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What Love Is Made Of

Katy B · 2013

17 min · 4 tracks · contemporary R&B

A yearning club-pop single becomes a tour through house and UK dance music as three remixes reshape its pulse.

Top tracks — play these first

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    What Love Is Made Of — The original sets a searching pop hook against a dance-floor pulse, providing the song’s melodic center before the remixers take it in different directions.
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    What Love Is Made Of (MK remix) — MK extends the song into a longer house treatment, giving the original’s hook more room to circulate across the dance floor.
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    What Love Is Made Of (Felix da Housecat remix) — Felix da Housecat brings another club perspective to the song, contrasting the original’s compact pop structure with a DJ-friendly reinterpretation.

Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

54 /100
Lowland
Higher than 3% of albums we've rated

A well-made club-pop song gains interest from its producer-led recastings, but the repeated track and remix-package format limit the release’s shape and distinctiveness.

What we noticed

  • The same vocal and song anchor all four tracks: the original comes first, followed by MK, Felix da Housecat and Brackles remixes.
  • The original rides a steady house pulse beneath Katy B’s yearning vocal; the three remixes recast that pulse in distinct club-production styles.
Composition 25% of the score
6/10

the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics

Craft 20% of the score
7/10

production, performance, arrangement

Durability 25% of the score
5/10

whether it rewards returning to it

Distinctiveness 18% of the score
5/10

whether it sounds like itself

Sequencing 12% of the score
4/10

running order, pacing, length

Influence 3/10

Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Moments worth listening for

Where the writing does something specific.

  • What Love Is Made Of

    The chorus repeatedly asks to discover the substance of love rather than settling on a definition.

    Turning the central idea into a recurring question gives the hook forward motion without requiring the verses to resolve it.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

  • 1 What Love Is Made Of 3:55
  • 2 What Love Is Made Of (MK remix) 5:30
  • 3 What Love Is Made Of (Felix da Housecat remix) 4:05
  • 4 What Love Is Made Of (Brackles remix) 4:23

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