NENA | 99 Luftballons [1983] [Offizielles HD Musikvideo]

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[@lousifei]

I was a young U.S. soldier stationed in Pirmasens, West Germany (at the time) when this song came out. I didn't know the words, but I knew what it was about. One day I was out on a day off with a German soldier friend of mine, and we were visiting a wooded area that had seen heavy fighting between the Germans and Allies during WWII. I remember thinking at the time how just a few decades earlier instead of being friends, we would have had to try to kill each other out there. In those days (1983), one of the things we (those in charge) were worried about was a possible soviet tank led invasion into Western Europe via Czechoslovakia. It's a shame. Now, almost 40 years later and after it seemed that all of that was over, we're back to worrying about war with Russia again. It's really a shame because those who have to do the actual fighting are just normal people who could easily be friends if given the chance.

[@kennethwarburton177]

Because people have short memories. War is MADNESS,

[@dhtsoaedsdhtnadi9575]

sadly, there are many things that saw progress in the 70s-00s, that have devolved in the last 6yrs or so, and we're essentially right back where we started. those that shape history seem to ignore history.

[@HiroNguy]

@@dhtsoaedsdhtnadi9575 It's people as a whole who give these malignant narcissists power. Therefore the concept of Total War is correct because people do in general get the government they deserve.

[@dhtsoaedsdhtnadi9575]

@@HiroNguy you must believe elections aren't rigged. i have yet to find anyone in my electoral district that voted for some of the ppl that won our district.

[@hankkingsley9300]

@@dhtsoaedsdhtnadi9575 thanks for nothing Joe Biden

[@perpetualnegativity9862]

Such talent not just to be able to flawlessly sing in her native tongue, but also in English. Nena was an absolute goddess growing up

[@OrthoKarter]

While i agree the song is good, comparing a singer to God is idolatry. a sin.

[@jarn4657]

@@OrthoKarter what

[@OrthoKarter]

@@jarn4657 Can you read?

[@Peace_Guard]

@@OrthoKarter Just some troll/parody account, I guess.

[@Shnitzel_Affe]

​@@OrthoKarterhe didn't compare her to God, he said a goddess, unless your saying that there is a goddess which would make you the one commiting blasphemy

[@Michel777]

I learned this song at the German lessons. And learned what the song means. We had a very kind and humble female teacher. I used to to love this song. And after 35 years I still love it. Thanks Nena!

[@MajorTom719]

1983 was 14,847 days ago! 1983 ist 14.847 Tage her! NENA is one of my favorite bands of All Time! NENA ist eine meiner Lieblingsbands aller Zeiten! It's Aug 24 2024, at 1:52 am here in Colorado... Es ist der 24. August 2024, 01:52 Uhr hier in Colorado ... And thanks Germany for bringing NENA to America! Und danke, Deutschland, dass ihr NENA nach Amerika gebracht habt!

[@eddyeddson]

🎈🎈

[@hotruss7630]

I sang this song in its entirety in German one time in our classroom back in high school. I think I weirded out my classmates 'cause 1. I'm Asian and 2. They thought I was possessed and speaking in tongues. Good times.

[@Omar-nj5yl]

Ahahahahaha

[@waynecassell1999]

@@Omar-nj5yl cool like your story

[@leianarazo1918]

that shit was hilarious. had my dying. lol. im learning the song now in german and just seen your post. i cant stop laughing.

[@nikolasmaillis6862]

I think I died of cringe and second hand embarrassment from reading that

[@mikereininger1028]

When I sing for my fellow Americans in Japanese, they laugh their heads off. I guess it's because of the incongruity of it all. I'm white, by the way.

[@acidum984]

Year is 2023, and this song is relevant again... Oh, humanity...

[@elisevanbeethoven]

German teacher played us this during class and now I can't get this out of my head

[@Rooikat105]

we made ours play it last year

[@carlwinters8632]

I listen to this with English ears, and I can't imagine how anyone could hate this song. A musical masterpiece if there ever was one.

[@geraldlachaise3797]

Tears my brother know no language but I agree.

[@stellina113]

Her voice and the way German sounds is the best combination. Let's hope things will be better for both Ukrainian and Russian. from Japan

[@davidtalbot2545]

The German lyrics tell a far better story than the mushy English ones, this is one of the great cold war protest songs

[@hankhinklin1011]

Agreed. And it was the German language version that topped the charts in the US, not the English re-release. My fellow Gen-Xer's and I have good taste,

[@triforcelp131]

With Russia doing military drills on the disputed islands, I hope your comment won’t be looked on as having aged well

[@stellina113]

@@triforcelp131 I hope so too... My Russian friends and I promised to stay friends for decades ahead too even if our countries become enemy to each other when the war broked out..

[@triforcelp131]

@@stellina113 Thats nice

[@rb98769]

There is now a second Chinese luftballon, this time in South America. 🎈🎈 We'll get to 99 in no time!

[@strangerinadarkalley]

Oh, so we’re all here. I guess that’s a thing now..

[@MrBreakmind]

Shit.

[@thedutchessofdragonshyre4630]

Yup hello to all Cold War kids

[@kt1pl2]

This song is a million times better in German than in English. This is the one we all grew up with and who wants to know the song is all about nuclear war?

[@InternetGravedigger]

There was never supposed to be an English version, and it wasn't supposed to be released in the US. Someone was being interviewed on a radio show and accidentally brought the wrong demo tape, when it got played the listeners loved it. Also, the inspiration for the song was a PR stunt on the border between East and West Germany... they didn't think of the balloons getting blown over the border, then when it happened they thought about what might've happened if East Germany had overreacted.

