Once again without emotion the humans are / Dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead. Because they are dead.īinary solo / Zero zero zero zero zero zero one / Zero zero zero zero zero zero one one / Zero zero zero zero zero zero one one one / Zero zero zero zero zero one one one one / Oh, oh, / Oh, one / Come on sucker, / Lick my batteryīoogie / Boogie (Robo-boogie) / Boogie / Robo-boogie (The humans are dead) There is only one type of dance, the Robot /Ĭan't we just talk to the humans? / Maybe a little understanding / could make things better? / Can't we talk to the humans /Īnd work together now? / No. Unless its a more colloquial situation with a few robo friends / We no longer say yes, instead we say affirmative / The world is very different ever since the robotic uprising of the mid-nineties, / It is the distant future, the year 2000 / 'Robots' (also known as Humans Are Dead) was featured in the episode Sally and is performed by Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. The song has an extension with additional lines viewable during the end credits, and an even longer version is heard on their self titled album. Since the band has very limited funds, Murray constructs the robot costumes himself and films the video using a camera phone. Within the context of the plot of the show, it is the band's first music video. Flight of the Conchords is a Grammy award-winning folk/pop/comedy duo comprised of Bret McKenzie formerly of The Black Seeds, Video Kid, and The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra fame and Jemaine Clement formerly of The Humourbeasts, who met in 1998 while studying film and theatre in Wellington, New Zealand. The song is performed in the style of "Here is the News" by the Electric Light Orchestra. It is set in a post-apocalyptic "distant future" (the year 2000) where all humans are dead and robots have taken over the world. The song is performed by both Bret and Jemaine. It was also included on The Distant Future as well as their 2008 self titled album. "Robots" (also known as Humans Are Dead) was featured in the episode Sally and is performed by Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement.