Motörhead have released a remix of their 1986 song "Built For Speed," the second single taken from the band's 40th anniversary reissue of Orgasmatron, due out November 6 via BMG.
Watch the official lyric video for the track below:
The remixed version of "Built For Speed" continues the anniversary celebration of Orgasmatron, created from the original multi-tracks. A previous single, the album's title track, was released in September.
The Motörhead team explains:
"'Orgasmatron' is a special album. Part of that is down to the stylized production of Bill Laswell, who approached the work from a unique perspective. Bill's work stands in its own right as something special in the Motörhead library, and 'Orgasmatron' stands as one hell of an album. However, there was some controversy in the sense that both Lemmy and Phil Campbell felt that some of the power, bite and energy had been lost in Laswell's final delivery."
Remixed by longtime Motörhead collaborator Cameron Webb, the 40th anniversary collection will be available as a deluxe 3LP bookpack and 2CD, featuring the remastered original mix, the new Cameron Webb Remix, additional studio rehearsals and outtakes recorded in 1985, and the complete BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock Show session from 1986, capturing the band during the Orgasmatron era. The 40th anniversary edition is also available as a 1LP pressing on transparent violet vinyl, featuring the remastered original studio album.

With the original mix in mind, Webb said he approached the remix by considering what Lemmy Kilmister and Phil Campbell might have wanted to hear:
"Lemmy and Phil both said they didn't like the original mix, so I thought about what they might have asked me to do if they were sitting next to me. I tried to channel what I knew about them and their approach to recording — bringing out the bass here, defining the guitars there — while still respecting what was already there. The aim was never to replace the original, but to reveal more of what was inside it."

Orgasmatron is out November 6. Pre-order here. Full tracklist below:
3xLP VERSION:
LP1 – 40TH ANNIVERSARY MASTER
SIDE A
1. Deaf Forever
2. Nothing Up My Sleeve
3. Ain’t My Crime
4. Claw
5. Mean Machine
SIDE B
1. Built For Speed
2. Ridin’ With The Driver
3. Doctor Rock
4. Orgasmatro
LP2 – CAMERON WEBB 40TH ANNIVERSARY REMIX
SIDE A
1. Deaf Forever
2. Nothing Up My Sleeve
3. Ain’t My Crime
4. Claw
5. Mean Machine
SIDE B
1. Built For Speed
2. Ridin’ With The Driver
3. Doctor Rock
4. Orgasmatron
LP3 – REHEARSALS, OUTTAKES AND SESSIONS
SIDE A
1. Orgasmatron & On The Road (Studio Rehearsal – 1985)
2. Nothing up My Sleeve (Studio Outtake – 1985)
3. Doctor Rock & Ridin’ With The Driver (Studio Rehearsal – 1985)
SIDE B
4. Claw (Alternate Version)
5. Mean Machine (Studio Outtake – 1985)
6. Killed By Death (BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock Show)
7. Orgasmatron (BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock Show)
8. Doctor Rock (BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock Show)
9. Deaf Forever (BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock Show)
10. Orgasmatron (Spoken Word) (BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock Show
2xCD VERSION:
CD 1:
1. Deaf Forever
2. Nothing Up My Sleeve
3. Ain’t My Crime
4. Claw
5. Mean Machine
6. Built For Speed
7. Ridin’ With The Driver
8. Doctor Rock
9. Orgasmatron
10. Orgasmatron & On The Road (Studio Rehearsal – 1985)
11. Nothing up My Sleeve (Studio Outtake – 1985)
12. Doctor Rock & Ridin’ With The Driver (Studio Rehearsal – 1985)
13. Claw (Alternate Version)
14. Mean Machine (Studio Outtake – 1985)
CD 2 – CAMERON WEBB 40TH ANNIVERSARY REMIX (2026)
1. Deaf Forever
2. Nothing Up My Sleeve
3. Ain't My Crime
4. Claw
5. Mean Machine
6. Built For Speed
7. Ridin' With The Driver
8. Doctor Rock
9. Orgasmatron
RADIO ONE FRIDAY ROCK SHOW (1986):
10. Killed By Death (BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock Show)
11. Orgasmatron (BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock Show)
12. Doctor Rock (BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock Show)
13. Deaf Forever (BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock Show)
14. Orgasmatron (Spoken Word) (BBC Radio 1 Friday Rock Show)
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