[@addictedtomilk1329]

Idk why but this song just popped into my head today. Never knew it would be the same day the official video would be released

[@Adakoben]

Same here

[@MERTIE123]

Those were the good ol days, when MTV was MTVing

[@NaomiKuhr]

Absolutely beautiful! I remember the first time that I heard this song in the German language. It captured my heart. And until tonight I had no idea how beautiful the artist is. Certain songs help me to be brave and hopeful. This is one of them! ❤️

[@theprussianfemboy165]

Welp lads it was fun while it lasted Cheers let's watch the world burn together 🥂

[@AfoteyAnnum]

This song still slaps EXTRA hard in 2022

[@petraleopold2713]

yesss

[@mrsuns10]

And very relevant

[@olli1068]

41 Jahre alt und noch so aktuell wie damals. 😢

[@Kazzy954]

When I said bring this song back I didn’t mean bring back the fear of a nuclear war 💀

[@Loy365]

1983 i was 7 or 8.. i temember hereing the german original beibg played in radio but its the Eng one i remember... Great tune

[@joyful_tanya]

Favorite song of 1984 and here 39 years later it's coming true...

[@DaynaE65]

@Jul W Exactly!!! Wasn’t lost on me, lol.

[@joyful_tanya]

@Jul W in the USA it was released in 84. Recorded in 83.

[@cyan-ida4206]

Literally 1984

[@cynthiaarizpe3673]

*A german woman in the 80's singing about another war* The world:💃💃💃💃💃

[@anthony4123]

😂😂😂

[@watashiwamillo]

lol You're not wrong. lol

[@fazmuz86]

😂👏🏾

[@istvanmolnar1697]

Oh, ... . Here we go again!

[@richardsmith5477]

This was loosely based on the Berlin Wall that so many lived in the shadow of. This came out in the early 80s and Ronald Reagan made that speech (mr. Gorbachev tear down that wall) in the mid 80s. I don’t know how old you are? But I remember well that speech and this song before the speech years earlier!

[@anyaashcroft1944]

Songtext zu „99 Luftballons“] [Strophe 1] Hast du etwas Zeit für mich? Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich Von 99 Luftballons Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont Denkst du vielleicht grad an mich? Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich Von 99 Luftballons Und, dass sowas von sowas kommt Denzel Curry 'BLACK FLAG FREESTYLE' Official Lyrics & Meaning | Genius Verified [Instrumental] [Strophe 2] 99 Luftballons Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont Hielt man für Ufos aus dem All Darum schickte ein General 'ne Fliegerstaffel hinterher Alarm zu geben, wenn's so wär Dabei war'n dort am Horizont Nur 99 Luftballons [Strophe 3] 99 Düsenflieger Jeder war ein großer Krieger Hielten sich für Captain Kirk Es gab ein großes Feuerwerk Die Nachbarn haben nichts gerafft Und fühlten sich gleich angemacht Dabei schoss man am Horizont Auf 99 Luftballons [Instrumental] [Strophe 4] 99 Kriegsminister Streichholz und Benzinkanister Hielten sich für schlaue Leute Witterten schon fette Beute Riefen: „Krieg!“, und wollten Macht Mann, wer hätte das gedacht? Dass es einmal so weit kommt Wegen 99 Luftballons [Bridge] Wegen 99 Luftballons 99 Luftballons [Outro] 99 Jahre Krieg Ließen keinen Platz für Sieger Kriegsminister gibt's nicht mehr Und auch keine Düsenflieger Heute zieh' ich meine Runden Seh' die Welt in Trümmern liegen Hab' 'n Luftballon gefunden Denk' an dich und lass' ihn fliegen

[@khayyakkuan5836]

No doubt this song is originally a German song and it sounds better in original version. My main language being British English, I can only hear the words '99 Luftballoons + captain Kirk' (of original Star Trek tv series)😅

[@spinosaurusiii7027]

It's about a nuclear war being caused by some balloons.

[@autumninthewoods4522]

That's your opinion. I prefer the English version.

[@Saff_TvMZ]

​@@autumninthewoods4522je préfère la version allemande, c'est à dire, ls version originale.

[@gianlucacacciatori6093]

Avevo 13 anni nell' 83 , questa canzone è la mia infanzia.❤

[@SyleLeBg]

Who is not german and still there in 2024 ? ;)

[@lunaflora390]

im not German and I love this song my mom put me on it haha

[@SallyNoNose]

yes sirrr

[@pommes0078]

@@lunaflora390where are you from lol

[@SingerA634]

Cyprus

[@VoidHalo]

Just noticed the audio doesn't sync up with the video in the first clip. Her lips are moving when she isn't talking. But it's perfectly in sync seconds later.

[@Ignacio_Olmedo]

All the instrument are disconnected.

[@AndyDorn-iv9nx]

Nena song a day Keeps doctor away😂

[@lulu.likes.you.6666]

Immernoch eine Legende💞 Wunderschönes Lied🥰

[@Suli5241]

Xi Jinping approved this song

[@ChoiiXMasters]

Das ist nicht einfach nur ein Lied, das ist eine Warnung

[@FuriousCerax]

Der Mensch neigt leider dazu nicht aus der Geschichte richtig zu lernen, schafft es oft nur 1:1, dabei wiederholt es sich nie exakt und die mögliche Variation wird komplett ausgelassen. Wenn man es versucht klar zu machen, trifft man bedauerlicherweise häufig auf eine Wand, die nur schreien kann, aber nicht zuhört. Interpretationsgabe ist dazu auch mangelndes Gut.

[@5burowz]

I'm only here for the Chinese spy 🎈 comments

[@revjaybird2]

I'm here for a proper background music for chinese balloon memes.

