No Good (Start the Dance)
30s preview
- Key
- 4A · F minor
- BPM
- 145
- Half-time
- 73
- Open Key
- 9m
- Energy
- 94/100
- Pop
- 20/100
- Length
- 6:20
- Released
- 1994
- Genre
- Breakbeat
- Loudness
- -13.4 dB
- Dynamics
- 15.6 dB
- ISRC
- GBBKS9400126
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
No Good (Start the Dance): driving up-tempo breakbeat, F minor (4A), 145 BPM. The feel is dark and driving. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 16 dB). A 1994 production that still circulates in sets. More bass-heavy than 83% of The Prodigy's catalogue. In a set it works best as a high-intensity peak cut.
- Brightness:
- darker than 82% of The Prodigy's catalogue
- Reach:
- better known than 82% of The Prodigy's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 34%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 28%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 19%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 18%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is No Good (Start the Dance) in?
No Good (Start the Dance) by The Prodigy is in F minor, or 4A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is No Good (Start the Dance)?
No Good (Start the Dance) runs at 145 BPM, a driving up-tempo track.
What mixes well with No Good (Start the Dance)?
From 4A it blends harmonically with 5A, 4B, 3A. Moving to 5A lifts the energy a step.
Is No Good (Start the Dance) good for peak time?
With energy 94 out of 100 at 145 BPM, it works best as a high-intensity peak cut.
Mixes harmonically
4A → 3A · 5A · 4BFrom 4A, 5A (C minor) lifts the energy a step; 4B (A♭ major) brightens to the relative major; 3A (B♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 4A at 145 BPM: 5A (C minor) — move to 5A to push the floor harder; 4B (A♭ major) — switch to 4B for a mood change without losing the groove; 3A (B♭ minor) — drop to 3A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 136-154 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 11A rather than 4A; below -5% it reads as 9A. With key lock on, it stays 4A across the whole range.
Programming: a high-intensity peak cut.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 145 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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