You Should Be Dancing - Acapella
30s preview
- BPM
- 109
- Open Key
- 7m
- Energy
- 26/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 4:00
- Released
- 2016
- Album
- You Should Be Dancing
- Genre
- House
- Loudness
- -14.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 22.1 dB
- ISRC
- US5X21609602
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- You Should Be Dancing - Luke Solomon Remixremix3B · 123
- You Should Be Dancing - Original Mixoriginal11B · 124
- You Should Be Dancing - Chris Stussy Remixremix8B · 123
- You Should Be Dancing - Till Von Sein & Tigerskin No Standing Remixremix9B · 124
A mid-tempo house cut, You Should Be Dancing - Acapella sits in E♭ minor (2A) at 109 BPM. The groove is strong and floor-ready. It is vocal-led. Spoken-word passages run through it. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 22 dB). A 2016 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Mark Farina's catalogue.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 99% of Mark Farina's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 98% of Mark Farina's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 96% of Mark Farina's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 20%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 30%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 25%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 25%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is You Should Be Dancing - Acapella in?
You Should Be Dancing - Acapella by Mark Farina is in E♭ minor, or 2A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is You Should Be Dancing - Acapella?
You Should Be Dancing - Acapella runs at 109 BPM, a mid-tempo track.
What mixes well with You Should Be Dancing - Acapella?
From 2A it blends harmonically with 3A, 2B, 1A. Moving to 3A lifts the energy a step.
Is You Should Be Dancing - Acapella good for peak time?
With energy 26 out of 100 at 109 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
2A → 1A · 3A · 2BFrom 2A, 3A (B♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 2B (F♯ major) brightens to the relative major; 1A (A♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 2A at 109 BPM: 3A (B♭ minor) — move to 3A to push the floor harder; 2B (F♯ major) — switch to 2B for a mood change without losing the groove; 1A (A♭ minor) — drop to 1A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 102-116 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 9A rather than 2A; below -5% it reads as 7A. With key lock on, it stays 2A 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 109 — 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 109 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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