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

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Комментарии • 28 тыс.

  • @zerinawolf
    @zerinawolf 9 месяцев назад +5644

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

    • @lhumour59
      @lhumour59 9 месяцев назад +162

      die Franzosen sind auch da 🇨🇵

    • @kinugawa-ch.
      @kinugawa-ch. 9 месяцев назад +137

      i'm 17 years old from japan

    • @ocean_2761
      @ocean_2761 9 месяцев назад +89

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

    • @eberharddirscherl4120
      @eberharddirscherl4120 9 месяцев назад +23

      Jawohl!

    • @AlanAntonioCortes
      @AlanAntonioCortes 9 месяцев назад +53

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

  • @lousifei
    @lousifei 2 года назад +8066

    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
      @kennethwarburton177 2 года назад +330

      Because people have short memories. War is MADNESS,

    • @dhtsoaedsdhtnadi9575
      @dhtsoaedsdhtnadi9575 2 года назад +182

      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
      @HiroNguy 2 года назад +63

      @@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
      @dhtsoaedsdhtnadi9575 2 года назад +44

      @@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
      @hankkingsley9300 2 года назад +79

      @@dhtsoaedsdhtnadi9575 thanks for nothing Joe Biden

  • @Michel777
    @Michel777 Месяц назад +38

    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!

  • @usuario12632
    @usuario12632 9 часов назад +3

    Vielen Dank für das Shöne Song

  • @Wolf7188Diamond
    @Wolf7188Diamond Год назад +246

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

    • @marceobornemnn3129
      @marceobornemnn3129 Год назад +9

      Ja

    • @Ribulose15diphosphat
      @Ribulose15diphosphat Год назад +6

      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
      @TNTorge Год назад +1

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

    • @aleksandarvil5718
      @aleksandarvil5718 Год назад +1

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

  • @user-us6fu2sr7o
    @user-us6fu2sr7o Год назад +255

    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
      @roychapican9363 Год назад +21

      😂

    • @skiwax4918
      @skiwax4918 Год назад +9

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

    • @ihatetrainyards4859
      @ihatetrainyards4859 Год назад +40

      ​@@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
      @user-us6fu2sr7o Год назад +3

      @@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
      @rosieclown8817 Год назад +3

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

  • @TheDevaLand
    @TheDevaLand 27 дней назад +66

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

  • @Riley_Mundt
    @Riley_Mundt 18 дней назад +35

    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.

  • @matoldershaw4157
    @matoldershaw4157 2 года назад +3919

    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
      @coralhammond3100 2 года назад +57

      Thank you for all’ tue précisions

    • @wadetaylor47
      @wadetaylor47 2 года назад +60

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

    • @charleysangel2866
      @charleysangel2866 2 года назад +5

      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
      @user-qj3cb5tg8d 2 года назад +35

      Thanks a lot for your translation!

    • @johnnyangel1455
      @johnnyangel1455 2 года назад +16

      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

  • @This-Is-The-End
    @This-Is-The-End Год назад +447

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

    • @brickshithouse8780
      @brickshithouse8780 Год назад +11

      Same 🥶

    • @leonardofabbri7930
      @leonardofabbri7930 Год назад +37

      cause it's a masterpiece

    • @AleTitan
      @AleTitan Год назад +27

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

    • @kagesong
      @kagesong 5 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @dickyboyryw
    @dickyboyryw 3 месяца назад +30

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

    • @beaby1977
      @beaby1977 2 месяца назад +1

      @mohammeddahmani6099 no the war isn’t over

    • @AC11AK15
      @AC11AK15 2 месяца назад +2

      it’s about the cold war

  • @Jason..1
    @Jason..1 3 месяца назад +105

    Wer ist hier 2024

  • @Bael_KnightMage
    @Bael_KnightMage 2 года назад +283

    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
      @Leon-rk4rc 2 года назад +11

      Keep up the good work Bruder

    • @ilovekittens129
      @ilovekittens129 2 года назад +15

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

    • @Leon-rk4rc
      @Leon-rk4rc 2 года назад +8

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

    • @ilovekittens129
      @ilovekittens129 2 года назад +5

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

    • @wadetaylor47
      @wadetaylor47 2 года назад +6

      I'm learning German for the same reason.

