Sample in a Jar

"Sample in a Jar"
Single by Phish
from the album Hoist
Released1994 (1994)
RecordedOctober–November 1993, American Recording Co., Woodland Hills, California
GenreRock
Length4:38
LabelElektra PRCD 8989-2
Songwriter(s)Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall
Producer(s)Paul Fox
Phish singles chronology
"Down with Disease"
(1994)
"Sample in a Jar"
(1994)
"Julius"
(1994)

"Sample in a Jar" is a song by the American band Phish. It was released as the second single from the band's fifth studio album, Hoist. The song peaked at No. 49 on the Radio & Records Rock chart.

On the surface, the lyrics seem to deal with a relationship argument while intoxicated. In The Phish Book, Trey mentioned that the song is “basically about sitting in a car with the seatbelt on, drunk.”