Break it off
30s preview
- BPM
- 172
- Half-time
- 86
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 90/100
- Pop
- 73/100
- Length
- 1:36
- Released
- 2021
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Label
- Parlophone
- Loudness
- -4.9 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.5 dB
- ISRC
- GBAYE2101306
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Break it off is a drum n bass track in B minor (10A) at 172 BPM. It is vocal-led. The master is loud and heavily compressed. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 12 dB). Better known than 97% of PinkPantheress's catalogue.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 94% of PinkPantheress's catalogue
- Tempo:
- faster than 92% of PinkPantheress's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 89% of PinkPantheress's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 30%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 18%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Break it off in?
Break it off by PinkPantheress is in B minor, or 10A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Break it off?
Break it off runs at 172 BPM.
What mixes well with Break it off?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is Break it off good for peak time?
With energy 90 out of 100 at 172 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
10A → 9A · 11A · 10BFrom 10A, 11A (F♯ minor) lifts the energy a step; 10B (D major) brightens to the relative major; 9A (E minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 10A at 172 BPM: 11A (F♯ minor) — move to 11A to push the floor harder; 10B (D major) — switch to 10B for a mood change without losing the groove; 9A (E minor) — drop to 9A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 162-182 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 5A rather than 10A; below -5% it reads as 3A. With key lock on, it stays 10A across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 172 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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