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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 (↓)
2073	10713	1993-01-26	People People	Unreleased
1938	10433	1993-11-02	Doobie Thing	Unreleased
1906	10376	1993-12-29	Spotlight	Unreleased
1725	10009	1994-12-31	Get In Line	Unreleased
1606	9784	1995-08-13	What Will Become of Me	Unreleased
1449	9119	1997-06-08	Nature	Cover Songs
1110	7579	2001-08-26	Mother Father	Everyday
1085	7322	2002-05-10	Waste	Cover Songs
1076	7309	2002-05-23	For the Beauty of Wynona	Cover Songs
1013	6901	2003-07-05	Angel	Everyday
838	6012	2005-12-10	Linus And Lucy	Cover Songs
725	5351	2007-10-02	Exodus	Cover Songs
707	5088	2008-06-21	A Dream So Real	Unreleased
671	5011	2008-09-06	Money	Cover Songs
515	4284	2010-09-03	Busted Stuff	Busted Stuff
476	3904	2011-09-18	American Baby Intro	Stand Up
466	3646	2012-06-02	Blackjack	Unreleased
420	3451	2012-12-14	Baby Blue	Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
410	3297	2013-05-17	Everybody Wake Up	Stand Up
389	3250	2013-07-03	Eh Hee	Unreleased
377	3227	2013-07-26	Kit Kat Jam	Busted Stuff
372	3192	2013-08-30	Crazy-Easy	Unreleased
370	3190	2013-09-01	Gaucho	Away From The World
366	3183	2013-09-08	Don't Fear The Reaper	Cover Songs
347	2919	2014-05-30	American Baby	Stand Up
315	2828	2014-08-29	Good Good Time	Unreleased
311	2820	2014-09-06	Sugar Man	Cover Songs
276	2502	2015-07-21	I Did It	Everyday
273	2497	2015-07-26	Let You Down	Crash
270	2491	2015-08-01	Long Black Veil	Cover Songs
270	2491	2015-08-01	Pay For What You Get	Under the Table and Dreaming
265	2456	2015-09-05	Snow Outside	Away From The World
264	2455	2015-09-06	Angel From Montgomery	Cover Songs
263	2452	2015-09-09	Down By the River	Cover Songs
262	2450	2015-09-11	Be Yourself	Unreleased
257	2419	2015-10-12	A Whiter Shade Of Pale	Cover Songs
255	2414	2015-10-17	Loving Wings	Unreleased
252	2410	2015-10-21	Belly Full	Away From The World
249	2404	2015-10-27	Still Water	Cover Songs
242	2393	2015-11-07	Little Thing	Unreleased
215	2159	2016-06-28	Out of My Hands	Stand Up
199	2128	2016-07-29	Death On The High Seas	Unreleased
194	2096	2016-08-30	Bismarck	Unreleased
192	2092	2016-09-03	Cry Freedom	Crash
189	1574	2018-02-03	Alligator Pie	Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
189	1574	2018-02-03	Runnin Down a Dream	Cover Songs
170	1434	2018-06-23	Black and Blue Bird	Come Tomorrow
160	1413	2018-07-14	Steady As We Go	Stand Up
152	1400	2018-07-27	Hunger for the Great Light	Stand Up
144	1363	2018-09-02	Butterfly	Unreleased

Shows Since (↓)	Days Since (↓)	Last Played (↓)	Song (↓)	Album (↓)
244	9539	1996-04-14	Pay For What You Get	Under the Table and Dreaming
225	8613	1998-10-27	Typical Situation	Under the Table and Dreaming
223	8578	1998-12-01	Spoon	Before These Crowded Streets
177	7739	2001-03-19	Digging a Ditch	Busted Stuff
173	7737	2001-03-21	What You Are	Everyday
171	7676	2001-05-21	Angel	Everyday
163	7523	2001-10-21	Recently	Remember Two Things
155	7500	2001-11-13	When the World Ends	Everyday
153	7377	2002-03-16	I Did It	Everyday

Shows Since (↓)	Days Since (↓)	Last Played (↓)	Song (↓)	Album (↓)
224	9258	1997-01-20	Watermelon Song	Cover Songs
198	9224	1997-02-23	Dream I Killed God	Unreleased
197	9084	1997-07-13	Let You Down	Crash
188	8521	1999-01-27	Deed Is Done	Unreleased
186	8518	1999-01-30	Crazy	Unreleased
157	8475	1999-03-14	If I Had a Boat	Cover Songs
155	8464	1999-03-25	Wild Horses	Cover Songs
147	6999	2003-03-29	Drive In Drive Out	Crash
146	6997	2003-03-31	Big Eyed Fish	Busted Stuff

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