Sample in a Jar

"Sample in a Jar"
Single by Phish
from the album Hoist
Released 1994
Recorded October–November 1993, American Recording Co., Woodland Hills, California
Genre Rock
Length 4:38
Label Elektra PRCD 8989-2
Songwriter(s) Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall
Producer(s) Paul Fox
Phish singles chronology
"Down with Disease"
(1994) 		"Sample in a Jar"
(1994) 		"Julius"
(1994)

"Sample in a Jar" is a song by the American band Phish. It was released as the second single from the band's fifth studio album, Hoist. The song peaked at No. 49 on the Radio & Records Rock chart.

On the surface, the lyrics seem to deal with a relationship argument while intoxicated. In The Phish Book, Trey mentioned that the song is “basically about sitting in a car with the seatbelt on, drunk.”

Covers

The song was covered by the band Little Feat on the album Chinese Work Songs.

It was also covered in 2023 by the band True Elixir whose version also contains a line from the Phish song Run Like an Antelope and a 2001 Space Odyssey jam.[1]

Personnel

Musicians

Trey Anastasio – guitars, vocals
Page McConnell – keyboards, vocals
Mike Gordon – bass guitar, vocals
Jon Fishman – drums, vocals

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