I Love My Computer

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Songs
Last updated
July 22, 2020

Song meaning

Greg Graffin: "It's tongue-in-cheek. It's just more of a prediction song. People are spending more time being entertained in "real time" than by real people, and that leads to a lot of questions. People think they're communicating, when they're not really talking, they're typing. In a realm like that, it's hard to talk about any real attraction, because you're attracted to the idea of the other person, rather than the real person. You're withdrawing from society, rather than creating society."[1]

Trivia

In the May 2001 Yahoo Internet Life Magazine they had the article "Sex and censorship online" and they quoted the song: "I love my computer, you're always in the mood. I get so turned on, when I turn on you. I love my computer you never ask for more. You can be princess or you can be my whore. And it's never been quite so easy."

Single

The single was released to Alt Radio stations in June 2000. It would not chart on any major chart worldwide. This also marked the final single Bad Religion would release through Atlantic Records.