Pocket Calculator

Recorded during the 1979–1981 sessions for Computer World at Kling Klang in Düsseldorf, with the core Kraftwerk lineup centered on Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Karl Bartos, and Wolfgang Flür. The track was prepared as part of the album’s English and German-language singles campaign. Issued in 1981 as the first single from Computer World, it presented Kraftwerk’s computer-age theme in one of the album’s most direct and memorable forms. The UK release reached the Official Singles Chart Top 100 and peaked at No. 39. It became one of Kraftwerk’s signature Computer World tracks and was issued in several language versions, including Dentaku, reinforcing the song’s international reach. The album’s wider influence on later hip-hop, electro, and synth-driven pop secured the track’s long-term place in the band’s catalog.