  • @michaeljerome554
    @michaeljerome554 Год назад +782

    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
      @153fish8 Год назад +2

      Yes, war is coming...

    • @randallhesse5011
      @randallhesse5011 Год назад +5

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

    • @ricomajestic
      @ricomajestic Год назад +8

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

    • @bastobasto4866
      @bastobasto4866 Год назад +25

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

    • @ommsterlitz1805
      @ommsterlitz1805 Год назад +7

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

  • @yhs2647
    @yhs2647 Месяц назад +16

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

    • @HoustonsHistory
      @HoustonsHistory 3 дня назад

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

  • @giostisskylas
    @giostisskylas 3 дня назад +14

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

  • @tonkadriver1752
    @tonkadriver1752 Год назад +397

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

    • @andrewmayes8754
      @andrewmayes8754 Год назад +22

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

    • @franklittle8124
      @franklittle8124 Год назад +16

      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
      @84MadHatter Год назад +1

      No not really

    • @iorethofgondor
      @iorethofgondor Год назад +2

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

    • @ddolki1990
      @ddolki1990 9 месяцев назад +1

      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 :(

  • @hcos8139
    @hcos8139 2 года назад +3049

    This song became relevant again waaaaaay too soon

  • @ichmagog-leonmattern2675
    @ichmagog-leonmattern2675 2 месяца назад +307

    Ist wer 2024 hier ?🕺

  • @ef4db1fw3e
    @ef4db1fw3e 4 дня назад +5

    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 🇮🇩

  • @sambetts7958
    @sambetts7958 Год назад +315

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

    • @zhoubaidinh403
      @zhoubaidinh403 Год назад +10

      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
      @florianj6490 Год назад +3

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

    • @st.jimmy0244
      @st.jimmy0244 Год назад +1

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

    • @florianj6490
      @florianj6490 Год назад

      @@st.jimmy0244 for what reason?

    • @st.jimmy0244
      @st.jimmy0244 Год назад +3

      @@florianj6490 It's anti-war.

  • @infamousgerald
    @infamousgerald 2 года назад +181

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

    • @societyofjesus5943
      @societyofjesus5943 2 года назад +18

      All wars represent a failure of diplomacy,

    • @DrFumiya
      @DrFumiya Год назад +7

      History doesn’t repeat itself. It often rhymes.

    • @sgt.brownie5392
      @sgt.brownie5392 Год назад +5

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

    • @wilhufftarkin8543
      @wilhufftarkin8543 Год назад

      @@societyofjesus5943 My confirmation priest was a Jesuit.

    • @societyofjesus5943
      @societyofjesus5943 Год назад

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

  • @bardhylsalijaj2257
    @bardhylsalijaj2257 2 месяца назад +15

    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. ❤

  • @markusaltm.8820
    @markusaltm.8820 2 месяца назад +10

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

  • @riceislife722
    @riceislife722 7 месяцев назад +155

    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
      @petraleopold2713 6 месяцев назад +1

      very well said😊

    • @iana6713
      @iana6713 6 месяцев назад

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

    • @iana6713
      @iana6713 6 месяцев назад

      "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
      @lisalechat8883 4 месяца назад +2

      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
      @DIEGhostfish 3 месяца назад

      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.

  • @TiredGaming2X69
    @TiredGaming2X69 7 месяцев назад +117

    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
      @zop_the_snail 7 месяцев назад +2

      Of course, the original version is almost always better!

  • @scottseigmeier8575
    @scottseigmeier8575 Месяц назад +12

    Always loved this song, still listening May 2024.

  • @maximalwest2797
    @maximalwest2797 22 дня назад +6

    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.

  • @zetembe111
    @zetembe111 2 года назад +29

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

  • @hotruss7630
    @hotruss7630 Год назад +190

    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
      @Omar-nj5yl Год назад +3

      Ahahahahaha

    • @waynecassell1999
      @waynecassell1999 Год назад +1

      @@Omar-nj5yl cool like your story

    • @leianarazo1918
      @leianarazo1918 Год назад +5

      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
      @nikolasmaillis6862 Год назад +3

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

    • @mikereininger1028
      @mikereininger1028 Год назад

      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.

