''Computerliebe (Die Module spielen verrückt)'' is a song by the German band

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released in 1984, in the ''

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'' genre. The music was composed by Frank Hieber; the text was written by Ulf Krüger. It was produced by Udo Arndt and Paso Doble. A cover version by the band in 1995 also saw commercial success. The title translates as "Computer love (The modules are going crazy)" in English.

Release and reception

The song was released as a single in 1984 by WEA, taken from Paso Doble's second album ''Fantasie''. It reached 15th on the German single charts, where it spent 17 weeks, from 25 February through 17 June 1985. Paso Doble performed the several times on ''

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'': after their first performance on 27 March 1985, they placed first in the audience vote (cast electronically through ) which earned them a second appearance on 24 April 1985. They reprised their appearance on a 30 January 1986 special episode, ''Die Superhitparade – Hits des Jahres '85''. A remake of the song was issued in 2008 as ''"Computerliebe (Remake)"'' on the sampler ''Hautnah''; five additional remixes were released in July 2017 on the album ''Computerliebe 2K17''.

Cover versions

The cover version by Das Modul, issued in 1995 by PolyGram, was more commercially successful than the original, charting third place in German, eighth in Austria, and eleventh in Switzerland. That year, Das Modul's single was

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. The song has been covered a number of times since, including: *

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(''Computerliebe'') * (''Computerliebe'') * Das Modul vs. E-Love (''Computerliebe 7.1'') * (''Computerliebe'') * Lorenz Büffel feat. Sven Florijan (''Computerliebe (in St. Pauli sind die Lichter rot bei Nacht)'') * feat. (''Computerliebe'') * (''Computerliebe'') * (''Computerliebe'')

References

{{reflist 1984 songs 1984 singles German new wave songs