Computer Love (Kraftwerk song)

"Computer Love"
"Computer Love"
Single by Kraftwerk
from the album Computer World
B-side	"The Model"
Released	July 1981
Genre	Synthpop
Length	3:45 (single edit); 7:15 (album version);
Label	EMI (UK); Warner Bros. (US);
Songwriter(s)	Ralf Hütter; Karl Bartos; Emil Schult;
Producer(s)	Ralf Hütter; Florian Schneider;
Kraftwerk singles chronology

"Computer Love" (German version: "Computerliebe") is a song by the German electronic band Kraftwerk. It was released in 1981 on the studio album Computer World and as a single in the same year. In the UK, the song was released on 7 November 1981 as a double A-sided single along with "The Model", and went on to become number one in the UK Singles Chart. The song was re-arranged and re-recorded for the band's 1991 studio album The Mix.

The melody of "Computer Love" was later used in Coldplay's song "Talk" on the album X&Y. Prior to release, Coldplay singer Chris Martin asked the German group for approval.^[1]

Charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	13

References

^ Coldplay - Martin Sent Kraftwerk Begging Letter on contactmusic.com

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[1] Coldplay - Martin Sent Kraftwerk Begging Letter on contactmusic.com

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