Cheap Thrills
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- Key
- 9B · G major
- BPM
- 65
- Double-time
- 130
- Open Key
- 2d
- Energy
- 79/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 5:24
- Released
- 2004
- Album
- Can't Computerize It
- Genre
- Ambient
- Loudness
- -8.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.7 dB
- ISRC
- DEAE60400439
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Cheap Thrillsoriginal9B · 65
An ambient cut, Cheap Thrills sits in G major (9B) at 65 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 15 dB). A 2004 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Apparat's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Tempo:
- slower than 98% of Apparat's catalogue
- Energy:
- hotter than 85% of Apparat's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 82% of Apparat's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 35%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Cheap Thrills in?
Cheap Thrills by Apparat is in G major, or 9B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Cheap Thrills?
Cheap Thrills runs at 65 BPM.
What mixes well with Cheap Thrills?
From 9B it blends harmonically with 10B, 9A, 8B. Moving to 10B lifts the energy a step.
Is Cheap Thrills good for peak time?
With energy 79 out of 100 at 65 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
9B → 8B · 10B · 9AFrom 9B, 10B (D major) lifts the energy a step; 9A (E minor) settles into the relative minor; 8B (C major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 9B at 65 BPM: 10B (D major) — move to 10B to push the floor harder; 9A (E minor) — switch to 9A for a mood change without losing the groove; 8B (C major) — drop to 8B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 61-69 BPM — anything in that window beatmatches without sounding stretched.
Key on the fader: without key lock (Master Tempo on CDJs), above roughly +5% it plays a semitone higher, so treat it as 4B rather than 9B; below -5% it reads as 2B. With key lock on, it stays 9B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 79/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 65 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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