99 Luftballons
Various Artists Lyrics

@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

@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!!!!

@Jason..1

Wer ist hier 2024

@user-nk7rq6qp7e

🔺🤟💪🙏👍

@Editor-dd9gb

Ich

@agungpratama9286

Ich

@Lena_1945

Ich ❤

@Lukas-Eisenbahn

Ich 😂

@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.

@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 :)

@user-qj3cb5tg8d

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

@Jaydan16

NENA du bist eine Legende!!❤🎉🎉
40 Jahre alt ist dieser Song!🎉

@ErikBStars

Krass

@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!

@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.

@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

@Schnitte.10

Who is still here at 2024 ? Im here and I love it ❤

@RodolfoTorres-ig2hg

Me ❤❤

@pauloblack5225

Funny how we all non-german speakers can sing this song neatly!! 🎶

@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

@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

@ms.annthrope415

1983. I graduated from college, finished my army ROTC training with honors and received my officer's commission, and was sent to my officers basic course. Everything looked up and full of promise and potential. Escaped my very repressive and oppressoce parents, and during my officers basic course, met a wonderful girl who was also an army officer in my class She was everything I've ever dreamed of and i loved her, my first serious adult love. But it was at wrong place and wrong time. This song played everywhere. Brings back memories. Now I'm 63, scarred and bruised by life. Retired and looking at the sunset of my life. But i still think of her.

@heroldbarton7915

I hope you find her that is very sad and touching at the same time.

@ecuadortourismspotsreview

Get a passport and a younger woman and keep it moving

@umeng2002

Damn. I was born in 1984 and only found this song like 5 years ago. I've spent about three weeks of my life in Germany. All I can say is that German chicks are underrated.

@ecuadortourismspotsreview

​@@umeng2002they are too independent and masculine

@jonathanpuig3073

Wahou quelle jolie histoire en 83 , une année marquante qui restera a jamais dans votre coeur... je suus ancien militaire également et cest fou comme cette chanson peut traverser des générations je l'aime beaucoup,aujourd'hui jai42ans et ça me rappelle mes parents qui l'écouter quand jetais petit...ils ne sont plus la mais quelques choses me les ramène un court instant quand j'écoute cette chanson. John(France)

@TiberiusEmpire

German: it’s a song about Berlin Wall and potential nuclear war

American: 🕺🪩💃🏼

@AMV12S

The melody is so upbeat 🤷‍♂

@user-us6fu2sr7o

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.

@user-us6fu2sr7o

@@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

@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.

@Turbojumper

This is a legendary song that came out over 40 years ago. There was no need for made an english version. The german one is the best!

@dancingdingo

I remember this lady who was originally from the old east Germany in my textile arts class about 6 years ago here in London. I'm American and immediately recognised the song and she started singing the German version and I started singing the English version... from then on shed bring her music 🎶🎵 and we'd start the class with the song. Awesome!!!!

@iana6713

@@dancingdingo That must've been quite a scene - I would have loved to have seen that!

@bardhylsalijaj2257

2024 und es geht gleich weiter... Traurig. Aber solche wundervollen Menschen wie Nena sollte man täglich feiern!. Traurig was für Menschen an Macht gekommen sind und Medien steuern. Wir sind alle wie ein Stern dem das Leuchten weggenommen wurde. ❤

@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.

@emmalehmann9809

Wer ist hier in 2021

@carbondioxide2882

Me

@josephtulabut9762

Count me in 🇵🇭👍

@gtaharllem5727

Great song😁💙

@j.w3630

Ick

@ericrawson7669

Mich!

@dickyboyryw

I'm crying watching this.. So many wonderful memories of times and people gone

@beaby1977

@@mohammeddahmani6099 no the war isn’t over

@AC11AK15

it’s about the cold war

@mclary9808

I first saw this on MTV in 1983 while stationed at Ft Hood Texas. I fell in love with NENA literally at first sight! Still have her CD and listen to it all the time. NENA you are always gorgeous to me

@Jack51971

She is hard on the eyes!😊

@Nico-sq1xc

She dont give a shit about muricans​@@Jack51971

@infamousgerald

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

@societyofjesus5943

All wars represent a failure of diplomacy,

@DrFumiya

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:)

@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!

