The Model

Hütter and Karl Bartos wrote it, with Emil Schult collaborating on the lyrics. Schult was in love with a model when he wrote them. He also composed music for the song, but it was too guitar-heavy for Kraftwerk and Bartos and Hütter rewrote it. It was released in German and English versions. The German one adds a guttural "Korrekt!" after the line about drinking champagne in night clubs. Flür recalled a waiter at the Mora discotheque in Düsseldorf's old town who greeted guests with "Hallöchen! Sekt? Korrrrrrrekt!" The band invited him into the studio to say it into the microphone.

In 1981 it was the B side of Computer Love. Radio DJs were more interested in The Model, so the single was reissued with The Model promoted to a double A side, and it reached number one in Britain in February 1982, the band's most successful song there. David Cavanagh of Uncut called it a wry pop satire. The Guardian said it explores postmodern disconnection, with a melancholy singer who eulogises someone he has barely met. After Schneider died in 2020, the bells of St Martin's Cathedral in Utrecht rang out the song.