Education
30s preview
- Key
- 8B · C major
- BPM
- 140
- Half-time
- 70
- Open Key
- 1d
- Energy
- 61/100
- Pop
- 15/100
- Length
- 7:08
- Released
- 1975
- Album
- Schoolboys in Disgrace
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -9.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 17.4 dB
- ISRC
- USQX91401381
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Educationoriginal8B · 140
At 140 BPM in C major (8B), Education is a driving up-tempo techno production. It reads as bright and euphoric. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. It is vocal-led. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 17 dB). A 1975 production that still circulates in sets. Better known than 92% of Kink's catalogue. In a set it works best as a high-intensity peak cut.
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 86% of Kink's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 78% of Kink's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 31%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 31%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Education in?
Education by Kink is in C major, or 8B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Education?
Education runs at 140 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Education?
From 8B it blends harmonically with 9B, 8A, 7B. Moving to 9B lifts the energy a step.
Is Education good for peak time?
With energy 61 out of 100 at 140 BPM, it works best as a high-intensity peak cut.
Mixes harmonically
8B → 7B · 9B · 8AFrom 8B, 9B (G major) lifts the energy a step; 8A (A minor) settles into the relative minor; 7B (F major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 8B at 140 BPM: 9B (G major) — move to 9B to push the floor harder; 8A (A minor) — switch to 8A for a mood change without losing the groove; 7B (F major) — drop to 7B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 132-148 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 3B rather than 8B; below -5% it reads as 1B. With key lock on, it stays 8B across the whole range.
Programming: a high-intensity peak cut.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 140 — 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 140 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