@Karabiner792

I don't even speak German. I live in Texas, but I can sing this song.

@sailstaatenlos1146

:D

@balkanidus

Anybody else still listening to this banger in 2024? 🎈

@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 :(

@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.

@dakotalblack6257

German original is so much better than the english version. 🎈

@jasonpalacios1363

The song sounds much better with German lyrics than with English lyrics even though I don't speak a word of German.

@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.

@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.

@stephaniedettle9148

My mom jut passed away about 2 weeks ago and i found myself looking up this song as it was one of her favorites.

@TD-ks5ht

Amazing song! My deepest condolences for your Mom. May her memories stay with you forever and for you to find peace along the way ❤

@rustymason3860

Die 1980er Jahre waren der Höhepunkt der Popmusik. Seitdem ging es bergab.

@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

@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?

@Prometheus-2000

Wer sie 2024 noch hört, soll die Pfote heben. 🖐💯💜

@markusaltm.8820

Meine Jugend, was bleibt sind Erinnerungen ! Schöne Zeit damals. 👍

@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

@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

@ichmagog-leonmattern2675

Ist wer 2024 hier ?🕺

@user-in2jf7tx1q

ich bin ein mann auf 2024

@brianborg

Ich auch 😊

@sabinereuter9684

Ja🎉

@vallo6196

Ich

@Attacke300

Jo

@CrystalClearWith8BE

On this day, 40 years ago, "99 Luftballoons" peaked at #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for a week, losing to "Jump" by Van Halen. It was one of three songs that consecutively peaked at #2, losing to "Jump". The other two were "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper and "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell, even though it was also beaten by "Footloose" by Kenny Loggins as that song overtook the charts.

@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 !

@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.

@ashkhenmkhitaryan3654

Why did everyone suddenly remember this song today? 😃❤️

@MichelBiesot

Well it's in my Playlist. ❤😂

@wrenster34

Because Putin is threatening nuclear war

@Tenzin-ds2cj

Vice City

@joeeljalapeno1816

Theres nothing wrong whit the clasics
Especialy when so litle has change in regarts of the "ballons"

@ytgfy

Personally me came here because of the chinese westhercast balloon and the US reaction on it😀

@charlycostant9372

Qui écoute toujours en 2024? 🔥🔥👍👍🤗

@LucasBoissevin-xp9ph

Moi. perso je trouve que les paroles ne "vieillissement" pas

@lisalechat8883

Plein de gens 😉

@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.

@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

@samrexso5228

Won't lie I actually like the German version more than English version 😂❤

@thedeadcat4U

2024 and beyond - best song ever

@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..

@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.

@Moai0

Yup

@Schnattinchen

Tragt es in die Welt hinaus.. Keine Kriege, es gibt nur Verlierer

@HudaAlhuda-rf7wf

Hello my name is suad i am from libya i love this song i wish you all a good life

@carlschleg5822

Thx, you too

@garryowen2584

You sir can have 1 luftballon

@carlschleg5822

@@garryowen2584 thx, u can get 2

@skipraida5497

Greetings from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@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?

@BusinessPuggo

German Lyrics for those who want it

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 so was von so was 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 soweit kommt
Wegen 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

@JohnDoe-jn4ex

If you say so , hell yeah!!!!

@TimeTheory2099

Let's put Nena back in the top 100

@mustafabiskin932

mann war ich so verliebt in dich, du warst so wunderschön und du bist
es heute noch...

@nicolemunko5513

Oha was?

@mustafabiskin932

@@nicolemunko5513 was oha ????

@OleTragert-iw1gx

Tach...ich liebe Nena...ja,bin noch da,wer da???

