Behind the Wheel by Depeche Mode
Behind the Wheel by Depeche Mode runs at 125 BPM in the key of D major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.
This analysis has not been checked by a person. Tempo, key, and genre come straight from the software, so treat them as a starting point and trust your ears.
Measured
- Tempo
- 125 BPM
- Key
- D major
- Length
- 5:18
- Genre
- synth-pop
- Mood
- restless
- Vocals
- Vocal
Suno prompt
A restless synth-pop track with explosive energy and a loping feel at 125 BPM. The low end is analog synth bass playing root-note anchored, under a programmed drum machine with a clap-layered snare and shimmering open hats. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, arpeggiated. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a layered in close harmony performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding melodic lead and vocal clarity, built on suspended chords, leaving a euphoric and open atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- analog synth bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 125
- Chords
- suspended
- Cymbals
- shimmering open hats
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- euphoric and open
- Genre
- synth-pop
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- arpeggiated
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- restless
- Percussion
- a programmed drum machine
- Rhythmic style
- loping
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- vocal clarity
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
- Vocal style
- layered in close harmony
- Vocal
- a warm male vocal
About this page
This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key are measured from the audio; instrumentation and production characteristics are classified against a fixed vocabulary. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes, and no lyrics from it are stored.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with Depeche Mode. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.