I Want to Know What Love Is
30s preview
- BPM
- 121
- Open Key
- 7m
- Energy
- 72/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 6:39
- Released
- 2025
- Genre
- House
- Loudness
- -5.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 9.6 dB
- ISRC
- GBPQS2500204
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
At 121 BPM in E♭ minor (2A), I Want to Know What Love Is is a club-tempo house production. It reads as bright and euphoric. Rhythmically it is built for the dancefloor. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is weighted to the sub and kick, with a heavy low end. More underground than 99% of Kevin McKay's catalogue. In a set it works best as a floor-filler.
- Tempo:
- slower than 97% of Kevin McKay's catalogue
- Groove:
- groovier than 95% of Kevin McKay's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 88% of Kevin McKay's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 36%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 29%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 20%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 16%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is I Want to Know What Love Is in?
I Want to Know What Love Is by Kevin McKay is in E♭ minor, or 2A on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is I Want to Know What Love Is?
I Want to Know What Love Is runs at 121 BPM, a club-tempo track.
What mixes well with I Want to Know What Love Is?
From 2A it blends harmonically with 3A, 2B, 1A. Moving to 3A lifts the energy a step.
Is I Want to Know What Love Is good for peak time?
With energy 72 out of 100 at 121 BPM, it works best as a floor-filler.
Mixes harmonically
2A → 1A · 3A · 2BFrom 2A, 3A (B♭ minor) lifts the energy a step; 2B (F♯ major) brightens to the relative major; 1A (A♭ minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 2A at 121 BPM: 3A (B♭ minor) — move to 3A to push the floor harder; 2B (F♯ major) — switch to 2B for a mood change without losing the groove; 1A (A♭ minor) — drop to 1A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 114-128 BPM — anything in that window beatmatches without sounding stretched.
Key on the fader: without key lock (Master Tempo on CDJs), above roughly +5% it plays a semitone higher, so treat it as 9A rather than 2A; below -5% it reads as 7A. With key lock on, it stays 2A across the whole range.
Programming: a floor-filler.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 121 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 121 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
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