I Should Be Loving You
30s preview
- BPM
- 126
- Open Key
- 5d
- Energy
- 69/100
- Pop
- 9/100
- Length
- 3:29
- Released
- 2021
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -7.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 12.7 dB
- ISRC
- NLF712105659
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- I Should Be Loving You - Extended Mixversion12B · 126
I Should Be Loving You runs 126 BPM in E major (12B), a club-tempo trance record. It reads as dark and driving. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 13 dB). Calmer than 85% of Armin van Buuren's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a mid-set roller.
- Groove:
- groovier than 79% of Armin van Buuren's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 76% of Armin van Buuren's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is I Should Be Loving You in?
I Should Be Loving You by Armin van Buuren is in E major, or 12B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is I Should Be Loving You?
I Should Be Loving You runs at 126 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with I Should Be Loving You?
From 12B it blends harmonically with 1B, 12A, 11B. Moving to 1B lifts the energy a step.
Is I Should Be Loving You good for peak time?
With energy 69 out of 100 at 126 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
12B → 11B · 1B · 12AFrom 12B, 1B (B major) lifts the energy a step; 12A (D♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 11B (A major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 12B at 126 BPM: 1B (B major) — move to 1B to push the floor harder; 12A (D♭ minor) — switch to 12A for a mood change without losing the groove; 11B (A major) — drop to 11B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 118-134 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 7B rather than 12B; below -5% it reads as 5B. With key lock on, it stays 12B across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 126 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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