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Tough Love

House producer and DJ.

35 tracksHouse· 2013–2020
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Sound profile

EnergyDriveGrooveBrightnessWarmthVocal

Tough Love is a high-energy with strong groove and drive and a bright production artist.

This artistTypical House
Signature sound

Sits right in the typical House pocket.

How this compares to House

Across 35 analysed tracks, Tough Love averages 71% groove — straighter than 75% of individual House tracks — and 61% energy, harder than 73%.

Measured against 20,959 House tracks on 11 August 2026.

Key & BPM profile

Most tracks sit between 90–129 BPM with a median of 124 · predominantly minor keys (57% minor) · most common key: 10B (D Major) with 4 tracks.

BPM spread
90–94
1
120–124
19
125–129
15
Key distribution
1A11B2A42B3A13B4A14B5A25B16A26B7A17B28A48B29A9B210A10B411A111B312A312B1

Sound profile evolution

How Tough Love’s production has shifted across their catalog. The radar overlays earlier and recent eras as one shape, the year-by-year chart shows every metric move, and the tempo trend tracks the BPM migration against the typical House tempo.

Sound profile shift
EnergyDriveGrooveBrightnessWarmthVocal
2013–2017·6 tracks
2018–2020·5 tracks
Year-by-year sound · scale 0–100
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Tempo migration · yearly average
This artistTypical House
What changed

Across Tough Love's catalog, tempos have climbed from ~106 to ~124 BPM; groove has thinned.

Release volume by decade

10
2010s
1
2020s

Tracks in catalog

35 total · sortable
So Freakin Tight - Extended Club Mix album art
So Freakin Tight - Extended Club Mix
Tough Love
122 BPM · 6A · Dance · 40% Sustainer
Dance
122
6A · G min
40%Sustainer
2015
Touch - Extended Mix album art
Touch - Extended Mix
Tough Love, Arlissa
124 BPM · 5A · House · 39% Sustainer
House
124
5A · C min
39%Sustainer
—
Dancin' Kinda Close - Extended Mix album art
Dancin' Kinda Close - Extended Mix
Tough Love, GUZ (NL)
123 BPM · 12B · House · 40% Sustainer
House
123
12B · E maj
40%Sustainer
2018
Pony (Jump On It) - Extended Mix album art
Pony (Jump On It) - Extended Mix
Tough Love, Ginuwine
124 BPM · 12A · Dance · 45% Sustainer
Dance
124
12A · C♯ min
45%Sustainer
2015
Keep It Burning album art
Keep It Burning
Tough Love
122 BPM · 6A · Deep House · 63% Builder
Deep House
122
6A · G min
63%Builder
2013
Woo Dat - Extended Mix album art
Woo Dat - Extended Mix
Tough Love, LO'99
124 BPM · 9B · Tech House · 84% Peak time
Tech House
124
9B · G maj
84%Peak time
—
Break album art
Break
Tough Love, Trutopia
124 BPM · 12A · House · 51% Sustainer
House
124
12A · C♯ min
51%Sustainer
—
Dance (With That Groove) album art
Dance (With That Groove)
Tough Love, ManyFew
129 BPM · 2A · House · 91% Peak time
House
129
2A · E♭ min
91%Peak time
—
The Light album art
The Light
Tough Love
125 BPM · 12A · House · 73% Peak time
House
125
12A · C♯ min
73%Peak time
—
Animal - Extended Mix album art
Animal - Extended Mix
Tough Love
126 BPM · 11B · Dance · 57% Builder
Dance
126
11B · A maj
57%Builder
—
Dopamine album art
Dopamine
Tough Love
124 BPM · 7A · House · 51% Sustainer
House
124
7A · D min
51%Sustainer
—
Dreams - Amtrac Remix album art
Dreams - Amtrac Remix
Tough Love
128 BPM · 1A · House · 88% Peak time
House
128
1A · A♭ min
88%Peak time
2014
Make up Your Mind - Extended Mix album art
Make up Your Mind - Extended Mix
Tough Love
125 BPM · 11B · Tech House · 60% Builder
Tech House
125
11B · A maj
60%Builder
—
Keeping Warm - Tough Love Remix album art
Keeping Warm - Tough Love Remix
Tough Love, Soul Divide
124 BPM · 10B · House · 75% Peak time
House
124
10B · D maj
75%Peak time
2018
Chicken Grease album art
Chicken Grease
Tough Love, GAWP
125 BPM · 9B · House · 54% Sustainer
House
125
9B · G maj
54%Sustainer
—
Boom Boom Kick album art
Boom Boom Kick
Tough Love
123 BPM · 10B · House · 52% Sustainer
House
123
10B · D maj
52%Sustainer
—
Disco Beat album art
Disco Beat
Tough Love
125 BPM · 7B · House · 56% Builder
House
125
7B · F maj
56%Builder
—
Love Goes feat. Kimberly Nichole - Extended Mix album art
Love Goes feat. Kimberly Nichole - Extended Mix
Tough Love, Kimberly Nichole
124 BPM · 8A · Tech House · 92% Peak time
Tech House
124
8A · A min
92%Peak time
2020
Hating Me album art
Hating Me
Tough Love
120 BPM · 8B · House · 80% Peak time
House
120
8B · C maj
80%Peak time
—
Missing You album art
Missing You
Tough Love
123 BPM · 10B · Indie Dance · 89% Peak time
Indie Dance
123
10B · D maj
89%Peak time
2014
Crazy feat. Willemijn May - Extended Mix album art
Crazy feat. Willemijn May - Extended Mix
Tough Love, Willemijn May
124 BPM · 8A · House · 48% Sustainer
House
124
8A · A min
48%Sustainer
—
Closer To Love - Extended Mix album art
Closer To Love - Extended Mix
Tough Love, A*M*E
128 BPM · 2A · Dance · 42% Sustainer
Dance
128
2A · E♭ min
42%Sustainer
—
Give It Up - Extended Mix album art
Give It Up - Extended Mix
Tough Love
124 BPM · 5A · Tech House · 81% Peak time
Tech House
124
5A · C min
81%Peak time
—
We Can Get Close album art
We Can Get Close
Tough Love
126 BPM · 8B · Tech House · 58% Builder
Tech House
126
8B · C maj
58%Builder
—
Trippin - James Haskell Remix (Extended Mix) album art
Trippin - James Haskell Remix (Extended Mix)
Tough Love
128 BPM · 8A · Tech House · 56% Builder
Tech House
128
8A · A min
56%Builder
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Artists that mix with Tough Love

