# Kraftwerk — Autobahn

Kraftwerk’s Autobahn (1974) appears on 3 of our lists — Krautrock, The Waxonia Desk — Krautrock, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred, highest at No. 2 in Krautrock. Every verdict, in full.

- **Released:** 1974
- **Label:** Philips
- **On:** Krautrock, The Waxonia Desk — Krautrock, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [Kraftwerk](https://waxonia.com/artist/kraftwerk/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/kraftwerk--autobahn/

## What 3 lists say

### No. 2 in [Krautrock](https://waxonia.com/genre/krautrock/)

Twenty-two minutes of a car journey, and the record where Kraftwerk stop being a rock group. Detroit heard the machine precision; Britain heard the pop tune hiding inside it. Both were right.

### Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — Krautrock](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-krautrock/)

The one Detroit heard. Derrick May's line about Kraftwerk and Parliament stuck in an elevator is the most quoted sentence in techno, and this is the record that put Kraftwerk in the lift.

### Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/)

Twenty-two minutes about a car journey that Detroit heard as the future and Britain heard as a pop tune. Both readings were correct and both built genres.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Kraftwerk%20Autobahn) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=vkOZNJYAZ7c)

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