Stay the Same
30s preview
- BPM
- 100
- Double-time
- 200
- Open Key
- 5m
- Energy
- 55/100
- Pop
- 46/100
- Length
- 3:31
- Released
- 2010
- Genre
- Downtempo
- Label
- Ninja Tune
- Loudness
- -8.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 12.4 dB
- ISRC
- GBCFB1000021
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Stay The Same - Instrumentaloriginal12A · 100
- Stay the Sameoriginal12A · 100
- Stay The Same - Liveoriginal12A · 100
- Stay the Same (Live)original1A · 98
- Stay the Same - Blue Daisy 'Not Quite the Same' Remixremix1A · 100
- Stay the Same - Mark Pritchard Remixremix1A · 68
Stay the Same: slow-groove tempo downtempo, D♭ minor (12A), 100 BPM. The feel is balanced in mood. It is vocal-led. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). A 2010 production that still circulates in sets. Better known than 95% of Bonobo's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a mid-set roller.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 77% of Bonobo's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 32%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Stay the Same in?
Stay the Same by Bonobo is in D♭ minor, or 12A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Stay the Same?
Stay the Same runs at 100 BPM, a slow-groove tempo track.
What mixes well with Stay the Same?
From 12A it blends harmonically with 1A, 12B, 11A. Moving to 1A lifts the energy a step.
Is Stay the Same good for peak time?
With energy 55 out of 100 at 100 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
12A → 11A · 1A · 12BFrom 12A, 1A (A♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 12B (E major) brightens to the relative major; 11A (F♯ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 12A at 100 BPM: 1A (A♭ minor) — move to 1A to push the floor harder; 12B (E major) — switch to 12B for a mood change without losing the groove; 11A (F♯ minor) — drop to 11A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 94-106 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 7A rather than 12A; below -5% it reads as 5A. With key lock on, it stays 12A across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 100 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 100 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
