Song
Day Job
57 plays · 1982 – 1986
Stats
Peak year
1984
19 plays
Peak era
Brent Era
35 plays
Years in rotation
5
avg 11.4/yr
Usually
Encore
68% of plays
Set 1 closer
25%
14 of 57
Set 2 opener
5%
3 of 57
Debuted
1982-08-28Last played
1986-04-04Album
(unreleased on studio)
1982
Written by
Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter
By decade
80s
57
90s
0
Biggest hiatus8m — 1982-12-31 → 1983-09-24
Often comes in from
- 29%Hell in a Bucket(4×)
- 21%Let it Grow(3×)
- 21%Looks Like Rain(3×)
Often leads into
- 20%Man Smart/Woman Smarter(1×)
- 20%Samson and Delilah(1×)
- 20%Johnny B. Goode(1×)
Top-rated versions
By Curator Score across all shows that played Day Job.
- 1985-11-01Richmond, VA · Richmond Coliseum45
- 1985-04-27Palo Alto, CA · Frost Amphitheater (Stanford U)45
- 1984-04-20Philadelphia, PA · Philadelphia Civic Center44
- 1983-10-14Hartford, CT · Hartford Civic Center41
- 1984-07-03Kansas City, MO · Starlight Theater36
- 1982-12-31Oakland, CA · Oakland Auditorium Arena34
Every time the Curator wrote about it
2 mentions across the listening journal.
Numbers show each show's Curator Score · how it works
Gloria into Keep Your Day Job.
Keep Your Day Job as an encore which must have been a cool end to the evening.
Listen to Day Job from 1985-11-01 — official release