JEMP Records Tours and festivals The Baker's Dozen The Mockingbird Foundation The WaterWheel Foundation The Phish Companion Trampled by Lambs and Pecked by the Dove