In 1981, the song was re-released to coincide with the release of the studio album Computerwelt (Computer World in English).

Both the German and English versions of the song have been covered by other artists, including Snakefinger, Hikashu, Big Black and Robert.

In his autobiography, I Was A Robot, former Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür explains: Our favourite discothèque, the Mora, lay in the Schneider-Wibbel Gasse in the middle of Düsseldorf's old town, and there was a waiter who worked there who always greeted new guests with the words "Hallöchen!

He loved selling champagne to the guests, largely because it was the drink on which he earned the highest commission, and he forced it on everyone.We'd heard him so often, and he was such a fine example of Düsseldorf chic, that we invited him into our studio when we were recording "The Model" so that he could speak his smug slogan directly into the microphone.

In the special version of "Alter Mann", Bobo (Christiane Hebold) sings alongside Till Lindemann in the chorus.