What's working in Drum & Bass
This page turns into a live chart of real drum & bass songs, ranked by Songbrain's virality score.
No drum & bass songs on the public leaderboard yet — the chart opens at 10.
Counted: real uploads whose artists put them on the public leaderboard. Last update Oct 19, 2026.
Drum & Bass basics
General genre knowledge — not from the chart above.
4 things that make a drum & bass track work
- 1Program or re-trigger your breaks so they do not sound like a flat loop.
- 2Keep the sub at 40–60 Hz and articulated, not a drone.
- 3Land a vocal, sample or chop that hooks inside 15 seconds.
- 4Make the second drop grow out of the first, not repeat it.
Drum & Bass questions
What are the main drum & bass styles?
Liquid (melodic, soulful), neurofunk (technical, dark bass design), jump-up (simple, bouncy drops) and rollers (steady, groove-led). Jungle is the amen-break-heavy root of the genre.
Does drum & bass need a club master?
No. Very loud club masters often sound harsh on phones. A clean master that works on headphones and phone speakers is the safer choice.
Where do the numbers on this page come from?
From Songbrain's public leaderboard: songs that artists uploaded for analysis and chose to show publicly. Reference tracks from commercial releases are not counted. Each song gets a 0–100 virality score from its audio. The page refreshes weekly, and a genre's chart opens once it has 10 songs.