Words (For Love)
- BPM
- 140
- Half-time
- 70
- Open Key
- 9d
- Energy
- 94/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 7:00
- Released
- 1997
- Album
- Words (Part 1)
- Genre
- Trance
- Loudness
- -9.0 dB
- ISRC
- DEW760900098
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Words - Jerome Isma-Ae Remixremix1B · 128
- Wordsoriginal3A · 140
- Words - DVD Main Studio Versionoriginal3A · 140
- Words - Curved Headcase Mixoriginal12A · 151
- Words (For Love)original4B · 140
- Words (For Love) - Curves Headache Mixoriginal12A · 151
Words (For Love) runs 140 BPM in A♭ major (4B), a driving up-tempo trance record. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. A 1997 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue.
- Brightness:
- brighter than 95% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue
- Tempo:
- faster than 82% of Paul van Dyk's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
FAQ
What key is Words (For Love) in?
Words (For Love) by Paul van Dyk is in A♭ major, or 4B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Words (For Love)?
Words (For Love) runs at 140 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with Words (For Love)?
From 4B it blends harmonically with 5B, 4A, 3B. Moving to 5B lifts the energy a step.
Is Words (For Love) good for peak time?
With energy 94 out of 100 at 140 BPM, it works best as a peak-time weapon.
Mixes harmonically
4B → 3B · 5B · 4AFrom 4B, 5B (E♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 4A (F minor) settles into the relative minor; 3B (D♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 4B at 140 BPM: 5B (E♭ major) — move to 5B to push the floor harder; 4A (F minor) — switch to 4A for a mood change without losing the groove; 3B (D♭ major) — drop to 3B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 132-148 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 11B rather than 4B; below -5% it reads as 9B. With key lock on, it stays 4B across the whole range.
Programming: a peak-time weapon — save it for the main stretch (energy 94/100).
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 140 — 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 140 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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