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Grateful Dead - Sitting On Top Of The World

Community-ranked versions of Sitting On Top Of The World. Filter by any year or era below, sort by Best / Year / Length, or follow the outbound Archive.org ↗ link to listen.

Times Played32

First Played3/12/66

Last Played5/25/72

Typical Length3:50

Longest4:38 (6/28/69)

#1 Consensus PickSept. 20, 1970

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#1 Sept. 20, 1970 · Fillmore East - New York, NY SBD

Length: 3:45 · #1 of 1970 · Archive: 4.60/5 (141 reviews, 378,075 dl)

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#2 Dec. 5, 1971 · Felt Forum - New York, NY SBD

#1 of 1971 · Archive: 4.69/5 (68 reviews, 192,708 dl)

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#3 Apr. 23, 1969 · The Ark - Boston, MA SBD

#1 of 1969 · Archive: 4.83/5 (58 reviews, 139,055 dl)

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#4 July 16, 1966 · Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA SBD

#1 of 1966 · Archive: 4.70/5 (42 reviews, 128,597 dl)

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#5 Apr. 21, 1969 · The Ark - Boston, MA SBD

Length: 3:33 · #2 of 1969 · Archive: 4.64/5 (65 reviews, 168,843 dl)

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#6 Dec. 10, 1971 · Fox Theatre - St. Louis, MO SBD

Archive: 4.64/5 (42 reviews, 116,456 dl)

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#7 May 25, 1972 · The Strand Lyceum - London, England SBD

#1 of 1972 · Archive: 4.81/5 (34 reviews, 84,359 dl)

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#8 June 7, 1970 · Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA SBD

#2 of 1970 · Archive: 4.59/5 (49 reviews, 105,898 dl)

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#9 May 23, 1972 · The Strand Lyceum - London, England SBD

#2 of 1972 · Archive: 4.63/5 (36 reviews, 88,610 dl)

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#10 Apr. 22, 1969 · The Ark - Boston, MA SBD

Length: 4:01 · #3 of 1969 · Archive: 4.81/5 (34 reviews, 80,866 dl)

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#11 Apr. 26, 1969 · Electric Theater - Chicago, IL SBD

Archive: 4.57/5 (36 reviews, 77,134 dl)

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#12 Oct. 21, 1971 · Auditorium Theatre - Chicago, IL SBD

Archive: 4.47/5 (31 reviews, 73,885 dl)

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#13 May 18, 1972 · Kongressaal Deutsches Museum - Muenchen, Germany SBD

#3 of 1972 · Archive: 4.67/5 (24 reviews, 88,416 dl)

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#14 Mar. 29, 1968 · Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA SBD

Archive: 4.49/5 (50 reviews, 80,097 dl)

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#15 June 7, 1969 · Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA SBD

Length: 3:25 · Archive: 4.48/5 (39 reviews, 158,261 dl)

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#16 Mar. 12, 1966 · Danish Center - Los Angeles, CA SBD

Archive: 4.27/5 (44 reviews, 132,077 dl)

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#17 June 5, 1969 · Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA SBD

Archive: 4.62/5 (26 reviews, 71,774 dl)

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#18 June 27, 1969 · Veterans Auditorium - Santa Rosa, CA SBD

Length: 3:29 · Archive: 4.50/5 (30 reviews, 105,151 dl)

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#19 May 3, 1969 · Sierra College - Rocklin, CA SBD

Archive: 4.60/5 (40 reviews, 73,614 dl)

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#20 June 28, 1969 · Veterans Auditorium - Santa Rosa, CA SBD

Length: 4:38 · Archive: 4.63/5 (21 reviews, 50,816 dl)

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#21 Mar. 25, 1972 · Academy of Music - New York, NY SBD

Archive: 3.74/5 (39 reviews, 150,533 dl)

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#22 Dec. 11, 1969 · Thelma - Los Angeles, CA SBD

Archive: 4.17/5 (29 reviews, 88,693 dl)

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#23 Apr. 27, 1969 · Labor Temple - Minneapolis, MN SBD

Archive: 4.91/5 (13 reviews, 31,912 dl)

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#24 July 3, 1966 · Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA SBD

Archive: 4.24/5 (24 reviews, 65,891 dl)

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#25 June 21, 1969 · Fillmore East - Late Show New York, NY SBD

Archive: 4.23/5 (21 reviews, 57,481 dl)

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#26 July 11, 1970 · Fillmore East - New York, NY

#3 of 1970 · Archive: 4.08/5 (15 reviews, 78,668 dl)

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#27 Apr. 25, 1969 · Electric Theater - Chicago, IL SBD

Length: 3:50 · Archive: 4.33/5 (17 reviews, 24,252 dl)

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#28 Oct. 31, 1969 · San Jose State College - San Jose, CA SBD

Length: 4:03 · Archive: 3.72/5 (8 reviews, 34,287 dl)

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#29 Apr. 18, 1969 · Memorial Union Ballroom, Purdue U. - Lafayette, IN SBD

Archive: 4.13/5 (21 reviews, 36,083 dl)

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#30 July 11, 1969 · NY State Pavilion, Flushing Meadow Park - Queens, NY SBD

Length: 3:23 · Archive: 4.08/5 (30 reviews, 65,731 dl)

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#31 Feb. 8, 1970 · Fillmore West - San Francisco, CA SBD

Archive: 3.73/5 (22 reviews, 61,672 dl)

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#32 June 13, 1969 · Fresno Convention Center - Fresno, CA SBD

Length: 4:01 · Archive: 4.00/5 (12 reviews, 28,697 dl)

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Best Version of Sitting On Top Of The World for Every Year (1966–1972)

Year	Played	#1 Version of Year	Venue	Length	Score	Tape
1966	3×	July 16, 1966 SBD	Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco, CA	-	77	Archive.org ↗
1968	1×	Mar. 29, 1968 SBD	Carousel Ballroom - San Francisco, CA	-	62	Archive.org ↗
1969	17×	Apr. 23, 1969 SBD	The Ark - Boston, MA	-	83	Archive.org ↗
1970	4×	Sept. 20, 1970 SBD	Fillmore East - New York, NY	3:45	86	Archive.org ↗
1971	3×	Dec. 5, 1971 SBD	Felt Forum - New York, NY	-	85	Archive.org ↗
1972	4×	May 25, 1972 SBD	The Strand Lyceum - London, England	-	72	Archive.org ↗