Song for Shelter
30s preview
- BPM
- 125
- Open Key
- 3d
- Energy
- 55/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 11:27
- Released
- 2015
- Album
- Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars (15th Anniversary)
- Genre
- Big Beat
- Loudness
- -10.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 16.9 dB
- ISRC
- GBBMQ0000122
- Explicit
- Yes
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Song For Shelter (Pete Heller Stylus Long)original8B · 130
- Song for Shelter (The 20:20 Vision Rollin' Mix)original1B · 128
- Song for Shelteroriginal10B · 128
- Song For Shelteroriginal10B · 125
- Song For Shelter - Full Single Mixoriginal10B · 125
- Song for Shelter - August Five Remixremix10A · 123
A club-tempo big beat cut, Song for Shelter sits in D major (10B) at 125 BPM. The feel is dark and steady. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. It is vocal-led. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 17 dB). A 2015 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Fatboy Slim's catalogue. In a set it works best as a mid-set roller.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 97% of Fatboy Slim's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 96% of Fatboy Slim's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 95% of Fatboy Slim's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 26%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 32%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 27%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Song for Shelter in?
Song for Shelter by Fatboy Slim is in D major, or 10B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Song for Shelter?
Song for Shelter runs at 125 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Song for Shelter?
From 10B it blends harmonically with 11B, 10A, 9B. Moving to 11B lifts the energy a step.
Is Song for Shelter good for peak time?
With energy 55 out of 100 at 125 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
10B → 9B · 11B · 10AFrom 10B, 11B (A major) lifts the energy a step; 10A (B minor) settles into the relative minor; 9B (G major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 10B at 125 BPM: 11B (A major) — move to 11B to push the floor harder; 10A (B minor) — switch to 10A for a mood change without losing the groove; 9B (G major) — drop to 9B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 117-133 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 5B rather than 10B; below -5% it reads as 3B. With key lock on, it stays 10B across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 125 — 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 125 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
