With its performance of Manteca on 12/31/10, Phish broke its previous record for most unique songs in one year. (With the addition of Auld Lang Syne and Grind in the third set, the band played 250 songs in 2010, beating 2009's record of 247 by three.)
Other records broken this run include the first paid webcasts, and the first January 1st show.
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Not sure whether you're joking or serious, but the defining of "unique" songs is less arbitrary and silly as it might seem. Phishnet and the online community that compile setlists has been around for over 20 years, and has published several setlist books (The Phish Companion) that depend on defining what a unique "song" is (and what it's title is), because lots of songs have evolved over the years from bits and pieces.
It's also important that each song be identified by its one unique name, because that's how the stats engine of this site developed by David (ZZYZX) Steinberg requires each of Phish's currently > 830 songs to be a separate "data unit" in a database that can be linked to venues and dates, and be crunched with "your shows" to produce "your stats" or "gaps".
Because all of this starts with just posting the setlists, this site still has many people who not only compile the setlists (and check with the band as to new songs and other questions that come up and are shown in the song notes and show notes for a setlist).
More information on the "site team" and the work that goes into setlists and song histories can be seen on the Phish.net homepage footer links under "About".
#252 Grind
#251 Auld Lang Syne
#250 Manteca
#249 Gone (record)
#248 Beauty of My Dreams (tied 2009)