@jayzon9756

❤🎉

@annabethchase2688

Jup. Wohl gemerkt next Generation.😂 Ist eines der Lieblingslieder meiner Mum. Joa jetzt hörs ich die ganze Zeit.

@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.

@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

@powermiro

Mein Deutsch ist nicht sehr gut, aber das ist So Schön! Ich liebe deutsche Musik.

@AnnaMeisenberger

❤ Ich auch

@Grimm-hb7ek

Deutsch musik ist immer gut👊

@jacquelinefickis1734

German version is the best ❤🇩🇪

@feloniousfloyd2203

It’s cool that they made an English version, though.

@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

@JennaChamomile

You’re such a dork. Lol.

@zetembe111

It's fkckn CRAZY we have to listen for this song today almost 40 years later again.

@cally77777

A lot of people seem to be missing the point of this song. Saying how hot Nina is, great song (all true btw!). But its about fearing something insubstantial like a balloon, and striking out. And the consequences of that escalating when you have nukes. A message our leaders need to get right now.

Probably a lot of people forget about or weren't alive when the US and USSR were confronting each other in the Cold War. A stupid mistake, a wrong word could precipitate the Apocalypse. 'How one thing leads to another' as she says.

@XxDaBeAsTsYcOxX

I love this 💜 You can hear in her voice it's than just a fun song, it's a message and a cry for love and peace and you can hear her heart in her voice when she sings

@michaelulbricht9438

At 62 she looks good & is still going strong!
"Combined with the success of the Nena band years, she has sold over 25 million records, making her the most successful German pop singer in chart history."

@Oliviacaptain

Nena was the name of the band. The stunningly gorgeous singer's name is Gabrielle Kerner.

@blackforest_fairy

@@Oliviacaptain Nena is her artist name. Not the name of the Band.

@joachimniebling5034

@@Oliviacaptain It was her nickname since she was 3 years old.

@lau9894

Only 95 Luftballons left...

@MrRockabilly70

Huge hit here in Australia.
I had a crush on Nena and still reckon she’s a hornbag. Lol. I love this song. I got the 45 as a present for my 14th birthday in 1984 which I still have in my record collection. It has the German version on side A and the English version on side B. I like the German version better. Good times and great memories. I wish I could go back and do it all again but sadly those days are gone.

@ben-antoniomaaen5252

2024 29.03?

@Attacke300

30.3.2024

@mdogg1604

Nena!!!! Amazing in 1983......still amazing in 2023!

@dougmayberry9998

I agree.

@acidum984

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

@davidg.9932

Happy 64th Birthday Nena..
Gabriele Susanne Kerner March 24,1960.

Happy 93rd Birthday Captain Kirk..
William Shatner March 22, 1931.

99 Düsenflieger
Jeder war ein großer Krieger
Hielten sich für Captain Kirk....

@willotree

Oha nice ja schönen Geburtstag Nena

@JR-sf6ws

körperlich dorthin gehen, wo noch nie ein Mensch gewesen ist


Don’t blame me for missed translation, I used goggle.

@glamgal7106

It’s 2024 and I’m still listening to this song! It was popular in the States and yes, despite my limited knowledge of German, I still tried to sing along. Still love it! Danke Schoen!

@strangerinadarkalley

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

@MrBreakmind

Shit.

@thedutchessofdragonshyre4630

Yup hello to all Cold War kids

@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

@jacquelinefickis1734

Yes the German version is the better and best 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

@SonithLim-yp8zx

No

@Timon-do2wf

​@@SonithLim-yp8zx The original Version is the best. It is a German Song

@kyropickett764

Come on admit it English might be ya primary language but you prefer this version 😮‍💨

@not-so-smartaleck8987

"ya" primary language?? OK... BTW what language IS this song in, German(??) I admit I'm not familiar with that language. I agree that either way, this song is catchy. 👍

@tomacselli5878

@@not-so-smartaleck8987 yeah it's in German

@jacquelinefickis1734

Yes I prefer this version better than English version❤

@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

@robertsteinberger5667

I am still completely stunned every time inhear this, there is just so much in this song, it rocks, its funky, its beautiful its 80s synthpop and inhavent even mentioned the singer....

