Push The Tempo
by Sub Focus (featuring Katy B)

Album: released as a single (2024)
Charted: 54
Play Video

Songfacts®:

  • There are certain pairings in life that seem so inevitable, you're almost surprised they didn't happen sooner. Fish and chips. Tea and biscuits. Sub Focus and Katy B. Both emerged in the UK dance scene at roughly the same time, sharing festival stages and late-night DJ lineups, yet somehow they never collaborated until "Push The Tempo" finally brought these two rave titans together.

    The collaboration was long overdue, but as Sub Focus explained, their paths have crisscrossed for years. "Me and Katy have bumped into each other many times, moving in the same circles - having mutual friends like Skream and Benga, and we even train with the same personal trainer!"
  • "Push The Tempo" was the first song they wrote when Sub Focus and Katy B finally got together in the studio. They teased the track at a surprise pop-up show in London in September 2024, and a little over a month later, on October 25, 2024, they dropped the full song.
  • Sub Focus and Katy B wrote "Push The Temo" with Becky Hill's go-to writing partner Karen Poole, and with the production duo Punctual, comprising Will Lansley and John Morgan. Punctual's other credits include Nathan Dawe's "21 Reasons" and "Oh Baby," Switch Disco's "React." Ella Henderson's "Alibi" and BL3SS & CamrinWatsin's "Kisses."
  • Directed by the Three Shades trio alongside Duncan Lewis, the music video captures the magic of the dancefloor through the eyes of two clubgoers, played by Miguelangel Waldro and Harriet Leaf.
  • When the song debuted on the UK Singles chart dated January 5, 2025 at #63 it became Katy B's first entry since "I Wanna Be" reached #60 in 2016.

Comments

Be the first to comment...

Editor's Picks

Bob Daisley

Bob DaisleySongwriter Interviews

Bob was the bass player and lyricist for the first two Ozzy Osbourne albums. Here's how he wrote songs like "Crazy Train" and "Mr. Crowley" with Ozzy and Randy Rhoads.

John Waite

John WaiteSongwriter Interviews

"Missing You" was a spontaneous outpouring of emotion triggered by a phone call. John tells that story and explains what MTV meant to his career.

Justin Timberlake

Justin TimberlakeFact or Fiction

Was Justin the first to be Punk'd by Ashton Kutcher? Did Britney really blame him for her meltdown? Did his bandmates think he was gay?

90s Metal

90s MetalFact or Fiction

Test your metal - Priest, Maiden, and Beavis and Butt-head show up in this one.

Female Singers Of The 90s

Female Singers Of The 90sMusic Quiz

The ladies who ruled the '90s in this quiz.

Eric Burdon

Eric BurdonSongwriter Interviews

The renown rock singer talks about "The House of the Rising Sun" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."