What They're Looking For
30s preview
- BPM
- 125
- Open Key
- 7d
- Energy
- 81/100
- Pop
- 19/100
- Length
- 5:50
- Released
- 2024
- Album
- Palookaville (Deluxe)
- Genre
- Big Beat
- Loudness
- -10.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.0 dB
- ISRC
- GBBMQ0400065
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- What They're Looking Fororiginal9A · 125
What They're Looking For runs 125 BPM in F♯ major (2B), a club-tempo big beat record. The feel is punchy, neutral in mood. Rhythmically it is built for the dancefloor. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 11 dB). More bass-heavy than 99% of Fatboy Slim's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Groove:
- groovier than 88% of Fatboy Slim's catalogue
- Reach:
- better known than 84% of Fatboy Slim's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 41%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 19%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 12%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is What They're Looking For in?
What They're Looking For by Fatboy Slim is in F♯ major, or 2B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is What They're Looking For?
What They're Looking For runs at 125 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with What They're Looking For?
From 2B it blends harmonically with 3B, 2A, 1B. Moving to 3B lifts the energy a step.
Is What They're Looking For good for peak time?
With energy 81 out of 100 at 125 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
2B → 1B · 3B · 2AFrom 2B, 3B (D♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 2A (E♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 1B (B major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 2B at 125 BPM: 3B (D♭ major) — move to 3B to push the floor harder; 2A (E♭ minor) — switch to 2A for a mood change without losing the groove; 1B (B major) — drop to 1B 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 9B rather than 2B; below -5% it reads as 7B. With key lock on, it stays 2B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 81/100).
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.
