# WITCH — Introduction

WITCH’s Introduction (1975) is No. 1 in our Zamrock ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1975
- **On one list:** Zamrock
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31
- **Artist:** [WITCH](https://waxonia.com/artist/witch/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/witch--introduction/

## What we say

### No. 1 in [Zamrock](https://waxonia.com/genre/zamrock/)

From Lazy Bones, and the best-known Zamrock record by some distance. Emanuel Chanda's voice is playful over a band playing considerably harder than he is.

## Analysis

6 sections, the first drop at 0:11, 5% of the way in.

- **Tempo:** 123 BPM — holds throughout
- **Key:** E minor
- **Dynamic range:** 2.2 dB — compressed hard — very little between the quiet and the loud
- **Length:** 3:46

- `0:00` A · **intro**, instrumental — opens the record below its own average energy — playing: other
- `0:12` B · **peak** (bar 6), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: bass, other
- `1:07` B · **peak** (bar 35), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: bass, vocals, other
- `1:19` B · **steady** (bar 41), instrumental — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: bass, vocals, other
- `2:17` C · **peak** (bar 70), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: bass, other
- `2:42` B · **outro** (bar 83), instrumental — the closing fall — playing: bass, other

**Drop** at 0:11 (bar 6). A drop is a moment, not a stretch.

**What is playing.** Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.

- **drums:** the drum kit, separated from the mix
- **bass:** the bass part, separated from the mix
- **vocals:** the voice, separated from the mix
- **other:** everything else — synths, guitars, keys, strings

Measured from the YouTube master on 2026-08-29. Section labels describe how the energy
moves, not musical form. Anything we were not confident enough to state is omitted
rather than hedged.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/WITCH%20Introduction) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=OqFhpe3ZBlg)

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