Love Cry
30s preview
- BPM
- 116
- Open Key
- 8m
- Energy
- 79/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 9:13
- Released
- 2010
- Genre
- Downtempo
- Loudness
- -12.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 16.0 dB
- ISRC
- GBCEL0900700
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Love Cry - Joy Orbison Remixremix3B · 202
- Love Cry - Roska Remixremix3A · 128
- Love Cry (Joy Orbison Remix)remix3B · 202
Love Cry is a mid-tempo downtempo track in B♭ minor (3A) at 116 BPM. The groove is strong and floor-ready. 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 16 dB). A 2010 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Four Tet's catalogue. In a set it works best as a floor-filler.
- Energy:
- hotter than 79% of Four Tet's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 79% of Four Tet's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 79% of Four Tet's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 38%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 33%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 19%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 10%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Love Cry in?
Love Cry by Four Tet is in B♭ minor, or 3A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Love Cry?
Love Cry runs at 116 BPM, a mid-tempo track.
What mixes well with Love Cry?
From 3A it blends harmonically with 4A, 3B, 2A. Moving to 4A lifts the energy a step.
Is Love Cry good for peak time?
With energy 79 out of 100 at 116 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
Mixes harmonically
3A → 2A · 4A · 3BFrom 3A, 4A (F minor) lifts the energy a step; 3B (D♭ major) brightens to the relative major; 2A (E♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 3A at 116 BPM: 4A (F minor) — move to 4A to push the floor harder; 3B (D♭ major) — switch to 3B for a mood change without losing the groove; 2A (E♭ minor) — drop to 2A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 109-123 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 10A rather than 3A; below -5% it reads as 8A. With key lock on, it stays 3A across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 116 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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