By Your Side
- Key
- 8A · A minor
- BPM
- 174
- Half-time
- 87
- Open Key
- 1m
- Energy
- 84/100
- Pop
- 53/100
- Length
- 3:27
- Released
- 2020
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Label
- Elevate Audio
- Loudness
- -3.7 dB
- ISRC
- GBPWR2000062
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
By Your Side is a drum n bass track in A minor (8A) at 174 BPM. It reads as dark and driving. It is vocal-led. The master is loud and heavily compressed. Better known than 98% of Friction's catalogue. In a set it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Energy:
- calmer than 81% of Friction's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
FAQ
What key is By Your Side in?
By Your Side by Friction is in A minor, or 8A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is By Your Side?
By Your Side runs at 174 BPM.
What mixes well with By Your Side?
From 8A it blends harmonically with 9A, 8B, 7A. Moving to 9A lifts the energy a step.
Is By Your Side good for peak time?
With energy 84 out of 100 at 174 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
8A → 7A · 9A · 8BFrom 8A, 9A (E minor) lifts the energy a step; 8B (C major) brightens to the relative major; 7A (D minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 8A at 174 BPM: 9A (E minor) — move to 9A to push the floor harder; 8B (C major) — switch to 8B for a mood change without losing the groove; 7A (D minor) — drop to 7A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 164-184 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 3A rather than 8A; below -5% it reads as 1A. With key lock on, it stays 8A across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 174 — 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 174 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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