Fast Enough for You

"Fast Enough for You"
Cover of promo single
Single by Phish
from the album Rift
Released	1993 (1993)
Recorded	September–October 1992, White Crow Studios, Burlington, Vermont and October–November 1992, The Castle, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Rock, jazz fusion
Length	4:51
Label	Elektra PRCD 8707-2
Songwriter(s)	Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall
Producer(s)	Barry Beckett
Phish singles chronology
"Cavern" (1992) "Fast Enough for You" (1993) "The Wedge" (1993)

"Fast Enough for You" is a 1993 song by the American band Phish. It is the second track from their 1993 concept album Rift and was released as their third promotional single by Elektra Records. The song is a slow-tempo ballad written by Phish guitarist and lead vocalist Trey Anastasio and lyricist Tom Marshall. The studio recording features a pedal steel guitar performed by Gordon Stone.

In "Fast Enough for You," Tom Marshall (lyricist) supposes that we wouldn’t burden each other as we do with weighty expectations and needs unmet, and things would be a whole lot happier. But that’s not the way it is, and the lover to whom our narrator speaks is not content with the pace of the affair. He is thus a target for her scorn.^[1]

The song was performed by Phish the most during the year of and the year following its release. It has since become a scarcity among live shows and turns up about twice a year.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Fast Enough for You" (Edit of LP Version) (Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall) - 4:01

Chart performance

"Fast Enough for You" peaked at No. 50 on the Radio & Records Album-oriented rock chart in 1993.^[3]

Personnel

Musicians

Trey Anastasio – guitars, vocals

Page McConnell – keyboards, vocals

Mike Gordon – bass guitar, vocals

Jon Fishman – drums, vocals

Gordon Stone – pedal steel

Also appears on

• Live Phish Volume 12 (2002)
• Live Phish Volume 18 (2003)
• At the Roxy (2008)

Notes

This page was last edited on 1 January 2024, at 15:57