We scored every transition between Tough Love’s 35 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 2,406 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 8 with the widest margin over chance are below.

Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.

CASSIMM

87 of the 1,400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.0. They come from 28 different Tough Love tracks.

Crazy feat. Willemijn May - Extended Mix → I'm Talking To You feat. Richard Farrell - Extened Mix · 8A → 8A · same BPM · 90 chemistry

Daniel Steinberg

115 of the 1,400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.0. They come from 18 different Tough Love tracks.

Crazy feat. Willemijn May - Extended Mix → Don't Be Long · 8A → 8A · +1 BPM · 90 chemistry

David Morales

104 of the 1,400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.0. They come from 22 different Tough Love tracks.

Crazy feat. Willemijn May - Extended Mix → TELL ME - Quentin Harris Re-Production · 8A → 8A · −1 BPM · 92 chemistry

Honey Dijon

89 of the 1,400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.0. They come from 21 different Tough Love tracks.

Break → Baddy On The Floor · 12A → 12A · same BPM · 91 chemistry

KPD

88 of the 1,330 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 7.6. They come from 21 different Tough Love tracks.

Crazy feat. Willemijn May - Extended Mix → Let The Music Do The Talk - Extended Mix · 8A → 8A · +1 BPM · 89 chemistry

Mattei & Omich

100 of the 1,400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.0. They come from 18 different Tough Love tracks.

Disco Beat → Hideaway - Mattei & Omich & Fond8 Extended Classic Piano Revibe · 7B → 7B · same BPM · 92 chemistry

Mirko & Meex

106 of the 1,400 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.0. They come from 22 different Tough Love tracks.

Crazy feat. Willemijn May - Extended Mix → Gossip · 8A → 8A · −1 BPM · 92 chemistry

My Digital Enemy

87 of the 1,365 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 7.8. They come from 25 different Tough Love tracks.

Hideaway - Extended Mix → Self Inflicted · 2A → 1A · −1 BPM · 91 chemistry

Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.

Related artists

Top 15 by similarity

DJs and producers closest to Tough Love by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Tough Love, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.

Gorgon City
100%
57 tracks in catalog · Dance
Michael Calfan
62%
23 tracks in catalog · Dance
Duke Dumont
58%
38 tracks in catalog · Dance
Oliver Heldens
52%
47 tracks in catalog · Dance
Karen Harding
50%
15 tracks in catalog · Dance
Disciples
50%
17 tracks in catalog · Dance
Storm Queen
50%
2 tracks in catalog · Dance · no artist page yet
Matvey Emerson
49%
4 tracks in catalog · Indie Dance
Sonny Fodera
48%
97 tracks in catalog · Tech House
MK
46%
53 tracks in catalog · Dance
Secondcity
46%
25 tracks in catalog · Tech House
Just Kiddin
44%
17 tracks in catalog · Dance
Tchami
43%
45 tracks in catalog · Bass House
Jax Jones
42%
16 tracks in catalog · Dance
David Zowie
42%
2 tracks in catalog · Dance · no artist page yet

Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.

FAQ

What BPM does Tough Love play at?+

Tough Love's tracks in our catalog range from 90 to 129 BPM, with a median of 124 BPM. Across 35 tracks, the most common range falls in the 125–130 BPM bucket.

What key are Tough Love's tracks in?+

Tough Love's tracks are mostly in minor keys (57% minor across 35 tracks). The most common single key is 10B (D Major) with 4 tracks.

What artists mix well with Tough Love?+

We scored every transition between Tough Love's 35 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 2,406 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and CASSIMM, Daniel Steinberg, David Morales are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: Crazy feat. Willemijn May - Extended Mix into I'm Talking To You feat. Richard Farrell - Extened Mix, 8A to 8A, 90 chemistry.

Which artists share an audience with Tough Love?+

Tough Love sits closest to Gorgon City, Michael Calfan, Duke Dumont in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.

When was Tough Love most active?+

Our catalog has Tough Love releases spanning 2013 to 2020, with the most tracks from the 2010s.