The Way Love Used To Be - Mono mix from "Percy"
30s preview
- BPM
- 109
- Open Key
- 10d
- Energy
- 20/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 2:04
- Released
- 1971
- Album
- Percy (Bonus Track Edition - Reissue)
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -12.3 dB
- Dynamics
- 14.0 dB
- ISRC
- GBAJE0705481
Key, BPM and audio features: model-based audio analysis · how we measure · catalogue updated July 2026
Other versions
- The Way Love Used to Be (2014 Remaster)original4B · 108
- The Way Love Used To Be - Mono mix from "Percy"original10A · 108
- The Way Love Used to Beoriginal5B · 109
The Way Love Used To Be - Mono mix from "Percy": mid-tempo techno, E♭ major (5B), 109 BPM. It reads as subdued and even. 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 14 dB). A 1971 production that still circulates in sets. Calmer than 99% of Kink's catalogue. In a set it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Reach:
- more underground than 99% of Kink's catalogue
- Low end:
- more treble-tilted than 84% of Kink's catalogue
- Brightness:
- darker than 76% of Kink's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 27%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 35%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 26%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 13%
- High
- 2.5-11 kHz
FAQ
What key is The Way Love Used To Be - Mono mix from "Percy" in?
The Way Love Used To Be - Mono mix from "Percy" by Kink is in E♭ major, or 5B on the Camelot wheel.
What BPM is The Way Love Used To Be - Mono mix from "Percy"?
The Way Love Used To Be - Mono mix from "Percy" runs at 109 BPM, a mid-tempo track.
What mixes well with The Way Love Used To Be - Mono mix from "Percy"?
From 5B it blends harmonically with 6B, 5A, 4B. Moving to 6B lifts the energy a step.
Is The Way Love Used To Be - Mono mix from "Percy" good for peak time?
With energy 20 out of 100 at 109 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
5B → 4B · 6B · 5AFrom 5B, 6B (B♭ major) lifts the energy a step; 5A (C minor) settles into the relative minor; 4B (A♭ major) cools the energy down a step.
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How to mix it
In 5B at 109 BPM: 6B (B♭ major) — move to 6B to push the floor harder; 5A (C minor) — switch to 5A for a mood change without losing the groove; 4B (A♭ major) — drop to 4B to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 102-116 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 12B rather than 5B; below -5% it reads as 10B. With key lock on, it stays 5B across the whole range.
Programming: a warm-up or breakdown cut — early set or after a peak to reset the room.
Similar tempo
Within ±3 BPM of 109 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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