Computer Love (Kraftwerk song)

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“Computer Love”
Single by Kraftwerk
from the album Computer World
B-side "The Model" (1981, UK)
Released July 1981 (UK)
Format 7"
Genre Synthpop
Length 3:45 (single edit)
7:15 (album version)
Label EMI EMI5207 (UK)
Producer Ralf Hütter,
Florian Schneider
Kraftwerk singles chronology
"Pocket Calculator"
(1981, UK)
"Computer Love"
(1981, UK)
"Showroom Dummies"
(1982, UK)

Computer Love (German version title: "Computerliebe") is a song by the German electronic band Kraftwerk. It was released on the 1981 album Computer World and as single in the same year.

The song is about finding love through a computer ("Computer Love" says the lyrics) and how it is so against society.

The theme of the song was used by Coldplay in their 2005 song, "Talk", which was released on the album X&Y. The song was covered by The Album Leaf as a hidden track on the 2001 EP, In an Off White Room, and by Glass Candy on the compilation After Dark.