Time of Our Lives
30s preview
- BPM
- 136
- Open Key
- 4d
- Energy
- 31/100
- Pop
- 22/100
- Length
- 4:49
- Released
- 2003
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -12.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 15.0 dB
- ISRC
- DEQ692000049
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
A driving up-tempo trance cut, Time of Our Lives sits in A major (11B) at 136 BPM. It is vocal-led. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 15 dB). A 2003 production that still circulates in sets. Calmer than 98% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue. In a set it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 91% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue
- Reach:
- better known than 88% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 87% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 29%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 31%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Time of Our Lives in?
Time of Our Lives by Paul van Dyk is in A major, or 11B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Time of Our Lives?
Time of Our Lives runs at 136 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Time of Our Lives?
From 11B it blends harmonically with 12B, 11A, 10B. Moving to 12B lifts the energy a step.
Is Time of Our Lives good for peak time?
With energy 31 out of 100 at 136 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
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.
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How to mix it
In 11B at 136 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%: 128-144 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 warm-up or breakdown cut — early set or after a peak to reset the room.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 136 — 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 136 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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