Blow It Off (What Tongue You Speak?)
- BPM
- 120
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 83/100
- Pop
- 26/100
- Length
- 6:47
- Released
- 2026
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -6.5 dB
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Blow It Off (What Tongue You Speak?): club-tempo techno, B minor (10A), 120 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Better known than 94% of Jeff Mills's catalogue. In a set it works best as a mid-set roller.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 82% of Jeff Mills's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
FAQ
What key is Blow It Off (What Tongue You Speak?) in?
Blow It Off (What Tongue You Speak?) by Jeff Mills is in B minor, or 10A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Blow It Off (What Tongue You Speak?)?
Blow It Off (What Tongue You Speak?) runs at 120 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Blow It Off (What Tongue You Speak?)?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is Blow It Off (What Tongue You Speak?) good for peak time?
With energy 83 out of 100 at 120 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
10A → 9A · 11A · 10BFrom 10A, 11A (F♯ minor) lifts the energy a step; 10B (D major) brightens to the relative major; 9A (E minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 10A at 120 BPM: 11A (F♯ minor) — move to 11A to push the floor harder; 10B (D major) — switch to 10B for a mood change without losing the groove; 9A (E minor) — drop to 9A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 113-127 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 5A rather than 10A; below -5% it reads as 3A. With key lock on, it stays 10A across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 120 — 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 120 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
