The Robots

"The Robots"
Cover for the original German release
Single by Kraftwerk
from the album The Man-Machine
A-side"Die Roboter" (German title)
B-side"Spacelab"
Released12 May 1978[1]
GenreSynth-pop
Length4:20 (single edit)
3:42 (UK single edit)
6:11 (album version)
LabelKling Klang (EMI) 1C-006-32941 (Ger)
Capitol CL15981 (UK)
Songwriter(s)Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Karl Bartos
Producer(s)Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider
Kraftwerk singles chronology
"Showroom Dummies"
(1977)
"The Robots"
(1978)
"Das Model"
(1978)

"The Robots" (German: "Die Roboter") is a single by German electronic group Kraftwerk, which was released in 1978. The single and its B-side, "Spacelab", both appeared on the band's seventh album, The Man-Machine (1978). However, the songs as they appear on the single were edited into shorter versions. It charted at number 25 on Germany, number 39 on US Dance Club Songs Chart, and number 23 on Austria.

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 48.