Don’t Need You
30s preview
- Key
- 4A · F minor
- BPM
- 87
- Double-time
- 174
- Open Key
- 9m
- Energy
- 77/100
- Pop
- 40/100
- Length
- 5:20
- Released
- 2021
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -4.5 dB
- Dynamics
- 15.1 dB
- ISRC
- GB8KE2161866
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 87 BPM in F minor (4A), Don’t Need You is a downtempo drum n bass production. Tonally it lands dark and driving. It is vocal-led. The master is loud and heavily compressed. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 15 dB). Better known than 98% of High Contrast's catalogue. In a set it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Tempo:
- slower than 95% of High Contrast's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 91% of High Contrast's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 86% of High Contrast's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 25%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 26%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 20%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Don’t Need You in?
Don’t Need You by High Contrast is in F minor, or 4A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Don’t Need You?
Don’t Need You runs at 87 BPM, a downtempo track.
What mixes well with Don’t Need You?
From 4A it blends harmonically with 5A, 4B, 3A. Moving to 5A lifts the energy a step.
Is Don’t Need You good for peak time?
With energy 77 out of 100 at 87 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
4A → 3A · 5A · 4BFrom 4A, 5A (C minor) lifts the energy a step; 4B (A♭ major) brightens to the relative major; 3A (B♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 4A at 87 BPM: 5A (C minor) — move to 5A to push the floor harder; 4B (A♭ major) — switch to 4B for a mood change without losing the groove; 3A (B♭ minor) — drop to 3A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 82-92 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 11A rather than 4A; below -5% it reads as 9A. With key lock on, it stays 4A across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 87 — 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 87 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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