National Health
30s preview
- BPM
- 139
- Open Key
- 4d
- Energy
- 64/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:03
- Released
- 1979
- Album
- Low Budget
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -12.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 18.6 dB
- ISRC
- USQX91401364
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- National Health - Live at Volkshaus, Zürich, Switzerland - November 1979original12B · 150
- National Healthoriginal12A · 139
National Health is a driving up-tempo techno track in A major (11B) at 139 BPM. The feel is bright and euphoric. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 19 dB). A 1979 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Kink's catalogue.
- Groove:
- groovier than 97% of Kink's catalogue
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 92% of Kink's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 22%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is National Health in?
National Health by Kink is in A major, or 11B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is National Health?
National Health runs at 139 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with National Health?
From 11B it blends harmonically with 12B, 11A, 10B. Moving to 12B lifts the energy a step.
Is National Health good for peak time?
With energy 64 out of 100 at 139 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
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 139 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%: 131-147 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 mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 139 — 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 139 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
