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

2 жыл бұрын

Because people have short memories. War is MADNESS,

@dhtsoaedsdhtnadi9575

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

@@dhtsoaedsdhtnadi9575 thanks for nothing Joe Biden

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

@lhumour59

9 ай бұрын

die Franzosen sind auch da 🇨🇵

@kinugawa-ch.

9 ай бұрын

i'm 17 years old from japan

@ocean_2761

9 ай бұрын

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

@eberharddirscherl4120

9 ай бұрын

Jawohl!

@AlanAntonioCortes

9 ай бұрын

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

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

@seutepandoestaekwondo

26 күн бұрын

and 1% non-luftballons 💥

@cameronbrowne9307

4 күн бұрын

Have you ever tried to ingest copious amounts of fent?

Who is here in 2024?🤝🤙

@monikapalmaka2018

6 сағат бұрын

👋👋👋 from Poland 😃

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

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all’ tue précisions

@wadetaylor47

2 жыл бұрын

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

@charleysangel2866

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for your translation!

@johnnyangel1455

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

@brickshithouse8780

Жыл бұрын

Same 🥶

@leonardofabbri7930

Жыл бұрын

cause it's a masterpiece

@AleTitan

Жыл бұрын

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

@kagesong

5 ай бұрын

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

Wer hätte gedacht, das Nenas Song über den kalten Krieg anno 2024 wieder solch eine Aktualität erhalten würde :/

Wer ist hier 2024

@user-nk7rq6qp7e

2 ай бұрын

🔺🤟💪🙏👍

@Editor-dd9gb

2 ай бұрын

Ich

@agungpratama9286

2 ай бұрын

Ich

@Lena_1945

2 ай бұрын

Ich ❤

@Lukas-Eisenbahn

Ай бұрын

Ich 😂

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

@brentdavis4867

Жыл бұрын

@BossaQueenie

Жыл бұрын

🤣

@Veladus

Жыл бұрын

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

@TimoteiUA

Жыл бұрын

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

@lucille8302

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@marceobornemnn3129

Жыл бұрын

Ja

@Ribulose15diphosphat

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@aleksandarvil5718

Жыл бұрын

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

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!

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

8 күн бұрын

ofc the german one is better

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

6 ай бұрын

very well said😊

@iana6713

6 ай бұрын

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

@iana6713

6 ай бұрын

"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

4 ай бұрын

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

3 ай бұрын

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.

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

2 жыл бұрын

Keep up the good work Bruder

@ilovekittens129

2 жыл бұрын

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

@Leon-rk4rc

2 жыл бұрын

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

@ilovekittens129

2 жыл бұрын

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

@wadetaylor47

2 жыл бұрын

I'm learning German for the same reason.

Ist wer 2024 hier ?🕺

@user-in2jf7tx1q

2 ай бұрын

ich bin ein mann auf 2024

@brianborg

2 ай бұрын

Ich auch 😊

@sabinereuter9684

2 ай бұрын

Ja🎉

@vallo6196

2 ай бұрын

Ich

@Attacke300

2 ай бұрын

Jo

Wer ist 2024 hier ❤

@rayanalsheikh7222

2 ай бұрын

Ich

@nasimahnaimi9998

2 ай бұрын

Ich

@ITALIANFOUNDER

2 ай бұрын

Ich

@innerviews897

2 ай бұрын

Hauch von Vergangenheit

@LeMan12349

2 ай бұрын

Ich

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

6 ай бұрын

Of course, the original version is almost always better!

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

Жыл бұрын

😂

@skiwax4918

Жыл бұрын

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

@ihatetrainyards4859

Жыл бұрын

​@@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

Жыл бұрын

@@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

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@beaby1977

2 ай бұрын

@mohammeddahmani6099 no the war isn’t over

@AC11AK15

2 ай бұрын

it’s about the cold war

Hier, 2024 👋

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

@societyofjesus5943

2 жыл бұрын

All wars represent a failure of diplomacy,

@DrFumiya

Жыл бұрын

History doesn’t repeat itself. It often rhymes.

@sgt.brownie5392

Жыл бұрын

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

@wilhufftarkin8543

Жыл бұрын

@@societyofjesus5943 My confirmation priest was a Jesuit.

@societyofjesus5943

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@-HighTide

Жыл бұрын

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

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

Ай бұрын

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

@stuartgarfatth1448

Ай бұрын

Since thousands of years before Roman times, 'Leaders' cared for absolutely NOTHING but themselves. As it was thousands of years ago, and still is now, nothing the Human Race will ever do, if it doesn't evolve and change from this pre-historic mindset, will ever change our fate, our future!.

@andreasfischer9158

Ай бұрын

People of my generation understand this very well. I was 14 when this song was released. The year after, we visited the divided Berlin with the infamous Wall. That was in turn one year before president Reagan’s famous speech in the vicinity of the Brandenburg gate.

@JoeAmarone

Ай бұрын

US Army Cold Warrior Infantry Baumholder FROG 1975 - 1980.I KNOW !!!

