(The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up
- BPM
- 120
- Open Key
- 8d
- Energy
- 94/100
- Pop
- 15/100
- Length
- 5:44
- Released
- 1996
- Album
- Loops Of Fury
- Genre
- Big Beat
- Loudness
- -8.0 dB
- ISRC
- GBAAA9600268
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
(The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up runs 120 BPM in D♭ major (3B), a club-tempo big beat record. The feel is bright and euphoric. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. A 1996 production that still circulates in sets. Brighter than 87% of The Chemical Brothers's catalogue. In a set it works best as a mid-set roller.
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
FAQ
What key is (The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up in?
(The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up by The Chemical Brothers is in D♭ major, or 3B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is (The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up?
(The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up runs at 120 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with (The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up?
From 3B it blends harmonically with 4B, 3A, 2B. Moving to 4B lifts the energy a step.
Is (The Best Part Of) Breakin' Up good for peak time?
With energy 94 out of 100 at 120 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
3B → 2B · 4B · 3AFrom 3B, 4B (A♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 3A (B♭ minor) settles into the relative minor; 2B (F♯ major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 3B at 120 BPM: 4B (A♭ major) — move to 4B to push the floor harder; 3A (B♭ minor) — switch to 3A for a mood change without losing the groove; 2B (F♯ major) — drop to 2B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 113-127 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 10B rather than 3B; below -5% it reads as 8B. With key lock on, it stays 3B across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 120 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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