Chart Position: 25
Released Jan 1975
- Written by Ralf Hutter, Florian Schneider and Emil Shult
- Guitar: Klaus Roder
- Keyboards: Ralf Hutter
- Flute: Florian Schneider
- Recorded in Cologne Germany
- Produced by Conny Plank and Kraftwerk
- This is Kraftwerk’s biggest U.S. hit single
- Kraftwerk is from Dusseldorf Germany
- The autobahn is the controlled access highway system in Germany
- The lyric ‘fahren’ which means driving in English was mistaken by many U.S. listeners as ‘fun’
- The LP version is 22 minutes long
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