The song "Computer World" was used as the theme music of the series The Computer Programme, a TV show originally broadcast on British network BBC2 in 1982. The series aimed to introduce people to computers and showcase their potential. "Computer World 2" was used at the end of the show on the credits.
Afro-Rican, a popular Miami Bass and Hip-Hop group, sampled Kraftwerk's "It's more fun to compute" on its hit "Give it All You Got (Doggy Style)," which would later be sampled on Fergie's hit "Fergalicious."
Coldplay got the permission to use the synthesizer melody of "Computer Love" in its song "Talk," which was featured on the album X&Y.[citation needed]
Pizzicato Five utilized the bass line from "Pocket Calculator" for the song "Contact" from Romantique 96.
German musician Uwe Schmidt, under his pseudonym Señor Coconut, recorded a merengue arrangement of the song "Home Computer" on El Baile Alemán, his album of Latin-style Kraftwerk cover versions.
Nicole Scherzinger, lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, launched her solo career with "Steam," a track that heavily sampled "Numbers."
An image of the Computer World album cover was used on a t-shirt given to students in the Fall 1998 EE302 class taught at the University of Texas at Austin. This T-shirt has since made appearances on the Warner Bros. television show Beauty and the Geek.
Kaiser Broadcasting, the stations of which included WKBS in Philadelphia and WFLD in Chicago, used the tracks "Numbers" and "Home Computer" as musical backgrounds for its kids cartoon bumpers in the early-mid 1980's.
The Miami bass hip-hop group the Puppies sampled "It's more fun to Compute" and "Numbers" in its song "Funky Y-2-C."
The Native American house-music group Alternations sampled "Home Computer" in its song "Feel it for You."
Techmaster P.E.B. used samples of "Computer Love" and a did a complete remake of "Numbers," called "Bass by Numbers," on its debut album, Bass Computer
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