Everybody Loves a Carnival
30s preview
- BPM
- 128
- Open Key
- 8d
- Energy
- 100/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:05
- Released
- 1997
- Genre
- House
- Label
- Skint
- Loudness
- -5.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 13.4 dB
- ISRC
- GBBMQ0600012
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Everybody Loves a Carnival: peak-time tempo house, D♭ major (3B), 128 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The timbre leans dark. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 13 dB). A 1997 production that still circulates in sets. Hotter than 99% of Fatboy Slim's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Reach:
- more underground than 99% of Fatboy Slim's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 84% of Fatboy Slim's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 77% of Fatboy Slim's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 29%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 19%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Everybody Loves a Carnival in?
Everybody Loves a Carnival by Fatboy Slim is in D♭ major, or 3B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Everybody Loves a Carnival?
Everybody Loves a Carnival runs at 128 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Everybody Loves a Carnival?
From 3B it blends harmonically with 4B, 3A, 2B. Moving to 4B lifts the energy a step.
Is Everybody Loves a Carnival good for peak time?
With energy 100 out of 100 at 128 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
3B → 2B · 4B · 3AFrom 3B, 4B (A♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 3A (B♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 2B (F♯ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 3B at 128 BPM: 4B (A♭ major) — move to 4B to push the floor harder; 3A (B♭ minor) — switch to 3A for a mood change without losing the groove; 2B (F♯ major) — drop to 2B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 120-136 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 10B rather than 3B; below -5% it reads as 8B. With key lock on, it stays 3B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 100/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 128 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Other recommendations
Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 128 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
