Desire
30s preview
- BPM
- 174
- Half-time
- 87
- Open Key
- 6m
- Energy
- 91/100
- Pop
- 64/100
- Length
- 3:35
- Released
- 2018
- Genre
- Drum N Bass
- Loudness
- -1.2 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.3 dB
- ISRC
- GBUM71806016
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Desire (with Sam Smith) - Sub Focus Remixremix10A · 174
- Desire - Sub Focus & Dimensionoriginal1A · 174
Desire: drum n bass, A♭ minor (1A), 174 BPM. It is vocal-led. The master is loud and heavily compressed. A 2018 production that still circulates in sets. Better known than 98% of Sub Focus's catalogue.
- Brightness:
- brighter than 85% of Sub Focus's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 31%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 26%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 23%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 19%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Desire in?
Desire by Sub Focus is in A♭ minor, or 1A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Desire?
Desire runs at 174 BPM.
What mixes well with Desire?
From 1A it blends harmonically with 2A, 1B, 12A. Moving to 2A lifts the energy a step.
Is Desire good for peak time?
With energy 91 out of 100 at 174 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
1A → 12A · 2A · 1BFrom 1A, 2A (E♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 1B (B major) brightens to the relative major; 12A (D♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 1A at 174 BPM: 2A (E♭ minor) — move to 2A to push the floor harder; 1B (B major) — switch to 1B for a mood change without losing the groove; 12A (D♭ minor) — drop to 12A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 164-184 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 8A rather than 1A; below -5% it reads as 6A. With key lock on, it stays 1A across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 174 — 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 174 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
