"
Are 'Friends' Electric?" is a
synthpop song by English band
Tubeway Army from their 1979 album
Replicas. It was released as a single in May 1979 and reached No. 1 in the
UK Singles Chart, staying there for four weeks. It was written and produced by
Gary Numan, the band's
frontman and lead vocalist. The song is about an android prostitute.