Kraftwerk Die Roboter

Die Roboter (The Robots in english) is a single by the influential German electronic music pioneers, Kraftwerk, released in 1978. The single and its Bside, Spacelab, both appeared on the band s seventh album, The ManMachine. However, the songs as they appear on the single were scaled down into shorter In 1991, a remix of the song was issued as a single from the band s remix album The Mix. The lyrics reference the revolutionary technique of robotics, and how humans can use them as they wish. The Russian lines Я твой слуга (Ya tvoi sluga, I m your servant) and Я твой работник (Ya tvoi rabotnik, I m your worker) (also on the rear sleeve of the album) are spoken through a vocoder during the intro and again during its repetition at the bridge. Wolfgang Flür, a member of Kraftwerk at the time of the single s release, later wrote Ich war ein Roboter (I Was a Robot in English), with his title referencing the lyrics of The