
Time to Change (Special Request VIP)
- Key
- 9B · G major
- BPM
- 144
- Half-time
- 72
- Open Key
- 2d
- Energy
- 88/100
- Pop
- 41/100
- Length
- 4:41
- Released
- 2024
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -9.3 dB
- ISRC
- DEH742435048
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Time to Change (Special Request VIP) is a driving up-tempo techno track in G major (9B) at 144 BPM. Tonally it lands punchy, neutral in mood. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. Better known than 99% of Kink's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a high-intensity peak cut.
- Low end:
- more bass-heavy than 94% of Kink's catalogue
- Energy:
- hotter than 84% of Kink's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 79% of Kink's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 36%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 27%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 19%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Time to Change (Special Request VIP) in?
Time to Change (Special Request VIP) by Kink is in G major, or 9B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Time to Change (Special Request VIP)?
Time to Change (Special Request VIP) runs at 144 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Time to Change (Special Request VIP)?
From 9B it blends harmonically with 10B, 9A, 8B. Moving to 10B lifts the energy a step.
Is Time to Change (Special Request VIP) good for peak time?
With energy 88 out of 100 at 144 BPM, it works best as a high-intensity peak cut.
Mixes harmonically
9B → 8B · 10B · 9AFrom 9B, 10B (D major) lifts the energy a step; 9A (E minor) settles into the relative minor; 8B (C major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 9B at 144 BPM: 10B (D major) — move to 10B to push the floor harder; 9A (E minor) — switch to 9A for a mood change without losing the groove; 8B (C major) — drop to 8B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 135-153 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 4B rather than 9B; below -5% it reads as 2B. With key lock on, it stays 9B across the whole range.
Programming: a high-intensity peak cut.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 144 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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