[@crytow5071]

Then you don't want to miss the details from Scott at americaneveryman channel at bit-

[@crytow5071]

chute.

[@tkuebler9561]

I want to see Fang Fang do a Karaoke version of this song.

[@corrineanders6373]

.❤ I love this Song.

[@dracageboren3274]

German version.. best version

[@arami16]

tenes razon compa

[@ScottRowe-uz6em]

Saw Her LIVE at The Levi's Rock Festival 1983 West Berlin

[@Alex-vb6xu]

Wer ist 2024 noch da 👇

[@o_ExoTiQuE_o]

GTA Vice City 🥺

[@azulfeliz2305]

JAJAJA

[@andreigierwagen5759]

This song is definitely better in German than English!

[@javimaestre8029]

yeah ^^

[@jaynutt3r]

agree

[@davidwells6259]

It really is. The English version is terrible.

[@andreigierwagen5759]

@@davidwells6259 Not just that. The German language is a beautiful language!

[@Autumn_Darkness]

I don't even listen to the English language version anymore. Some of the lyrics were changed losing the original meaning of the song, and I don't think she sounded very comfortable singing in English. I think her vocals lacked power and passion, just my opinion. I'm not saying she isn't a great singer by the way, because she is, and this version rocks.

[@olemyu4885]

Is this German language? I've been singing this whenever I play GTA vice city when I was a kid. Dang that was a looong time ago

[@jungeman7435]

yes it is

[@HandsonXT]

Its German

[@traviswilharm7051]

Ich auch! 2024. Ich liebe alas! Long live the music experience!

[@dorisstockl8232]

Hallo 😂

[@jamesheath7601]

Nena 😍 🔥

[@peterostermeier5845]

Ich bin 2024 noch da

[@Hi_guys-bye_guys352]

Same eif schon so lange her 😢😢

[@Hi_guys-bye_guys352]

😅

[@1975grandprix]

It is definitely better in German.

[@senorfedora9630]

Yes it is!

[@Maria-qe2vq]

Not German but SLAYS

[@LaFlamesPs5]

she mad cute

[@coolboy3848]

Her teeth effed up but she got the spirit.

[@AftFLAGSTER9117]

is it me or I keep getting phone calls from this song

[@scottm369]

lol. that would be Blondie's Call Me! Hmm, maybe that video is next...

[@AftFLAGSTER9117]

@@scottm369 no but like I get calls from 99 Luftballons, but a poorer quality. The numbers are coming from Italy and France haha.

[@This-Is-The-End]

I don't know why, but this song always gives me goosebumps

[@brickshithouse8780]

Same 🥶

[@leonardofabbri7930]

cause it's a masterpiece

[@AleTitan]

Given how is about nuclear annihilation and WW3....yee

[@kagesong]

Cause this is war, lol. I mean, though, it hits, now as much as ever, if not more.

[@davevailmba]

@@kagesong we are always looming on the doorstep of war. It is a matter of when, with whom, and why... and that is depressing!

[@TheDevaLand]

0% twerking 0% drugs & alcohol 0% bullshit 99% luftballons

[@seutepandoestaekwondo]

and 1% non-luftballons 💥

[@cameronbrowne9307]

Have you ever tried to ingest copious amounts of fent?

[@johnt.inscrutable1545]

@@seutepandoestaekwondo Lead balloons?

[@johnjones6601]

@@johnt.inscrutable1545 Air balloons. Luft=air

[@johnt.inscrutable1545]

@@johnjones6601 NON-luftballons ≠ NOT AIR, thus possibly lead?? Thanks for playing. Here’s your sign.

[@sisterinchrist995]

The song sounds a lot familiar to what's going on today. And I agree the German version sounded better. When they released the English version, it was a flop

[@kingsouther]

No it wasnt a flop. It made cultural history in many countries

[@Iceechibi]

@@kingsouther I will tell you as someone living in America, you’ll hear the original German version on the radio and playing in stores before you hear the English version.

[@RondaBernstein]

@@Iceechibi That probably had more to do with the fact that whoever has the publishing rights only allows it for the German version since Nena would love for it to disappear.

[@mdf3530]

@@kingsouther the German version topped out at #2 on the Billboard Top 100. The English version didn't even chart.

[@zackaryw8407]

Even as an English speaker born and raised in America, the German version is way better than the English.

[@r.s.8]

The English version was produced to make money. The German original was made as top music ... !

[@riceislife722]

The English version pales in comparison to this version. Nena sang with so much passion and emotion in her native language. I don’t speak or understand German but the beauty of this song stood the test of time. Timeless indeed.

[@petraleopold2713]

very well said😊

[@iana6713]

I understand enough, even if I last spoke German regularly at school almost 25 years ago. It is a classic, and a warning.

[@iana6713]

"Neunundneunzig jahre Krieg, liessen keine Platz fur Sieger..." Ninety-nine years of war leaves no place for victors - if the Bomb had been dropped during the 80's we'd have learned what that meant, if anyone had survived.

[@lisalechat8883]

Exactement ! Les gens trouvent que l'allemand n'est pas une langue douce à entendre mais dans cette chanson on en entend toute la beauté à travers la voix expressive de la chanteuse. ✨

[@DIEGhostfish]

The English version's little "This is it boys, this is war" has a certain fatalist fun in it that I quite like. Sure it's dissonant, but "if everything's ending might as well have fun with it!" is an interesting attitude to ponder.

[@infamousgerald]

History repeats itself. I thought we were done with 99 luftbaloons but here we are.

