The Way Love Used To Be - Mono mix from "Percy"
30s preview
- BPM
- 108
- Open Key
- 3m
- Energy
- 35/100
- Pop
- 0/100
- Length
- 1:03
- Released
- 1971
- Album
- Percy (Bonus Track Edition - Reissue)
- Genre
- Techno
- Loudness
- -11.0 dB
- Dynamics
- 15.9 dB
- ISRC
- GBAJE0705482
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"original5B · 109
- The Way Love Used to Beoriginal5B · 109
The Way Love Used To Be - Mono mix from "Percy" is a mid-tempo techno track in B minor (10A) at 108 BPM. It reads as brooding and low-slung. It leans atmospheric over strictly danceable. The mix is almost entirely instrumental. The master keeps real dynamic headroom. The master keeps unusual dynamic range for club music (crest 16 dB). A 1971 production that still circulates in sets. Darker than 99% of Kink's catalogue. For programming, treat it as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
- Reach:
- more underground than 99% of Kink's catalogue
- Energy:
- calmer than 94% of Kink's catalogue
Sonic profile
Frequency spectrum
amplitude · bass → treble
- 29%
- Low
- 30-130 Hz
- 32%
- Low-mid
- 130-570 Hz
- 25%
- Upper-mid
- 570 Hz-2.5 kHz
- 14%
- 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 B minor, or 10A 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 108 BPM, a mid-tempo track.
What mixes well with The Way Love Used To Be - Mono mix from "Percy"?
From 10A it blends harmonically with 11A, 10B, 9A. Moving to 11A lifts the energy a step.
Is The Way Love Used To Be - Mono mix from "Percy" good for peak time?
With energy 35 out of 100 at 108 BPM, it works best as a warm-up or breakdown cut.
Mixes harmonically
10A → 9A · 11A · 10BFrom 10A, 11A (F♯ minor) lifts the energy a step; 10B (D major) brightens to the relative major; 9A (E minor) cools the energy down a step.
How to mix it
In 10A at 108 BPM: 11A (F♯ minor) — move to 11A to push the floor harder; 10B (D major) — switch to 10B for a mood change without losing the groove; 9A (E minor) — drop to 9A to bring the room down gently.
Pitch range at ±6%: 102-114 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 5A rather than 10A; below -5% it reads as 3A. With key lock on, it stays 10A 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 108 — beatmatch without a big tempo pull.
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