@joey_youtube

The vocals gotta be the best part yeah

@maggiewong9280

people who dont know the meaning of the song: 🕺 💃
people who do know the meaning of the song: 💀

@fritidspilagard9003

2024 still litseningg????

@peterpede6601

@bobhoffman9848

This is a rare song in which I don’t have to know what the lyrics mean, although I did learn the meaning of the song. It’s enough to hear Nena sing it so well.

@STOCKHOLM07

I sing the German but I don't know what I'm singing apart from 99 and luftballons.

@Algox

​@@STOCKHOLM07it's basically about someone sending 99 balloons as like a love letter to someone but then a war breaks out and the world dies except for the singer and a single balloon.

@tobi-mn1qr

​@@Algox Yes, the people thought the baloons were aliens I think.

@CalifornianCuttlefish

This is one reason why German can be a beautiful language

@CalifornianCuttlefish

@Stephanie Hauptmann ??

@KAL-589

It's the nicest language in Europe, by far.

@CalifornianCuttlefish

@@KAL-589 well...spanish, French, Italian, Czech, irish, German are the loveliest

@miguelpadeiro762

German's rough and angry reputation could be solely, and I mean solely, attributed to Hitler's cocaine-induced shouting speeches

Because other than that approach to speeches, it really is a good-sounding language

But being a native romance speaker, I'd say ours are still the most beautiful languages hehe

@insekki

@@miguelpadeiro762 As a Welshman I’ve always had a soft spot for my own tongue, but I think Italian is the most beautiful.

@wolfpack4694

Six years later the Berlin wall fell. Amazing times.

@adamcalleja9815

Ich liebe dieses Lied, es gibt mir das Gefühl, so jung zu sein

@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 👀

@Haupti1978

Und aufs Jahr genau 40 Jahre später wird dieses schöne Friedenslied zur bitteren Realität. 😢

@tommerlin6579

😅 Da musst lachen, so traurig ist das!!

@jacquelinefickis1734

Nena and her band are the best German band of all time ❤

@Joseph_Stalin531

Ja🇩🇪

@user-jm3pn9yq2d

I think so 😎

@MikeGladden

Takes me right back to 1983, I was playing drums and singing in my brother's street fairs band "silver wings ✈️ test flight" and carrying a big crush watching NENA sing this on MTV video.

@Googledeservestodie

I feel like you can gauge international tensions based on viewership of this song over time.

@ohplease587

What a great statement. Not being facetious! Seriously.

@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?

@johngulster7787

Listening to this banger on the Chinese new year.

@Artobacco

hell yeah

@Me-wi6jg

Lmaoo celebrating Lantern Rite right now

@williamdobbs6740

99 Chinese balloons floating in the Montana sky 🎈🎈

@Josh-fp2qn

Lol. Exactly why I am here!

@escapegrl1

Over our nukes too!

@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.

@daved1535

Why are the lyrics different? The last verse of the English version is "99 dreams I have had" German version "99 years of war." A lot of other differences in the 2 versions, that verse just caught my attention. I always just figured the lyrics were the same in both versions

@roycarter2235

I was in high school when this song came out now at 55 years old it still one of my favorite songs of the eighties

@andrewryan5942

Born in 03 so Boogie Nights brought me here

@shiningstarcaper

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

@leoz2035

Hello from Israel 🇮🇱 👋

I'm here because 2 German tourists introduced me to this song and it's stuck in my head 😂🎈

@imacat99

There is people going on vacation to Israel right now? Seems a bit dangerous 😅

@-H1Z1-

This song must be popular there these days right?

@messner6967

🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱

@thomasschmidt-rudigier6459

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

@kadenandthespiderok663

​@@thomasschmidt-rudigier6459 free Palestinian