Can you sing Pompeii by Bastille?
Pompeii by Bastille runs E3 to F#4 (14 semitones), rated easier for karaoke. Hum for 30 seconds to see your exact percent fit before you step up.
Vocal character
anthemic warm · baritone, steady big build
Editorial estimate, used as a minor fine-tuning signal alongside your vocal range, not a substitute for hearing the song.
Singing Pompeii: what your voice is in for
Pompeii is a chant with a chorus attached: the researched range, E3 to F#4, spans only 14 semitones, and much of the song's identity lives in the massed, wordless vocal riff that opens and underpins everything. The lead melody of this Bastille anthem moves in stately, repeated phrases, and the deciding element is anthemic evenness: delivering near-identical lines again and again with cumulative rather than flagging energy at 90 energy and 128 BPM.
The technique is chant discipline: consistent tone and time on repeated material, with small planned dynamic increments so the final choruses feel bigger without being faster. The stored key math tells a tenor to stay in the original A major, a clean fit, and hands a baritone a five semitone drop to E major. Altos are one semitone shy at the bottom, effectively natural. This is one of the researched catalog's best group songs: the wordless riff needs many voices, and it teaches blend faster than any exercise.
Practice cue: recruit anyone nearby to hold the wordless riff while you sing a verse over it. Singing against a drone without drifting is the skill this song secretly examines.
Written from this song's researched range on file, E3 to F#4 (14 semitones), original key A major. July 2026.
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What key is Pompeii in?
HumMatch's audio analysis reads Pompeii in A major at 94% confidence and about 128 BPM, a confident read, so the original key shown here is a solid starting point for practice or transposition.
Can I sing Pompeii at karaoke?
Few entries in indie pop songs HumMatch tracks stretch as wide as Pompeii: its 14-semitone span lands in the top 99%.
Highest and lowest notes
The available song-fit estimate places the low note around E3 and the high note around F#4. If either edge feels tense, try a different key.
Vocal style
Pompeii's peak note (F#4) sits above a typical baritone's comfort zone but inside a tenor's.
Karaoke difficulty
Compared with the typical indie pop song HumMatch tracks, Pompeii scores less familiar for karaoke: 38/100 against a median of 50.
Who it likely fits
Much of Pompeii's 45/100 karaoke-difficulty rating traces back to a range in the top 99% widest for indie pop.
Who may struggle
Pompeii clocks in at 128 BPM in A major: faster than a typical indie pop pick.
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Range Guide
Pompeii is estimated around E3 to F#4. Compare that with your Vocal ID before choosing the original key. If your comfortable high note is below the song’s hardest section, try a lower key or one of the safer alternatives below.
Perfect For These Voice Types
Great for baritones and low tenors, with an anthemic chant chorus that a whole room can carry up to F#4.
Best when your Vocal ID overlaps the main melody without strain.
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Song fit FAQ
Pompeii spans roughly E3 to F#4: about 14 semitones. Your safest move is to compare that against your own Vocal ID.
Across the 10 Bastille songs with researched vocal ranges on HumMatch, the sung notes run from C3 to F5, about 29 semitones (roughly 2.4 octaves). See the full Bastille vocal range guide for voice type and the hardest songs.
Pompeii scores 45/100 for karaoke difficulty on HumMatch, which rates as easier. Compared with the typical indie pop song HumMatch tracks, Pompeii scores less familiar for karaoke: 38/100 against a median of 50.
Pompeii's peak note (F#4) sits above a typical baritone's comfort zone but inside a tenor's.
Much of Pompeii's 45/100 karaoke-difficulty rating traces back to a range in the top 99% widest for indie pop.
Pompeii may work at karaoke if the original key sits comfortably for you and you know where the risky chorus or low phrases happen.
Hum 3 notes in HumMatch and compare your Vocal ID against Pompeii, safer alternatives, and higher-risk picks.
Pompeii by Bastille is in A major. HumMatch's audio analysis detects this key at 94% confidence, and that score is shown on the page so you know how solid the read is.
Pompeii runs at about 128 BPM, as measured by HumMatch's audio analysis.
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