Editing Radio-Activity (section)

== Album title and cover art ==
''Radio-Activity'''s album title displays Kraftwerk's typical deadpan humour, being a [[pun]] on the twin themes of the songs,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bussy |first1=Pascal |title=Kraftwerk: Man, Machine and Music |date=2004 |publisher=SAF Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-0-946719-70-9 |page=78 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jyKuiI3kV_gC&dq=kraftwerk+%22radio-activity%22+play+on+words&pg=PA78 |access-date=27 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref> half being about [[radioactivity]] and the other half about activity on the [[radio]].<ref name="cambridge99">{{cite book |last1=Schütte |first1=Uwe |title=The Cambridge Companion to Krautrock |date=27 October 2022 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-316-51107-7 |page=99 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6BOUEAAAQBAJ&dq=kraftwerk+%22radio-activity%22+play+on+words&pg=PA99 |access-date=27 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Bartos revealed that the title was inspired by a chart column in the American magazine, ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'',<ref name="dig">{{cite web |last1=Edwards |first1=Lucas |title='Radio-Activity': How Kraftwerk Went Nuclear With Their Fifth Album |url=https://www.thisisdig.com/feature/radio-activity-kraftwerk-album/ |website=Dig! |access-date=26 October 2022 |date=26 October 2022}}</ref> which featured the most played singles under the title "Radio Activity".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schütte |first1=Uwe |title=German Pop Music: A Companion |date=11 January 2017 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |isbn=978-3-11-042354-9 |page=80 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cVj1DQAAQBAJ&dq=H%C3%BCtter+Schneider+Emil+Schult+lyrics+radio+activity&pg=PT80 |access-date=27 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref> According to Wolfgang Flur, the concept arose as a result of the many radio interviews that Ralf and Florian had given on their American tour.{{sfn|Albiez|Pattie|2011|p=106}}

The album's cover depicts a [[Volksempfänger]] radio which was produced in Germany during the Third Reich regime.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Jude |title=How Kraftwerk changed the course of modern music |url=https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/40033/how-kraftwerk-changed-the-course-of-modern-music |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=www.prospectmagazine.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>