Harpoons
30s preview
- Key
- 8B · C major
- BPM
- 116
- Open Key
- 1d
- Energy
- 34/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 2:25
- Released
- 2007
- Genre
- Big Beat
- Loudness
- -10.8 dB
- Dynamics
- 11.4 dB
- ISRC
- GBAAA0700884
- Explicit
- Yes
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Harpoons is a mid-tempo big beat track in C major (8B) at 116 BPM. The feel is brooding and low-slung. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 11 dB). A 2007 production that still circulates in sets. Less groove-driven than 99% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue. In a set it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Reach:
- more underground than 99% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 99% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 96% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 19%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 37%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 27%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 17%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Harpoons in?
Harpoons by The Chemical Brothers is in C major, or 8B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Harpoons?
Harpoons runs at 116 BPM, a mid-tempo track.
What mixes well with Harpoons?
From 8B it blends harmonically with 9B, 8A, 7B. Moving to 9B lifts the energy a step.
Is Harpoons good for peak time?
With energy 34 out of 100 at 116 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
8B → 7B · 9B · 8AFrom 8B, 9B (G major) lifts the energy a step; 8A (A minor) settles into the relative minor; 7B (F major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 8B at 116 BPM: 9B (G major) — move to 9B to push the floor harder; 8A (A minor) — switch to 8A for a mood change without losing the groove; 7B (F major) — drop to 7B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 109-123 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 3B rather than 8B; below -5% it reads as 1B. With key lock on, it stays 8B 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 116 — 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 116 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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