41 (song)
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"#41" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band, sometimes shortened to DMB, is a U.S. rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer/backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Boyd Tinsley was...

, featured on the 1996 album Crash
Crash (Dave Matthews Band album)
Crash is the second studio album by Dave Matthews Band, released on April 30, 1996. It includes the band's most successful single, "Crash into Me".The album has been certified 7× platinum.-Track listing:All songs by David J...

.

Song history

"#41" was originally written by Dave Matthews
Dave Matthews
David John "Dave" Matthews is a South African–born American musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band...

 as a reply to lawsuits brought forth by Ross Hoffman, a former associate and manager of the band. Hoffman owned rights to a number of the band's songs in the early 1990s; however, due to creative differences, he was eventually fired by the band, and the band's present manager, Coran Capshaw
Coran Capshaw
Robert Coran Capshaw is the manager of Dave Matthews Band, Phish, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Alicia Keys, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, and Trey Anastasio, among others. He also is the founder of Red Light Management, co-founder of ATO Records, former CEO of Musictoday LLC, and a real estate...

, was hired. As an owner to the band's songs, Hoffman felt he deserved a share of the profits, which later caused a legal dispute between him and the band. Matthews wrote the song based upon the broken-hearted feelings he was experiencing as he was going through legal disputes with a former mentor of his.

On April 7, 1995, "#41" debuted under the title "41 Police." As the band had not come up with an official title for the song, the number 41 was used as it was the band's 41st song, and it sounded similar to a song by The Police
The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For the vast majority of their history, the band consisted of Sting , Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland...

, "Bring on the Night
Bring On the Night
Bring on the Night is a 1986 live album by Sting recorded over the course of several live shows in 1985 and released in 1986. The title is taken from a song by The Police from their 1979 album Reggatta de Blanc. The songs performed include Sting's early solo material from the studio album The Dream...

". The original performance was played at Cameron Indoor Stadium
Cameron Indoor Stadium
Cameron Indoor Stadium is an indoor arena located on the West Campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. It is home to the Duke Blue Devils men's and women's basketball teams, the women's volleyball team, and the men's wrestling team....

 at Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...

, and lasted around nine minutes. This version of the song was played a total of 19 times before evolving into the "#41" that exists today.

In fall 1995, the song was officially named "#41" after several lyric and chord changes were made. This song was the band's fourth "numbered" song at the time, following "#34," "#36," and "#40." After "41 Police" became a defunct song, the first performance of the "#41" live was played on October 4, 1995 at the Tinker Street Café in Woodstock, NY. The show featured frequent collaborator Tim Reynolds
Tim Reynolds
Tim Reynolds is a Grammy nominated multi-instrumentalist known as both a solo artist and as the lead guitarist for Dave Matthews Band...

 on the electric guitar
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

. In the fall of 1995 the band, along with Reynolds, recorded the song in the studio for the album Crash
Crash (Dave Matthews Band album)
Crash is the second studio album by Dave Matthews Band, released on April 30, 1996. It includes the band's most successful single, "Crash into Me".The album has been certified 7× platinum.-Track listing:All songs by David J...

 with producer Steve Lillywhite
Steve Lillywhite
Steve Lillywhite is an English Grammy Award winning record producer. Since he began his career in 1977, Lillywhite has been credited for working on over 500 records and has collaborated with a variety of musicians including XTC, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Dave Matthews Band, U2, Peter Gabriel,...

. On the album, a flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...

 bridge
Bridge (music)
In music, especially western popular music, a bridge is a contrasting section which also prepares for the return of the original material section...

 by LeRoi Moore
Leroi Moore
LeRoi Holloway Moore was an American saxophonist best known as a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band. Moore often arranged music for the songs written by frontman Dave Matthews...

 segues the song into the following track, "Say Goodbye," and was often played in this fashion during live shows after the song's debut. During that year, "#41" became the most played song on their summer tour.