[@societyofjesus5943]

All wars represent a failure of diplomacy,

[@Rasupubegasu]

History doesn’t repeat itself. It often rhymes.

[@sgt.brownie5392]

Idk if you were blind but since this song came out there have been hundreds of War not just Ukraine

[@wilhufftarkin8543]

@@societyofjesus5943 My confirmation priest was a Jesuit.

[@societyofjesus5943]

@@wilhufftarkin8543 amazing! i know nothing about priest stuff. only made this account as a joke:)

[@Wolf7188Diamond]

This song was born during the Cold War, and has become relevant again today.

[@marceobornemnn3129]

Ja

[@Ribulose15diphosphat]

A lot of things from the cold war were good: Rock Music in General, Free Love, Politicians who know what the word "Diplomacy" means.

[@TNTorge]

this shows really well how f***ed the world is right now

[@aleksandarvil5718]

@@Ribulose15diphosphat *_Two Tribes_* by Frankie Goes To Hollywood

[@wingedferret5713]

​@@TNTorge mate the world has always been royally fucked. Ever since we stepped foot on it

[@lonl123]

Such a weird time for me in the early 80's...being in the military at the time, I seriously did not think I would live to 30 as there was sure to be a nuclear war. I partied with abandon without any thought to my future, as I really didnt think I had one....and now here I am watching this and I am 57.....Feels good to still be here.

[@azteca8037]

Me too

[@GhostRanger5060]

All of us Cold War kids who served in the 80s military, blessings to you, brothers and sisters. It was a glorious time to be alive... even if we thought the world could end any minute. Maybe that's why we loved life so much back then?!?!? I know I did.

[@sorynsilpram8081]

Rock on my good sir

[@groovynelson1575]

I'm 58. I didn't care about anything except gettin high...Thank you.

[@usafvet100]

Spent early 80s living in the bullseye of a high priority target, a SAC base in North Dakota. Feel the same way.

[@matoldershaw4157]

The lyrics of the original German version tell a story: 99 balloons are mistaken for UFOs, causing a general to send pilots to investigate. Finding nothing but balloons, the pilots put on a large show of fire power. The display of force worries the nations along the borders and the war ministers on each side encourage conflict to grab power for themselves. In the end, a cataclysmic war results from the otherwise harmless flight of balloons and causes devastation on all sides without a victor, as indicated in the denouement of the song: "99 Jahre Krieg ließen keinen Platz für Sieger," which means "99 years of war have left no place for winners." The anti-war song finishes with the singer walking through the devastated ruins of the world and finding a single balloon. The description of what happens in the final line of the piece is the same in German and English: "Denk' an dich und lass' ihn fliegen," or "I think of you and let it go." Love this song !!!!

[@coralhammond3100]

Thank you for all’ tue précisions

[@wadetaylor47]

That is essentially what the English version of the song says.

[@charleysangel2866]

Hi everyone,I'm from India. 99 LB is super relevant at the end of 2021 because Russian foreign minister Ryabkov just said the world is heading to a nuclear war crisis because of NATO's position on Ukraine. Also, influential US Senator Roger Wicker said the USA might have to soon fight a nuclear war against Russia to defend Ukraine. _But do not worry because one of the greatest scientists in history, Sir Isaac Newton,(the discoverer of gravity and the Laws of Motion) said Jesus Christ will return to earth this century._ I believe this too. Jesus will stop the wars that humanity is constantly engaging in and the pollution we are causing . He will usher in an era of peace because he is the Prince of Peace. Btw for the German speakers here, your amazing scientists Johannes Kepler and Leonard Euler were devout Christians. And the world famous Latino scientist Juan Maldacena is a devout believer too and so were the Wright Brothers who invented the airplane! _My ancestors in India were converted by Christ's apostles Thomas._ Take care everyone and remember to be extra kind to your family/friends and strangers :)

[@АлександрЕгоров-б8ю]

Thanks a lot for your translation!

[@johnnyangel1455]

Wow really!? I was so beauty stricken by Nena ohmy 💘💘💋💘❤ krush & her voice, still were same age & where am I again? Oh oh leaving a comment. Lol see? Still in awe! She's 1, for me anyway that each step beneath her feet is covered in rose petals upon that which she walks! Royalty like Princess Diana xoxo

[@東海林郎]

When I was a student in Japan, I listend to this song for the first time, I really liked it and felt want to sing. From that time, I decided to get to focus on my English class. As a result, I got pretty fine English skills at least to realize this song is not English.

[@roychapican9363]

😂

[@skiwax4918]

German and English are very different, how if I told you that I confused Chinese and Japanese x)

[@ihatetrainyards4859]

​@@skiwax4918 Here's the thing mate, if you don't speak either then it's pretty difficult. I could bet money that you couldn't tell the difference between spoken Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian despite these being about as similar to each other as German is to English.

[@東海林郎]

@@skiwax4918 I'm sorry though. But unfortunately, that happens a lot especially with kids. Now,I can tell just German-ish language, spanish-ish language and so on.

[@rosieclown8817]

@@skiwax4918 they're both forms of the same ancient language, so they aren't completely different. I can understand some German

[@zerinawolf]

Wer ist 2024 noch alles dabei?! 🤘😎🕊🎶🎹🎸

[@lhumour59]

die Franzosen sind auch da 🇨🇵

[@kinugawa-ch.]

i'm 17 years old from japan

[@ocean_2761]

i'm 16 from Portugal, but Nena is just popular everywhere❤

[@eberharddirscherl4120]

Jawohl!

[@AlanAntonioCortes]

Im 28 years from Mexico, since 2002 in love with this song thanks to gta vice city.

