Prescription Beats
30s preview
- BPM
- 176
- Half-time
- 88
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 98/100
- Pop
- 7/100
- Length
- 5:13
- Released
- 1997
- Album
- Block Rockin’ Beats
- Genre
- Big Beat
- Loudness
- -12.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 10.8 dB
- ISRC
- GBAAA9710631
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Prescription Beats: big beat, B minor (10A), 176 BPM. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. A 1997 production that still circulates in sets. Faster than 97% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue.
- Energy:
- hotter than 92% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue
- Groove:
- less groove-driven than 91% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 84% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 32%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 26%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 24%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 18%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Prescription Beats in?
Prescription Beats by The Chemical Brothers is in B minor, or 10A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Prescription Beats?
Prescription Beats runs at 176 BPM.
What mixes well with Prescription Beats?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is Prescription Beats good for peak time?
With energy 98 out of 100 at 176 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 176 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%: 165-187 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 176 — 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 176 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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