Just Friends
30s preview
- Key
- 6A · G minor
- BPM
- 80
- Double-time
- 160
- Open Key
- 11m
- Energy
- 17/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 2:35
- Released
- 1971
- Album
- Percy (Deluxe)
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -12.6 dB
- Dynamics
- 15.8 dB
- ISRC
- GBAJE7100008
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Just Friends (2014 Remaster)original8B · 82
At 80 BPM in G minor (6A), Just Friends is a downtempo techno production. It reads as brooding and low-slung. The groove is loose and less beat-driven. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 16 dB). A 1971 production that still circulates in sets. Calmer than 99% of Kink's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Reach:
- more underground than 99% of Kink's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 99% of Kink's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 97% of Kink's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 22%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 35%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 28%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Just Friends in?
Just Friends by Kink is in G minor, or 6A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Just Friends?
Just Friends runs at 80 BPM, a downtempo track.
What mixes well with Just Friends?
From 6A it blends harmonically with 7A, 6B, 5A. Moving to 7A lifts the energy a step.
Is Just Friends good for peak time?
With energy 17 out of 100 at 80 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
6A → 5A · 7A · 6BFrom 6A, 7A (D minor) lifts the energy a step; 6B (B♭ major) brightens to the relative major; 5A (C minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 6A at 80 BPM: 7A (D minor) — move to 7A to push the floor harder; 6B (B♭ major) — switch to 6B for a mood change without losing the groove; 5A (C minor) — drop to 5A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 75-85 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 1A rather than 6A; below -5% it reads as 11A. With key lock on, it stays 6A across the whole range.
Programming: a warm-up or breakdown cut — early set or after a peak to reset the room.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 80 — 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 80 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
