Strangers
30s preview
- Key
- 8B · C major
- BPM
- 129
- Open Key
- 1d
- Energy
- 40/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 3:18
- Released
- 1970
- Album
- Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Pt. One
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -9.3 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.4 dB
- ISRC
- GBAJE7000006
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Strangers (2020 Stereo Remaster)original8B · 127
- Strangers - Live: Fillmore West 30 Nov 1970 KSAN-FM Broadcastoriginal8B · 113
- Strangersoriginal8B · 129
A peak-time tempo techno cut, Strangers sits in C major (8B) at 129 BPM. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 14 dB). A 1970 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Kink's catalogue.
- Energy:
- calmer than 90% of Kink's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 81% of Kink's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 27%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 33%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 25%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Strangers in?
Strangers by Kink is in C major, or 8B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Strangers?
Strangers runs at 129 BPM, a peak-time tempo track.
What mixes well with Strangers?
From 8B it blends harmonically with 9B, 8A, 7B. Moving to 9B lifts the energy a step.
Is Strangers good for peak time?
With energy 40 out of 100 at 129 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown 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 129 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%: 121-137 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 warm-up or breakdown cut — early set or after a peak to reset the room.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 129 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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