@hopeinjesus8289

Ай бұрын

Yeah !

2024... who still remembers this great song both in German and English?

@HoustonsHistory

2 күн бұрын

Love the German, but I don't speak it 🤣🤣

Only 95 Luftballons left...

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

Жыл бұрын

Yes, war is coming...

@randallhesse5011

Жыл бұрын

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

@ricomajestic

Жыл бұрын

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

@bastobasto4866

Жыл бұрын

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

@ommsterlitz1805

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@Selenaq-hr6cx

28 күн бұрын

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

@SallyNoNose

27 күн бұрын

yes sirrr

@pommes0078

25 күн бұрын

@@Selenaq-hr6cxwhere are you from lol

@SingerA634

24 күн бұрын

Cyprus

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

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

10 ай бұрын

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

@jarn4657

9 ай бұрын

@@OrthoKarter what

@OrthoKarter

9 ай бұрын

@@jarn4657 Can you read?

@Peace_Guard

9 ай бұрын

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

@Shnitzel_Affe

7 ай бұрын

​@@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

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

@dougmayberry9998

Жыл бұрын

I agree.

Always loved this song, still listening May 2024.

@RayJProductions97

24 күн бұрын

Same here bud 🇺🇸🤘🏻

Berlin 83. Still love you.

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

@hi-st8outlaw139

3 ай бұрын

She’s a babe! SHWING!!!!

@user-kv3wx9te7o

Ай бұрын

unfortunatelly

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@alanwoodall7174

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@alanwoodall7174

2 жыл бұрын

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

@rogersmith1746

2 жыл бұрын

@@alanwoodall7174 😂😂 Like those?

2024 wer hier ?

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

@lukeidk4381

Жыл бұрын

i have vice city still

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

2 жыл бұрын

well written.

@zacharyhicks6237

2 жыл бұрын

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

@outerspace6236

2 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't you prefer a nice game of chess?

@rosePetrichor

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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. ❤

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

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

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

Жыл бұрын

I agree

@simonneumayr6002

Жыл бұрын

Ja

Anybody else still listening to this banger in 2024? 🎈

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.

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

@zhoubaidinh403

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@st.jimmy0244

Жыл бұрын

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

@florianj6490

Жыл бұрын

@@st.jimmy0244 for what reason?

@st.jimmy0244

Жыл бұрын

@@florianj6490 It's anti-war.

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

Жыл бұрын

Gut gemacht 🤗

@nonem881

Жыл бұрын

DES PRODUITS?

@rainfallenonmyshoes8471

Ай бұрын

Thank you !

A Cold War Classic.

First heard this legendary song when I was 8 years old (my teen bro introduced it to his little brothers) and 40 years later, I still in love with this song. Nena ❤ from 🇮🇩

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

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.

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

@einKnackebrot

Ай бұрын

Krass

Das ist DAS Deutschland! Pop Musik auf Welt Niveau! Natürlich haben wir das auch im Osten gehört , was für ein Lebensgefühl es damals war für uns Kids.:D Musik ist wirklich das Beste und die verbindendste Kunst die wir haben! Transportiert ein Gefühl über Grenzen und durch die Zeit.

Wer ist hier in 2021

@carbondioxide2882

2 жыл бұрын

Me

@josephtulabut9762

2 жыл бұрын

Count me in 🇵🇭👍

@gtaharllem5727

2 жыл бұрын

Great song😁💙

@j.w3630

2 жыл бұрын

Ick

@ericrawson7669

2 жыл бұрын

Mich!

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

@carlosdanger1521

Жыл бұрын

Actually we just didn’t speak da German

@danibullo

9 ай бұрын

UFO's incoming

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

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

@rainfallenonmyshoes8471

Ай бұрын

me too

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

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@GhostRanger5060

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

Rock on my good sir

@groovynelson1575

2 жыл бұрын

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

@usafvet100

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

2 жыл бұрын

The vocals gotta be the best part yeah

Wow. Every country has contributed to this comment section. Shows how music transcends the language barrier. Awesomeness ❤

@BadCompany115

Ай бұрын

Yeap agreed, love from Singapore!

@MyBelch

Ай бұрын

Thailand here. ประเทศไทย

Why did everyone suddenly remember this song today? 😃❤️

@MichelBiesot

2 ай бұрын

Well it's in my Playlist. ❤😂

@wrenster34

2 ай бұрын

Because Putin is threatening nuclear war

@Tenzin-ds2cj

2 ай бұрын

Vice City

@joeeljalapeno1816

2 ай бұрын

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

@ytgfy

2 ай бұрын

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

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

Жыл бұрын

Ahahahahaha

@waynecassell1999

Жыл бұрын

@@Omar-nj5yl cool like your story

@leianarazo1918

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@mikereininger1028

Жыл бұрын

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.

