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"99 Luftballons" (German: Neunundneunzig Luftballons, "99 balloons") is a song by the West German band Nena from their 1983 self-titled album. An English-language version titled "99 Red Balloons"(German: Neunundneunzig Rote Luftballons), with lyrics by Kevin McAlea, was also released by Nena on the album 99 Luftballons in 1984 after widespread success of the original in Europe and Japan.
Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born 24 March 1960), better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer who rose to international fame in 1983 as the lead vocalist of the band Nena with the Neue Deutsche Welle song "99 Luftballons". In that same year, the band re-recorded this song in English as "99 Red Balloons". [1]
Nena was a West German Neue Deutsche Welle band formed in West Berlin in 1981. In 1983 and 1984, their German-language song "99 Luftballons" (and its English version, "99 Red Balloons") reached number one in the singles charts of countries around the world.
The lead single, "99 Luftballons", is the band's and lead singer Nena's most successful song to date. It reached number one in several countries worldwide, [ 2 ] but is considered a one-hit wonder [ 8 ] as other singles and albums performed poorly outside of Europe.
The three singles released from the Nena album have enjoyed particular prominence in lead singer Nena's career. Although "99 Luftballons" is by far the most well known globally, the other two ("Nur geträumt" and "Leuchtturm") have for more than 30 years been ever-present features of the live concerts of firstly the band and then Nena in her subsequent solo career.
List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications [1] [2]; GER [3]AUT [4]NLD [5]SWI [6]Nena: Released: 14 January 1983
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"99 Luftballons" Nena: the song imagines a world where the release of 99 balloons triggers governments to scramble fighter jets to intercept them, ultimately leading to total nuclear annihilation. "Advice to Joe" Roy Acuff (1951), a pro-US song, mocking Stalin and bringing up the German invasion of the Soviet Union "Amerika" Herbert Grönemeyer