In December 2000, lyrics from the band's song "Everyday," off the album of the same name
Everyday (Dave Matthews Band album)
Everyday is the fourth studio album by Dave Matthews Band, released on February 27, 2001.-Sales:The album did very well in the United States. It opened at #1 with 755,000 copies sold its first week, and stayed at #1 for two weeks. After 25 weeks of sales, it sold over 2.5 million copies. To date,...

, were added during the outro of the song, hence the creation of the "Everyday outro," which is often sung by Matthews during live performances.

Live collaborations

Throughout the years that the song has been performed live, the band has featured many guests to join them on stage and jam out the song, usually averaging around 15–20 minutes of play time, however sometimes longer. On New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve is observed annually on December 31, the final day of any given year in the Gregorian calendar. In modern societies, New Year's Eve is often celebrated at social gatherings, during which participants dance, eat, consume alcoholic beverages, and watch or light fireworks to mark the...

 1996, the band featured guests Béla Fleck
Béla Fleck
Béla Anton Leoš Fleck is an American banjo player. Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players, he is best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.-Early life and career details:Fleck was born in...

, Victor Wooten
Victor Wooten
Victor Lemonte Wooten is an American bass player, composer, author, and producer, and has been the recipient of five Grammy Awards....

, Futureman and Paul McCandless
Paul McCandless
Paul McCandless, Jr. is an American jazz woodwind player and composer. He is one of few expert jazz oboists, and also plays English horn, soprano saxophone, sopranino saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet, and pennywhistle, among other instruments.He has performed with the Paul Winter Consort and is...

, who make up the jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 fusion band, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is a primarily instrumental group from the United States, that draws equally on bluegrass, fusion and jazz, sometimes dubbed "blu-bop". The band formed in 1988, initially to perform once on the PBS series Lonesome Pine Specials. The Flecktones have toured extensively...

. During the live performance of "#41," an interpolation of the Flecktones' song "Sojourn of Arjuna" was played live for the first time. Interpolations of "Sojourn of Arjuna," featured on the Flecktones' album, Left of Cool
Left of Cool
Left of Cool is the fifth studio album released by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, released in 1998.-History:Left of Cool is the first album to feature Jeff Coffin, who had already toured with the band after the departure of Howard Levy...

, would be played during future live performances of "#41" featuring guest appearances by Flecktones members. (This began to occur more frequently during the band's 2008 summer tour after longtime Flecktones member Jeff Coffin
Jeff Coffin
Jeff Coffin is an American jazz and alternative rock musician best known as the saxophonist for Dave Matthews Band and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. In addition to the saxophone, he plays clarinet, flute and oboe.-Biography:...

 replaced the late LeRoi Moore
Leroi Moore
LeRoi Holloway Moore was an American saxophonist best known as a founding member of the Dave Matthews Band. Moore often arranged music for the songs written by frontman Dave Matthews...

 as the band's saxophonist.)

Since the song's debut, Dave Matthews Band has played "#41" live over 500 times, occasionally featuring the Flecktones
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is a primarily instrumental group from the United States, that draws equally on bluegrass, fusion and jazz, sometimes dubbed "blu-bop". The band formed in 1988, initially to perform once on the PBS series Lonesome Pine Specials. The Flecktones have toured extensively...

 as musical guests. Currently, the longest live performance of "#41" is also the band's longest performance of any song, and was played on April 20, 2002 at the former Corel Centre
Scotiabank Place
Scotiabank Place is a multi-purpose arena, located in Kanata, a suburban district of Ottawa, Ontario. It is home to the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. It has also hosted the Canadian University Men's Basketball Championship...

 in Kanata, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The jam featured all of the Flecktones and lasted for 32 minutes and 3 seconds. This performance was later released on the bonus disc for The Best of What's Around Vol. 1.

Special guest performers

Since its introduction, the Dave Matthews Band will often have special guest performers come and jam the song out with them. Among the most memorable guests are:
  • Tim Reynolds
    Tim Reynolds
    Tim Reynolds is a Grammy nominated multi-instrumentalist known as both a solo artist and as the lead guitarist for Dave Matthews Band...

  • Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
    Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
    Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is a primarily instrumental group from the United States, that draws equally on bluegrass, fusion and jazz, sometimes dubbed "blu-bop". The band formed in 1988, initially to perform once on the PBS series Lonesome Pine Specials. The Flecktones have toured extensively...

  • Warren Haynes
    Warren Haynes
    Warren Haynes is an American rock and blues guitarist, vocalist and songwriter. Haynes is best known for his work as long time guitarist with The Allman Brothers Band and as founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule. Early in his career he was a guitarist for David Allan Coe and The Dickey...

     of the Allman Brothers Band
  • Tom Morello
    Tom Morello
    Thomas Baptiste "Tom" Morello is a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist best known for his tenure with the bands Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, his acoustic solo act The Nightwatchman, and his newest group, Street Sweeper Social Club...

     of Rage Against the Machine
    Rage Against the Machine
    Rage Against the Machine is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1991, the group's line-up consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk...

    , Audioslave
    Audioslave
    Audioslave was an American rock supergroup that formed in Los Angeles, California in 2001. It consisted of former Soundgarden lead singer/rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell and the former instrumentalists of Rage Against the Machine: Tom Morello , Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk...

    , and The Nightwatchman
    The Nightwatchman
    The Nightwatchman is the alter-ego and solo act of Rage Against the Machine, Street Sweeper Social Club and former Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello...

    .
  • John Mayer
    John Mayer
    John Clayton Mayer is an American pop rock and blues rock musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. He moved to Atlanta in 1997, where he refined his...

  • Victor Wooten
    Victor Wooten
    Victor Lemonte Wooten is an American bass player, composer, author, and producer, and has been the recipient of five Grammy Awards....

  • Jeff Coffin
    Jeff Coffin
    Jeff Coffin is an American jazz and alternative rock musician best known as the saxophonist for Dave Matthews Band and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. In addition to the saxophone, he plays clarinet, flute and oboe.-Biography:...


Official live releases

This is a complete list of albums which have featured "#41" as a live track.
  • Live at Luther College
    Live at Luther College
    Live at Luther College is a live album by Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds recorded at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. Recorded on February 6, 1996 and released nearly three years later, it was the first concert by the pair to be available commercially...

    • 1996 acoustic show with Dave Matthews
      Dave Matthews
      David John "Dave" Matthews is a South African–born American musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band...

       and Tim Reynolds
  • Listener Supported
    • 1999 concert for PBS
      Public Broadcasting Service
      The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....

       released as both a DVD and 2-CD set
  • The Warehouse 5
    • Only available to members of the Warehouse Fan Association
      Warehouse Fan Association
      The Warehouse is the official fan association for Dave Matthews Band. Founded on December 4, 1998, Warehouse gives fan early access to concert tickets, exclusive CDs and merchandise to its members...

    • Featuring Butch Taylor
      Butch Taylor
      Butch Taylor is a composer, writer, keyboardist and long time guest musician with Dave Matthews Band....

      , Béla Fleck
      Béla Fleck
      Béla Anton Leoš Fleck is an American banjo player. Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players, he is best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.-Early life and career details:Fleck was born in...

      , and Jeff Coffin
      Jeff Coffin
      Jeff Coffin is an American jazz and alternative rock musician best known as the saxophonist for Dave Matthews Band and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. In addition to the saxophone, he plays clarinet, flute and oboe.-Biography:...

  • Live in Chicago 12.19.98
    Live in Chicago 12.19.98
    Live in Chicago 12.19.98 at the United Center, also known as simply Live in Chicago 12.19.98, is a live album by the Dave Matthews Band, released by RCA on October 23, 2001. It was recorded at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois...

    • Winter 1998 concert
    • features guest Tim Reynolds
      Tim Reynolds
      Tim Reynolds is a Grammy nominated multi-instrumentalist known as both a solo artist and as the lead guitarist for Dave Matthews Band...

      , Victor Wooten
      Victor Wooten
      Victor Lemonte Wooten is an American bass player, composer, author, and producer, and has been the recipient of five Grammy Awards....

      .
  • The Gorge
    The Gorge (album)
    The Gorge is a collection of the songs played during Dave Matthews Band's three-night concert in 2002 at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. The album was released in a three-disc set featuring 2 CDs and a DVD with live footage, advanced multi-angle features, behind the scenes clips, and...

