Motorway
30s preview
- BPM
- 100
- Double-time
- 200
- Open Key
- 3d
- Energy
- 56/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 3:31
- Released
- 1972
- Album
- Everybody's in Show-Biz
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -12.7 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.8 dB
- ISRC
- USQX91401343
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- Motorwayoriginal10B · 100
- Motorway - 2022 Remasteroriginal10B · 100
Motorway runs 100 BPM in D major (10B), a slow-groove tempo techno record. The feel is bright and easy. It is vocal-led. Its spectrum is centred in the low-mids, warm and bass-forward. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 15 dB). A 1972 production that still circulates in sets. More underground than 99% of Kink's catalogue.
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 83% of Kink's catalogue
- Tempo:
- slower than 82% of Kink's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 27%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 32%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 25%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 15%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is Motorway in?
Motorway by Kink is in D major, or 10B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is Motorway?
Motorway runs at 100 BPM, a slow-groove tempo track.
What mixes well with Motorway?
From 10B it blends harmonically with 11B, 10A, 9B. Moving to 11B lifts the energy a step.
Is Motorway good for peak time?
With energy 56 out of 100 at 100 BPM, it works best as a mid-set roller.
Mixes harmonically
10B → 9B · 11B · 10AFrom 10B, 11B (A major) lifts the energy a step; 10A (B minor) settles into the relative minor; 9B (G major) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 10B at 100 BPM: 11B (A major) — move to 11B to push the floor harder; 10A (B minor) — switch to 10A for a mood change without losing the groove; 9B (G major) — drop to 9B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 94-106 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 5B rather than 10B; below -5% it reads as 3B. With key lock on, it stays 10B across the whole range.
Programming: a mid-set roller.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 100 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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Other recommendations
Beyond strict key and genre matches: tracks that still sit in beatmatch range of 100 BPM with a compatible energy and groove — candidates for a key jump or a genre crossover.