[@TiredGaming2X69]

Nena's voice is just so amazing, and I love it so much. There's something about the original German version that the English one just can't compete with.

[@zop_the_snail]

Of course, the original version is almost always better!

[@ichmagog-leonmattern2675]

Ist wer 2024 hier ?🕺

[@sdvcs-o2v]

ich bin ein mann auf 2024

[@brianborg]

Ich auch 😊

[@sabinereuter9684]

Ja🎉

[@vallo6196]

Ich

[@Attacke300]

Jo

[@Riley_Mundt]

Despite 3 years of German classes in high school, I still can't speak the language, but I prefer this over the English version of the song.

[@corsinkummer971]

ofc the german one is better

[@BEJABAN]

@@Riley_Mundt all the same here

[@Imakeplaylists-in1pw]

Hol up there's an english version?

[@user-ix3yh8yt7r]

@@Imakeplaylists-in1pw ja, Es gibt.

[@lonewolf0281]

SHE TRIED TO WARN US ABOUT THE BALLOONS BUT WE DIDNT LISTEN

[@carlosdanger1521]

Actually we just didn’t speak da German

[@danibullo]

UFO's incoming

[@AmbientWalking]

If you're listening in 2024, you're an awesome person!

[@brettford3406]

She's nuts! Fighter jets shooting down balloons? That'll never happen!

[@brentdavis4867]

[@BossaQueenie]

🤣

[@Veladus]

Especially high tech ones like she said. Can you imagine them sending up their best air superiority fighter after a balloon? LOL! Ridiculous.

[@TimoteiUA]

I mean, she's religious COVID denier...

[@lucille8302]

Don’t shoot the balloons or let them fly like Trump did? An ounce of research will show you this isn’t a new phenomenon, this is a moral panic that morons are eating up, per American style

[@boxbreaker2011]

For those that still don't know....99 Luftballoons is about a war that is triggered when 99 red balloons are innocently released between West and East Germany, this eventually ends up destroying the world. In other words, it's an anti-war song.

[@Bael_KnightMage]

I know my German is getting better when I can understand about half of what she's singing without needing translation. Goals! Love this song! Wherever you are Nena, thank you c:

[@Leon-rk4rc]

Keep up the good work Bruder

[@ilovekittens129]

That's awesome. I'm also trying to learn German I'm still A1.

[@Leon-rk4rc]

@@ilovekittens129 My respect to you, keep up the work and one day you will be fluent in it. Greetings from Germany:)

[@ilovekittens129]

@@Leon-rk4rc thank you so much! c:

[@wadetaylor47]

I'm learning German for the same reason.

[@alexmarginean9131]

Hast du etwas Zeit für mich? Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich Von neunundneunzig Luftballons Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont Denkst du vielleicht grad an mich? Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich Von neunundneunzig Luftballons Und dass sowas von sowas kommt Neunundneunzig Luftballons Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont Hielt man für Ufos aus dem All Darum schickte ein General 'Ne Fliegerstaffel hinterher Alarm zu geben, wenn's so wär' Dabei war'n dort am Horizont Nur neunundneunzig Luftballons Neunundneunzig Düsenflieger Jeder war ein großer Krieger Hielten sich für Captain Kirk Das gab ein großes Feuerwerk Die Nachbarn haben nichts gerafft Und fühlten sich gleich angemacht Dabei schoss man am Horizont Auf neunundneunzig Luftballons Neunundneunzig Kriegsminister Streichholz und Benzinkanister Hielten sich für schlaue Leute Witterten schon fette Beute Riefen: "Krieg!" und wollten Macht Mann, wer hätte das gedacht Dass es einmal so weit kommt Wegen neunundneunzig Luftballons Wegen neunundneunzig Luftballons Neunundneunzig Luftballons Neunundneunzig Jahre Krieg Ließen keinen Platz für Sieger Kriegsminister gibt's nicht mehr Und auch keine Düsenflieger Heute zieh' ich meine Runden Seh' die Welt in Trümmern liegen Hab' 'n Luftballon gefunden Denk' an dich und lass' ihn fliegen

[@robloxliebe8048]

Gut gemacht 🤗

[@nonem881]

DES PRODUITS?

[@rainfallenonmyshoes8471]

Thank you !

[@ГалинаСамара-й7ч]

Спасибо за текст

[@hcos8139]

This song became relevant again waaaaaay too soon

[@mossy787.]

;-;

[@infamousgerald]

and it's scary af

[@hubbablahloo1843]

🤔

[@mrsuns10]

Remember No Russian

[@PeacefulPeteable]

If the bombs start droppin', this is the song I'll be singing.

[@rogersmith1746]

If you understood the times that this was written...I was stationed in West Germany 86-89. Things were tense. Sadly, it's still relevant, different direction, different balloons..

[@rogersmith1746]

And she's still going strong, major force in Europe.

[@alanwoodall7174]

Spot on, I was a UK reservist back then. We expected less than a third of us would reach our pre-deployed equipment if ‘the balloon went up’

[@rogersmith1746]

@@alanwoodall7174 You do chem warfare training? 3 days in a shelter, mask on, mask off!

[@alanwoodall7174]

@@rogersmith1746 reciting name & service number with streaming eyes…

[@rogersmith1746]

@@alanwoodall7174 😂😂 Like those?

