Alive Alone
- BPM
- 80
- Double-time
- 160
- Open Key
- 3d
- Energy
- 56/100
- Pop
- 39/100
- Length
- 5:16
- Released
- 1995
- Album
- Exit Planet Dust
- Genre
- Breakbeat
- Label
- Virgin
- Loudness
- -8.9 dB
- ISRC
- GBAAA9500252
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Alive Alone: downtempo breakbeat, D major (10B), 80 BPM. The feel is dark and steady. It is vocal-led. A 1995 production that still circulates in sets. Slower than 98% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue. For programming, treat it as an opener or closing-set piece.
- Reach:
- better known than 93% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 89% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 89% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
FAQ
What key is Alive Alone in?
Alive Alone by The Chemical Brothers is in D major, or 10B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Alive Alone?
Alive Alone runs at 80 BPM, a downtempo track.
What mixes well with Alive Alone?
From 10B it blends harmonically with 11B, 10A, 9B. Moving to 11B lifts the energy a step.
Is Alive Alone good for peak time?
With energy 56 out of 100 at 80 BPM, it works best as an opener or closing-set piece.
Mixes harmonically
10B → 9B · 11B · 10AFrom 10B, 11B (A major) lifts the energy a step; 10A (B minor) settles into the relative minor; 9B (G major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 10B at 80 BPM: 11B (A major) — move to 11B to push the floor harder; 10A (B minor) — switch to 10A for a mood change without losing the groove; 9B (G major) — drop to 9B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 75-85 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 5B rather than 10B; below -5% it reads as 3B. With key lock on, it stays 10B across the whole range.
Programming: an opener or closing-set piece.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 80 — 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 80 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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