Watermelon
30s preview
- BPM
- 173
- Half-time
- 87
- Open Key
- 4d
- Energy
- 77/100
- Pop
- 19/100
- Length
- 7:06
- Released
- 1999
- Album
- Watermelon / Sick Note
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -12.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 17.9 dB
- ISRC
- GBTKW9900041
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 173 BPM in A major (11B), Watermelon is a drum n bass production. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 18 dB). A 1999 production that still circulates in sets. Better known than 97% of Optical's catalogue. In a set it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Brightness:
- darker than 92% of Optical's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 89% of Optical's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 87% of Optical's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 26%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 31%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 20%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Watermelon in?
Watermelon by Optical is in A major, or 11B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Watermelon?
Watermelon runs at 173 BPM.
What mixes well with Watermelon?
From 11B it blends harmonically with 12B, 11A, 10B. Moving to 12B lifts the energy a step.
Is Watermelon good for peak time?
With energy 77 out of 100 at 173 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
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 173 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%: 163-183 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: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 173 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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