Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
30s preview
- BPM
- 126
- Open Key
- 4d
- Energy
- 86/100
- Pop
- 9/100
- Length
- 5:54
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- House
- Loudness
- -5.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 9.3 dB
- ISRC
- GBPQS2500228
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Rhythm Is Gonna Get You runs 126 BPM in A major (11B), a club-tempo house record. Tonally it lands punchy, neutral in mood. Rhythmically it is built for the dancefloor. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. Darker than 83% of Kevin McKay's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 37%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 19%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Rhythm Is Gonna Get You in?
Rhythm Is Gonna Get You by Kevin McKay is in A major, or 11B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Rhythm Is Gonna Get You?
Rhythm Is Gonna Get You runs at 126 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with Rhythm Is Gonna Get You?
From 11B it blends harmonically with 12B, 11A, 10B. Moving to 12B lifts the energy a step.
Is Rhythm Is Gonna Get You good for peak time?
With energy 86 out of 100 at 126 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
11B → 10B · 12B · 11AFrom 11B, 12B (E major) lifts the energy a step; 11A (F♯ minor) settles into the relative minor; 10B (D major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 11B at 126 BPM: 12B (E major) — move to 12B to push the floor harder; 11A (F♯ minor) — switch to 11A for a mood change without losing the groove; 10B (D major) — drop to 10B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 118-134 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 6B rather than 11B; below -5% it reads as 4B. With key lock on, it stays 11B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 86/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 126 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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