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.
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
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6/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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7/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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5/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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5/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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4/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
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.
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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
Reference: Wikipedia · MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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