    • Summer 2002 3-night stand (track available only on 6-disc special edition set from band's online store)
  • Live Trax Vol. 1
    Live Trax Vol. 1
    Live Trax Vol. 1 is the first release of the Dave Matthews Band's Live Trax series. This two-disc set was released on November 2, 2004 and features the band's live performance at the former Centrum Centre in Worcester, MA on December 8, 1998....

    • Winter 1998 concert
    • features guests Tim Reynolds, Béla Fleck, and Jeff Coffin
    • same performance featured on The Warehouse 5
  • Live Trax Vol. 2
    Live Trax Vol. 2
    Live Trax Vol. 2 is the second release of the Dave Matthews Band's Live Trax series. This show took place on the Polo Fields of Golden Gate Park on September 12, 2004 and was a benefit concert for Bay Area Charities. Carlos Santana sits in as a special guest for several songs, including the...

    • 2004 charity show
  • Live Trax Vol. 4
    Live Trax Vol. 4
    Live Trax Vol. 4 is the fourth release of the Dave Matthews Band's Live Trax series. It is a two-disc set released on September 2, 2005 featuring the band's concert in Richmond, Virginia on April 30, 1996. This show was the release party for the Dave Matthews Band album Crash which was released...

    • 1996 Crash
      Crash (Dave Matthews Band album)
      Crash is the second studio album by Dave Matthews Band, released on April 30, 1996. It includes the band's most successful single, "Crash into Me".The album has been certified 7× platinum.-Track listing:All songs by David J...

       release show
  • Weekend on the Rocks
    Weekend on the Rocks
    Weekend on the Rocks is a live album by Dave Matthews Band. It contains highlights of the four shows in four days the band performed at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado on September 9–12, 2005. The set is packaged on two CDs and one DVD. However, a complete recording of the four...

    • Summer 2005 4-night stand
    • features guest Rashawn Ross
  • The Best of What's Around Vol. 1 (Encore CD)
    • exclusive bonus disc for Warehouse club members who pre-ordered The Best of What's Around Vol. 1
    • features Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
      Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
      Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is a primarily instrumental group from the United States, that draws equally on bluegrass, fusion and jazz, sometimes dubbed "blu-bop". The band formed in 1988, initially to perform once on the PBS series Lonesome Pine Specials. The Flecktones have toured extensively...

    • official live recording of the #41 half-hour jam
  • Live Trax Vol. 7
    Live Trax Vol. 7
    Live Trax Vol. 7 is the seventh release of the Dave Matthews Band's Live Trax series. This concert was recorded during the band's New Year's Run 1996 Tour on December 31, 1996 at Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia...

    • Winter 1996 concert
    • features guests Béla Fleck and the Flecktones and Paul McCandless
      Paul McCandless
      Paul McCandless, Jr. is an American jazz woodwind player and composer. He is one of few expert jazz oboists, and also plays English horn, soprano saxophone, sopranino saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet, and pennywhistle, among other instruments.He has performed with the Paul Winter Consort and is...

  • Live Trax Vol. 8
    Live Trax Vol. 8
    Live Trax Vol. 8 is the eighth album in the Live Trax live album series by the Dave Matthews Band. The album was recorded on August 7, 2004 at the Alpine Valley Music Theatre in East Troy, Wisconsin. The show features the band's first, and to date, only performance of "Super Freak," played as a...

    • 8-7-2004 Alpine Valley Music Theatre, East Tro, WI
    • The song's 13th official release including Warehouse membership releases
  • Live Trax Vol. 10
    Live Trax Vol. 10
    Live Trax Vol. 10 is a live album by Dave Matthews Band, and is the tenth volume in the band's Live Trax series. The album was recorded on May 25, 2007 at Pavilhão Atlântico in Lisbon, Portugal. Guest Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine performed two songs at the show on electric guitar...

