# Woodentops — Why Why Why Woodentops’s Why Why Why (1988) is No. 4 in our Balearic ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it. - **Released:** 1988 - **On one list:** Balearic - **Updated:** 2026-08-31 - **Artist:** [Woodentops](https://waxonia.com/artist/woodentops/) - **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/woodentops--why-why-why/ ## What we say ### No. 4 in [Balearic](https://waxonia.com/genre/balearic/) An English indie band who found themselves adopted by a dance scene they knew nothing about. Balearic's willingness to take a guitar record on its merits, exactly as it stood. ## Analysis 10 sections, the first drop of 2 at 0:28, 6% of the way in, 56% of it spent climbing. - **Tempo:** 129.2 BPM — holds throughout - **Key:** C# minor - **Dynamic range:** 3.4 dB — compressed hard — very little between the quiet and the loud - **Length:** 7:19 - `0:00` A · **intro**, instrumental — opens the record below its own average energy — playing: other - `0:22` B · **build** (bar 12), instrumental — energy and brightness climbing without a break — playing: drums, other - `0:50` C · **build** (bar 27), instrumental — energy and brightness climbing without a break — playing: drums, bass, vocals, other - `2:24` C · **steady** (bar 77), sung — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: drums, bass, vocals, other - `3:03` C · **build** (bar 99), sung — energy and brightness climbing without a break — playing: drums, bass, vocals, other - `4:21` C · **peak** (bar 141), sung — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass, vocals, other - `4:37` D · **peak** (bar 149), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass, vocals, other - `4:52` D · **breakdown** (bar 157), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: drums - `5:04` C · **build** (bar 164), instrumental — energy and brightness climbing without a break — playing: drums, bass, vocals, other - `5:49` C · **steady** (bar 188), instrumental — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: drums, bass, vocals, other **Drops** at 0:28 (bar 15), 0:55 (bar 29). 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/Woodentops%20Why%20Why%20Why) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=d1bYfZUePYo) --- Hand-curated by Waxonia. We host no audio; all links point to streaming platforms.