Better Than This
30s preview
- Key
- 8A · A minor
- BPM
- 125
- Open Key
- 1m
- Energy
- 84/100
- Pop
- 47/100
- Length
- 3:08
- Released
- 2021
- Genre
- House
- Label
- Sweat It Out!
- Loudness
- -6.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.1 dB
- ISRC
- AUDCB1701777
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Better Than This (extended mix)version8B · 125
Better Than This runs 125 BPM in A minor (8A), a club-tempo house record. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 11 dB). Slower than 85% of John Summit's catalogue.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 37%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 21%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 12%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Better Than This in?
Better Than This by John Summit is in A minor, or 8A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Better Than This?
Better Than This runs at 125 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Better Than This?
From 8A it blends harmonically with 9A, 8B, 7A. Moving to 9A lifts the energy a step.
Is Better Than This good for peak time?
With energy 84 out of 100 at 125 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
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 125 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%: 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 3A rather than 8A; below -5% it reads as 1A. With key lock on, it stays 8A across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 84/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 125 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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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.
