When Push Comes to Shove

A song by the Grateful Dead, from In the Dark.

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When Push Comes to Shove live

• Played 58 times.
• First played Dec 15, 1986 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, Oakland, CA.
• Last played Jul 17, 1989 at Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Troy, WI, 452 shows before the band's last show.

Live stats per setlist.fm, as of Oct 27, 2026.

When Push Comes to Shove is one of the songs in the daily Grateful Dead lyric game: one line of a song, three guesses to name it.

More songs from In the Dark

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