Turn Off the Lights (Who’s Afraid of the Dark)
- BPM
- 124
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 89/100
- Pop
- 12/100
- Length
- 8:08
- Released
- 2016
- Genre
- Deep House
- Loudness
- -7.9 dB
- ISRC
- GBENT1506503
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Turn Off the Lights (Who’s Afraid of the Dark): club-tempo deep house, B minor (10A), 124 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. It is vocal-led. A 2016 production that still circulates in sets. Darker than 95% of Kerri Chandler's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 92% of Kerri Chandler's catalogue
- Reach:
- better known than 86% of Kerri Chandler's catalogue
- Energy:
- hotter than 79% of Kerri Chandler's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
FAQ
What key is Turn Off the Lights (Who’s Afraid of the Dark) in?
Turn Off the Lights (Who’s Afraid of the Dark) by Kerri Chandler is in B minor, or 10A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Turn Off the Lights (Who’s Afraid of the Dark)?
Turn Off the Lights (Who’s Afraid of the Dark) runs at 124 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Turn Off the Lights (Who’s Afraid of the Dark)?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is Turn Off the Lights (Who’s Afraid of the Dark) good for peak time?
With energy 89 out of 100 at 124 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
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 124 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%: 117-131 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 peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 89/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 124 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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