Forbidden Fruit
- BPM
- 135
- Open Key
- 4d
- Energy
- 89/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 6:17
- Released
- 2003
- Album
- Global
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -8.8 dB
- ISRC
- DEQ690200103
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Forbidden Fruit - Originaloriginal10A · 136
- Forbidden Fruit - Video Editversion11B · 132
- Forbidden Fruit - BT & PvD's Food Of Love Mixoriginal11B · 131
- Forbidden Fruit - Futureworld Mixoriginal9B · 136
- Forbidden Fruit - Giuseppe Ottovianioriginal11B · 137
- Forbidden Fruit - DVD Main Studio Versionoriginal11B · 135
Forbidden Fruit is a driving up-tempo trance track in A major (11B) at 135 BPM. Tonally it lands bright and euphoric. Rhythmically it is built for the dancefloor. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. A 2003 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue. In a set it works best as a peak-time weapon.
- Groove:
- groovier than 88% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue
- Brightness:
- brighter than 88% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
FAQ
What key is Forbidden Fruit in?
Forbidden Fruit by Paul van Dyk is in A major, or 11B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Forbidden Fruit?
Forbidden Fruit runs at 135 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Forbidden Fruit?
From 11B it blends harmonically with 12B, 11A, 10B. Moving to 12B lifts the energy a step.
Is Forbidden Fruit good for peak time?
With energy 89 out of 100 at 135 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
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 135 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%: 127-143 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 peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 89/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 135 — 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 135 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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