[@Raz.C]

Ya know, she wrote this song in the 80s as a form of reflection on the way the world was, at the time. Being German, her country was being held hostage by the two Global Super-Powers, the USA and the USSR. There were about 900,000 NATO soldiers stationed in West Germany and likely more than a million Soviets in East Germany. The main concern at the time, however, wasn't the number of soldiers stationed there; The concern was caused by the terrifying number of nuclear weapons each side pointed at the other. And so this song was written by a German girl, during the peak of the Cold War, to try to come to terms with the insanity that had gripped the world for almost 50 years. She was, as was every other German, stuck in the middle of two nuclear-armed Super-Powers, who were both apparently itching for an excuse to launch their nukes at the other. And it wasn't just intentional attacks that we needed to worry about, either. There was ALWAYS the fear, the bowel-gripping terror, that some accident or that some action might be misinterpreted and lead to a full-scale nuclear exchange that would leave the world unfit for human habitation... It's hard to describe to someone what it was like to live through the Cold War; knowing that any minute of any day could be the day that the nukes start flying and the world starts ending (there was a movie called The Day After [1983] that actually did a good job of showing what it would have been like to live in that world, if the nukes ever were launched). I suppose that it's a bit like being a small child and watching your parents violently clashing right in front of you. You're too small to do anything and you know that if one of them tries to kill the other, the whole house will burn down, with all your siblings in other rooms dying in the blaze... Anyway, that was the state of the world when NENA wrote and performed this song back in '83. The world has changed a LOT since then, but the spectre of global nuclear annihilation still looks the same and appears to still be lurking in the shadows, waiting to be summoned to claim our world...

[@reubensteel4632]

well written.

[@zacharyhicks6237]

A man wrote the song. MAD has worked for 77 years. Let's hope it still works.

[@outerspace6236]

Wouldn't you prefer a nice game of chess?

[@rosePetrichor]

The Day After was not nearly accurate in depicting the post-nuclear horror that would come after the bombs dropped for those unlucky enough to survive. The film that really drove that home was Threads (1984), the first to depict several things which are now common knowledge; the EMP effect on electronics, the idea of a nuclear winter, the effects of radiation sickness on survivors and future generations, and the impact of the loss of civil infrastructure on society, regressing us back to a pre-industrial level of tech etc. It was truly horrifying and was shown in a public-information capacity in the US several times after the BBC broadcast it in the UK. Check it out if you have the stomach for it; it is truly horrific but extensively researched with the best available knowledge at the time of effects of fallout etc.

[@Raz.C]

@@rosePetrichor The effect of fallout on people and on soil and on crops was all depicted in The Day After (1983). The black soldier even attempts to shield himself from the Alpha and Beta radiation while walking through affected areas, by covering as much of himself as he can, with a blanket (which would actually be effective against *EXTERNAL* Alpha and Beta radiation). The equipment failures in the hospital and elsewhere show how the EMP would render unshielded equipment useless. Cars are left abandoned, though it's not made clear that it's because they refuse to start. The societal breakdown is shown with people turning against each other in a makeshift church. A man is murdered by a desperate group of monsters that look like they were a human family before the bombs dropped. I think his wife was killed first, then when he rushed to her aid, they killed him too. I can't remember if they did this so they could eat him, or just to rob him. The loss of civil infrastructure is apparent when the ruins of neighbourhoods are shown in bleak detail, the new ramshackle huts that are hastily put together for shelter in lieu of the rubble that was once their homes and businesses. It's apparent in the journey of several characters through ruins and wastelands that was once a city and its suburbs. And it's apparent when we see scenes of the remains of the hospital and lab, where the last remnants of technological advancement crumble and decay with the rest of the failing world. I saw Threads back in the 90s. I thought it was more sophisticated than The Day After, however, The Day After had mass market appeal. Everything was dumbed down a notch, but it was also much more relatable in many ways. The narrative was simpler, allowing the audience more time and brain-space to focus on the aftereffects of the brief nuclear exchange. I honestly don't understand how you can say that The Day After was _"not nearly accurate in depicting the post-nuclear horror that would come after the bombs dropped..."_ I included examples from The Day After of all the things you listed, that you intimated were lacking in the film. I would ask you to watch it again (I rewatched it about 18 months ago) to re-familiarise yourself with not just the narrative and the details, but the intricacy with which those details are explored and fleshed out. I can FULLY sympathise that you- or anyone- might see that Steve Guttenberg has a starring role and dismiss the film as a comedy, or as a light drama with some romance elements. That's a perfectly understandable reaction, but it's also dead wrong. The film is BLEAK! When the family splits and Steve G. takes the girl (and 1 or 2 others, I think?) on the horse-drawn carriage, to try to reach the hospital, EVERYONE assumes that they'll get her there and bring her back and they'll all be safe and everything will work out for this one, fine family. The film makers had more sense than that, thankfully. I don't want to spoil it, but I think you know that this tangent of the story does NOT have a happy ending. It doesn't have a happy middle, either. And the beginning isn't happy too, come to think of it... And then there are all the other stories of all the other people, whose lives we've been following. It's an UGLY film that doesn't have a happy ending. I cried my eyes out when I first saw it, back in '85. My mother assumed it would be a typical Steve Guttenberg movie and that we'd all enjoy it. She never rented movies for us again, after that. No shit. Nb: I have to admit, though, she'd rarely ever rented movies for us before that moment. After it and to this day, though, she never rented movies again.

[@tonkadriver1752]

40 years later and this song is still appropriate today as it once was 😒😒

[@andrewmayes8754]

I know right lol. Especially with this Chinese spy balloon ruckus

[@franklittle8124]

We are closer to nuclear war now than back in those what-we-thought-were-scary Raygun-Breshnev times. I was around back then, unlike you kids.