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

@andrewmayes8754

Жыл бұрын

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

@franklittle8124

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

No not really

@iorethofgondor

Жыл бұрын

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

@ddolki1990

9 ай бұрын

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 :(

Wer ist 2024 noch alles dabei 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎶🎶🎶🎹🎹🎹🎚️🎚️🎚️🎧🎧🎧

every nation likes this song

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@blackforest_fairy

Жыл бұрын

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

@joachimniebling5034

Жыл бұрын

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

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

@NeostormXLMAX

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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 !

Ich habe die Nena damals vergöttert . 🥰🍀💖❤️ Es war eine tolle Zeit 🥰🍀💖👌

Just imagine, we can enjoyable celebrate this song in 2040 again 😢❤

@DanTony68

7 күн бұрын

Why in 2040 especially?

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!

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

@MrBreakmind

2 жыл бұрын

Shit.

@thedutchessofdragonshyre4630

2 жыл бұрын

Yup hello to all Cold War kids

40+ years old and still an AWESOME song!

I still remember the first time hearing this in German on the radio in America ( I was a 20 somethig) and it felt so haunting ( I only know a very little German) I couldn't wait to hear it in English....I was not disappointed....I have never forgotten it ! ❤ Thomas

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@Algox

Жыл бұрын

​@@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

Жыл бұрын

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

This song became relevant again waaaaaay too soon

@mossy787.

2 жыл бұрын

;-;

@infamousgerald

2 жыл бұрын

and it's scary af

@hubbablahloo1843

2 жыл бұрын

🤔

@mrsuns10

2 жыл бұрын

Remember No Russian

@PeacefulPeteable

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

@nicolemunko5513

2 ай бұрын

Oha was?

@mustafabiskin932

Ай бұрын

@@nicolemunko5513 was oha ????

Wer liebt alles dieses Lied? Natürlich ich 💋❤💗💖💙💜😙🤩🤩🤩

99 Chinese balloons floating in the Montana sky 🎈🎈

@Josh-fp2qn

Жыл бұрын

Lol. Exactly why I am here!

@escapegrl1

Жыл бұрын

Over our nukes too!

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

Жыл бұрын

If you say so , hell yeah!!!!

@TimeTheory2099

Жыл бұрын

Let's put Nena back in the top 100

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

Обожаю музыку 80- 90, красивые Люди, музыка, хорошие времена, были, богатые культурно!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

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

@alejochol9397

Жыл бұрын

me too, and my family too 👀

Great song for what is happening right now.

From Poland ❤❤❤ 99 luftbalons

Als Person momentan lernen Deutsch, ich liebe dein Musik!

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

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

The original German version is such a special treat.

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

@carlschleg5822

3 ай бұрын

Thx, you too

@garryowen2584

3 ай бұрын

You sir can have 1 luftballon

@carlschleg5822

3 ай бұрын

@@garryowen2584 thx, u can get 2

@skipraida5497

3 ай бұрын

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

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

@sailstaatenlos1146

Ай бұрын

:D

And now it's 2023, and we're this close to getting into a war over balloons.

the balloon over the USA brought me here 🎈

@kbkcogic

Жыл бұрын

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

@superfamilyallosauridae6505

Жыл бұрын

we living in the 50s/60s again tbh

@Feasco

Жыл бұрын

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

This song is much better in german than it is in english translations

@bobbymay8618

Ай бұрын

im not sure why they even made an english version tbh.

@garrickparsons9077

Ай бұрын

@@bobbymay8618 Because record company wanted to go vrrrummm.

@SleeperC10

Ай бұрын

The English version has excellent lyrics. Amazing to write lyrics to a song in two languages and both versions have great melodies and lyrics ❤

As a German Puerto Rican! Excellent

I think everyone needs to be reminded of this song given the current situation with this world ☮️

@thedutchessofdragonshyre4630

2 жыл бұрын

Oh Me Matt i think that is exactly what we are all doing searching up Nina.

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

@ohplease587

2 жыл бұрын

What a great statement. Not being facetious! Seriously.

Way Back when, my Army buddy 'Doc' Dougherty was absolutely insane for Nena. We were in Manheim, Germany. Those were some good days

@RayJProductions97

24 күн бұрын

Thank you for yalls service 🇺🇸

Who is listening in April 2024 ? Raise your Hand ✋

@Coffee_IsAManokit

Ай бұрын

🖐️

@marcprocida5479

Ай бұрын

✋

@emilivanov2982

Ай бұрын

6 hours ago ✋

@Technodude69

Ай бұрын

✋

@user-hv6br5kf9e

Ай бұрын

✋🏻

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

@waynemuldrow4066

Жыл бұрын

$450 in today's money....

@bigsteakomlete3152

Жыл бұрын

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

Und jetzt 40 Jahre später ist es soweit. Nena hat die Zukunft vorhergesagt.

Superbe chanson, toujours en 2024😀✨

@macer3132

Ай бұрын

Ouais je confirme x)

@blondieeagle1547

Ай бұрын

I agree 100%

Mein Sohn darf auf diese Melodie in seiner Klasse ein Ukulelen Stück spielen. 40 Jahre später - mein Mann wird dieses Jahr 40 und dieses Lied ist einfach immer noch der Hammer❤