    • Recent spring show in Lisbon, Portugal
    • features guest Tom Morello
      Tom Morello
      Thomas Baptiste "Tom" Morello is a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist best known for his tenure with the bands Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, his acoustic solo act The Nightwatchman, and his newest group, Street Sweeper Social Club...

       of Rage Against the Machine
      Rage Against the Machine
      Rage Against the Machine is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1991, the group's line-up consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk...

       on acoustic guitar
  • Live at Radio City
    Live at Radio City
    Live at Radio City is a live album and video by Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds. This was the first release by Matthews and Reynolds since Live at Luther College, released in 1999.-Release:...

    • 2007 acoustic show with Dave Matthews
      Dave Matthews
      David John "Dave" Matthews is a South African–born American musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band...

       and Tim Reynolds
      Tim Reynolds
      Tim Reynolds is a Grammy nominated multi-instrumentalist known as both a solo artist and as the lead guitarist for Dave Matthews Band...

  • Live Trax Vol. 11
    Live Trax Vol. 11
    Live Trax Vol. 11 is a live album by Dave Matthews Band, and is the 11th volume in the band's Live Trax series. The album was recorded on August 29, 2000 at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York...

    • Summer 2000 concert at Saratoga Performing Arts Center
      Saratoga Performing Arts Center
      The Saratoga Performing Arts Center is an amphitheater in Saratoga Springs, New York, which presents summer festivals of all kinds of music , dance, and opera, as well as a Wine & Food Festival...

  • Live at Mile High Music Festival
    Live at Mile High Music Festival
    Live at Mile High Music Festival is a live album by the Dave Matthews Band from the 2008 Mile High Music Festival outside Denver, Colorado. In its first week of sales, the album debuted at #97 on the US charts...

    • 7-20-2008 Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado
    • features Tim Reynolds
      Tim Reynolds
      Tim Reynolds is a Grammy nominated multi-instrumentalist known as both a solo artist and as the lead guitarist for Dave Matthews Band...

       on guitar and Jeff Coffin
      Jeff Coffin
      Jeff Coffin is an American jazz and alternative rock musician best known as the saxophonist for Dave Matthews Band and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. In addition to the saxophone, he plays clarinet, flute and oboe.-Biography:...

       on saxophone
  • Live Trax Vol. 16
    Live Trax Vol. 16
    Live Trax Vol. 16 is a live album by Dave Matthews Band, and is the 16th volume in the band's Live Trax series. The album was recorded at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 26, 2000...

    • Summer 2000 concert
    • First of 2-night stand at Riverbend Music Center
      Riverbend Music Center
      Riverbend Music Center is an outdoor amphitheater, with a capacity of 20,500, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, along the banks of the Ohio River. Riverbend was built for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, to allow them to play in an outdoor venue during the summer months. Famed architect...

  • Europe 2009
    Europe 2009
    Europe 2009 is a live album and video release by the Dave Matthews Band from several 2009 concerts in Italy and London. The concert on the three CDs was held in Piazza Napoleone in Lucca, Italy on July 5, 2009. The concert featured on the DVD was at Brixton Academy in London, England on June 26,...

    • features Tim Reynolds
      Tim Reynolds
      Tim Reynolds is a Grammy nominated multi-instrumentalist known as both a solo artist and as the lead guitarist for Dave Matthews Band...

       on guitar and Jeff Coffin
      Jeff Coffin
      Jeff Coffin is an American jazz and alternative rock musician best known as the saxophonist for Dave Matthews Band and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones. In addition to the saxophone, he plays clarinet, flute and oboe.-Biography:...

       on saxophone
    • Includes an excerpt of "Sojourn of Arjuna"
  • Live Trax Vol. 17
    Live Trax Vol. 17
    Live Trax Vol. 17 is a live album by Dave Matthews Band, and is the 17th volume in the band's Live Trax series. The album was recorded at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California on July 6, 1997...

    • Summer 1997 concert
  • Live Trax Vol. 18
    Live Trax Vol. 18
    Live Trax Vol. 18 is a live album by Dave Matthews Band, and is the 18th volume in the band's Live Trax series. The album was recorded at Virginia Beach Amphitheatre, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Virginia on June 4, 1996...

    • Show opener

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