[@84MadHatter]

No not really

[@iorethofgondor]

@@franklittle8124 unfortunately, yes. Also around back then. :(

[@ddolki1990]

I think post cold war era of peace was the exception, not the rule. Rise of global trade, advancement of technology, fall of global military tensions all generally led to more globally open tendencies than nationalistic sentiments in general. Of course there was Yugoslavia, and that was horrible. But the whole world in general I think found joy in the tension of cold war ending. I guess now tendencies are going back to nationalistic sentiments ariund the world. Conflict among different nations will eventually lead to less global economic prosperity and rising military tensions :(

[@dub814]

It has to be the German version. Anything else is a crime.

[@cliveadams7629]

Truth.

[@ProdGRAFFITI]

Real

[@TheSci-fiAnarchist42]

RIP China balloon (2023 - 2023). 😔 🎈 🇨🇳

[@-HighTide]

Even if it was low Tech spy balloon, never a threat. Google Earth would have sufficed to any curious Nation.

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

I remember this playing all the time on MTV! Great song, both versions! ✔👍

[@glenhardy4770]

+BaltimoreAndOhioRR I learned just today, Saturday 29 May 2021, that the English translation changed its name to 99 Red Balloons? Luft means Air, like Luftwaffe. Not red.

[@throwawayaccountm1325]

@@glenhardy4770 Ja 99 Airballoons klingt auch etwas scheiße und hätte nicht in das Lied gepasst. Darum haben die es verändert. Denkst du ernsthaft, dass die einen solchen Übersetzungsfehler alla die Jahre lang nicht bemerkt hätten?

[@glenhardy4770]

@@throwawayaccountm1325 Verzeihen Sie, aber Sie sollten besser aufpassen. Ich finde Airballons nicht ein bisschen beschissen, wie du sagst, ich mag ihre Originaltexte. Ich mag es nicht, das Wort in Rot zu ändern. I apologize if any wording offends you. I am learning Deutsch. I LIKE her original lyrics.

[@jsd89100]

Cool ta vie chacal

[@AgentOccam]

@@glenhardy4770 They changed the name (i.e. added 'red') for the syllable. Because (as you noted) Germans call what we just call 'balloons', "luftballons" (= "air-balloons") it didn't scan without an extra syllable. And as the term "air-balloons" sounds odd in English parlance, they opted for adding a colour.

[@jebengee9326]

We're all here for the same reason, huh?

[@DeadDecline]

Drunk and bored

[@huffelpuffwerewolfgirl5811]

You mean the song is fitting with the actual situation in the ucraine? Yes

[@Sara3346]

Trying to update my WW3 Playlist likely to only be disappointed once more?

[@TheSwanepoelmj]

This original is so much better than the English one. Mixed better, and just sounds better overall

[@LoveClassicMusic0205]

I prefer the German version even though I don't speak German.

[@momisboredjodianderson8558]

I do to i understand most german but it still sownds better

[@chrisdavis273]

Most songs do written in their original language. Sad I don’t know any spoken language beside English. But I can speak music 🎼

[@elrastrillo1]

Yo ni siquiera se hablar inglés pero mucho mejor en su versión original en alemán

[@petramcmillan4199]

I speak German and the German version is way better

[@JennaSakura]

You’re such a dork. Lol.

[@neuzie]

I’m not taking any version of this song other than this one. The German version’s the best and nobody can change my mind.

[@petracasto3804]

I agree

[@simonneumayr6002]

Ja

[@emmalehmann9809]

Wer ist hier in 2021

[@carbondioxide2882]

Me

[@josephtulabut9762]

Count me in 🇵🇭👍

[@gtaharllem5727]

Great song😁💙

[@j.w3630]

Ick

[@ericrawson7669]

Mich!

[@jumpman1671]

I first heard this song when I was 7 years old, at a friend's house, which I attended with my older brother, while playing the music video game Donkey Kong jungle beat, for GameCube. I actively searched for this song for about 6 years, then gave up. Many years passed and I found the same song in a movie, through this movie I was able to trace the name of the song, and finally, after 19 years I found it.

[@scorpiondragon007]

This song was on my mind all day today before I found out about the spy balloon.

[@alejochol9397]

me too, and my family too 👀

[@jesterd.growlithe62]

Hearing this always makes me remember the times I played GTA Vice City and this song popped up on the radio... Great song!

[@lukeidk4381]

i have vice city still

[@kevinrayclements]

OK OK I admit it!!! I fell in love with Nena when this song was released in 1983. I was 16 years old. I would sit around watching MTV just waiting for them to play the video. Eventually, I recorded it on VHS and watched it over and over and over. Great song! Great video! Beautiful girl!

[@jonboll-LGM]

She was such a beauty! I loved NENA so much! This song is part of my Life's Soundtrack!!! God Bless all Who read this with peace, longevity, success, and prosperity!

[@jamespdillon5951]

Totally agree❤

[@Mutiny321]

I'm here because of the balloon.

[@Finnians]

The Balloon is down.

[@2Nu]

Given the current Chinese balloon imbroglio, the prescience and irony of this classic 40 year old track isn't lost on me..

[@NeostormXLMAX]

yet the pentagon has refused to give any information on what the balloon is holding nor any evidence the balloon is chinese in the first place.......... so this song just rings true, that it makes no sense for chinese balloons to get past the coast guard, and this was just some random balloon that people are using the go to war lmao

[@markusmuller6173]

The upper limit of national airspace is not defined by international law. According to Wikipedia, an altitude of between 60 and 110 km is normally assumed as the airspace upper limit for the sovereign territory. When the U2 was still regularly conducting espionage flights, it was actually defined by the Russian air defense systems ;) :) Re-entry vehicles from space have to cope with massive friction from about 120 km. A lot of things (like Russia's border transgression) should finally be regulated at the UN by international agreement... So I'd suggest to meet there half way and talk finally about the limitation of UN-SC member's veto rights and the reduction of the quorum for a peace keeping mission to a 2/3 majority !

[@sambetts7958]

Nena is gonna be gaining a huge amount of popularity in 2023

[@zhoubaidinh403]

I am a balloonist living in the US of A....if they shoot me down me (if I survive) or my relatives are going to sue somebody!

[@florianj6490]

Not as much as in 1983 as she was striking the US Charts up to the second place.

[@st.jimmy0244]

The song will probably be banned as hate speech soon...

[@florianj6490]

@@st.jimmy0244 for what reason?

[@st.jimmy0244]

@@florianj6490 It's anti-war.

[@keiththomas3141]

I think it sounds better in German than in English. Boy, she's got pretty eyes.

[@williamschneider5004]

She really does

[@JohnLnyc]

Can’t beat hazel green eyes! Especially with dark hair!

[@petraleopold2713]

much much better

[@jim6235]

If she sang in Spanish or any other language it would sound great, and those eyes yeah!

[@petraleopold2713]

@@jim6235 I really think German makes it sound so expressive,accent, everything fits so well, this song was made to be sung on German..

[@isrbillmeyer]

I don't listen much German music - but there is something about this song that is just so.... timeless

[@hi-st8outlaw139]

She’s a babe! SHWING!!!!

[@НадеждаГородская]

unfortunatelly

[@abarax_altered1666]

Balloons causing a global war? That's ridiculous.

[@Silversiren28]

Those were ridiculous times. An actual incident involved a balloon release showing up on Soviet radar, was interpreted as a possible attack and nearly caused the bombs to drop if I recall correctly.

[@TaiganTundra]

Well we live in clown world after all.

[@tommerlin6579]

@@TaiganTundra time warp

[@terrybowen7653]

Well that comment didn't age well now did it??

[@sharonsmith8504]

War's have been fought and are still being fought over stupid things even 99 balloons

[@Prez-B]

I'm English, but this song sounds so much better in German.

[@tornadre]

I just got recommended the English version. Didn’t realize until it started playing so I searched this version instead cause you are exactly right.

[@richard1849]

@@tornadre HILARIOUS...

[@TheColorField]

Fun fact: the budget for this entire video was $147 USD. The largest expense was smoke bombs and balloons.

[@waynemuldrow4066]

$450 in today's money....

[@bigsteakomlete3152]

How do you know the budget for it? That's interesting

[@michaeljerome554]

The fact that this song came to so many people's minds 40 years later, as a Chinese Balloon flies over the U.S.A. is a testament to Nena and this song. Keep Rocking Girl.

[@153fish8]

Yes, war is coming...

[@randallhesse5011]

For me, the song, When the world's on fire, by the Carter family, comes to my mind.

[@ricomajestic]

It was a classic in the 80s ( like so many songs of that era) and will continue to be a classic.

[@bastobasto4866]

@@153fish8 you do realize that this song is about innocuous weather balloons causing irrationnal panic, and then a needless nuclear war ?

[@ommsterlitz1805]

@@ricomajestic It was cold war classic not just 80's the context heavily matter on this song

[@lanapearce9968]

Such a beautiful song, a great memory from the 1980's for me. I always weep when I hear this.

[@williamdobbs6740]

99 Chinese balloons floating in the Montana sky 🎈🎈

[@Josh-fp2qn]

Lol. Exactly why I am here!

[@escapegrl1]

Over our nukes too!

[@rubedogg6969]

Who else was watching and listening to this on MTV in 1984!

[@Karl671]

I wasn’t born in the 80s so I don’t know but I was born in the 90s

[@danklin8648]

Found a way back in a hot tub while visiting a ski lodge with friends. Let me say, it was a good night.

[@gellertgulyas1874]

Literally 1984

[@sillyone52062]

I was helping to man the front line in Germany when this came out. I was hoping that it was all over in 1991.

[@Nommicus]

Yup

[@ps_nyisgone]

the balloon over the USA brought me here 🎈

[@kbkcogic]

Me too.. At least it wasn't 99 Red China Balloons

[@superfamilyallosauridae6505]

we living in the 50s/60s again tbh

[@Feasco]

@@kbkcogic If there were 99 of those things the icbms would be flying everywhere by now

[@pjwarez]

The German version is simply "99 Balloons" For the English version, they changed the lyrics to "99 Red Balloons" because it fit the music better???

[@veuch_]

If I had to guess, I'd say it was to get closer to the amount of syllables of the original

[@PedrosVozomixos]

Czechia remake version: Tři Sestry Dederon

[@andypants2078]

One of the ballons is floating around Montana 😉

[@robertflowers6621]

I just listened and for the first time ever read the English translation of Nena's lyrics. She's wise beyond 99.9% of the comments I've seen on social media.

[@scandalousjen]

Brought me here too

[@Fuzzycuffsqt]

@@robertflowers6621 yup. we will take the most trivial excuses to destroy ourselves through war

[@burntcamel3800]

Not german but this is still one of my favourite songs

[@usafvet100]

Know only a few German words and phrases, but always thought this version sounded so much better than the English language version

[@piotrpastuszko7514]

@@usafvet100 100%

[@VVfanXXLx3]

Im glad there is at least one german thing people like lol..

[@usafvet100]

@@VVfanXXLx3 Well crafted cars, schnitzel, strudel, wursts, excellent beer, precision optical equipment, Leicas, what's not to like?😁

[@Babochka1528]

@@usafvet100 the leaders

[@neverplayedTF2]

Me and the homies who don't speak German for shit vibing to a song about nuclear armageddon