  • @balkanidus
    @balkanidus 2 месяца назад +20

    Anybody else still listening to this banger in 2024? 🎈

  • @googleN-qn8wi
    @googleN-qn8wi 9 дней назад +5

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

  • @brettford3406
    @brettford3406 Год назад +244

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

    • @brentdavis4867
      @brentdavis4867 Год назад +7

    • @BossaQueenie
      @BossaQueenie Год назад +5

      🤣

    • @Veladus
      @Veladus Год назад +25

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

    • @TimoteiUA
      @TimoteiUA Год назад +2

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

    • @lucille8302
      @lucille8302 Год назад +1

      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

  • @TheSci-fiAnarchist42
    @TheSci-fiAnarchist42 Год назад +41

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

    • @-HighTide
      @-HighTide Год назад

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

  • @adamcalleja9815
    @adamcalleja9815 2 месяца назад +10

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

  • @SyleLeBg
    @SyleLeBg 29 дней назад +36

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

    • @Selenaq-hr6cx
      @Selenaq-hr6cx 29 дней назад +4

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

    • @SallyNoNose
      @SallyNoNose 29 дней назад +2

      yes sirrr

    • @pommes0078
      @pommes0078 27 дней назад

      @@Selenaq-hr6cxwhere are you from lol

    • @SingerA634
      @SingerA634 25 дней назад

      Cyprus

  • @acidum984
    @acidum984 Год назад +43

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

  • @mdogg1604
    @mdogg1604 Год назад +56

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

  • @CrystalClearWith8BE
    @CrystalClearWith8BE 3 месяца назад +16

    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.

  • @lp-trainfan
    @lp-trainfan 2 месяца назад +67

    Wer ist 2024 hier ❤

  • @isrbillmeyer
    @isrbillmeyer 3 месяца назад +70

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

  • @rogersmith1746
    @rogersmith1746 2 года назад +91

    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
      @rogersmith1746 2 года назад +3

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

    • @alanwoodall7174
      @alanwoodall7174 2 года назад +3

      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
      @rogersmith1746 2 года назад +2

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

    • @alanwoodall7174
      @alanwoodall7174 2 года назад

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

    • @rogersmith1746
      @rogersmith1746 2 года назад

      @@alanwoodall7174 😂😂 Like those?

  • @AndyMcloone
    @AndyMcloone 22 дня назад +22

    A Cold War Classic.

  • @ThomasSkokan-op2oc
    @ThomasSkokan-op2oc 9 дней назад +6

    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

  • @jesterd.growlithe62
    @jesterd.growlithe62 Год назад +78

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

  • @aceofspades5403
    @aceofspades5403 Год назад +106

    With recent events, this is going in my playlist.

    • @cynthiacoleman4577
      @cynthiacoleman4577 Год назад +7

      Song title will change daily as there are now only 98 luftballons!

  • @Snackontheplane19
    @Snackontheplane19 Месяц назад +8

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

  • @cally77777
    @cally77777 Месяц назад +36

    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
      @XxDaBeAsTsYcOxX Месяц назад +4

      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
      @stuartgarfatth1448 Месяц назад +2

      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
      @andreasfischer9158 Месяц назад +1

      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
      @JoeAmarone Месяц назад +1

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

    • @hopeinjesus8289
      @hopeinjesus8289 Месяц назад

      Yeah !

  • @Neuzie
    @Neuzie Год назад +68

    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.

  • @robertsteinberger5667
    @robertsteinberger5667 2 года назад +36

    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
      @joey_youtube 2 года назад

      The vocals gotta be the best part yeah

  • @aarondnardi
    @aarondnardi 29 дней назад +10

    every nation likes this song

  • @heikekuhfuss8341
    @heikekuhfuss8341 3 месяца назад +7

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

  • @dustinsindledecker154
    @dustinsindledecker154 Год назад +28

    Great song for what is happening right now.

  • @rubedogg6969
    @rubedogg6969 2 года назад +147

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

    • @Karl671
      @Karl671 2 года назад +7

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

    • @danklin8648
      @danklin8648 2 года назад +5

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

    • @gellertgulyas1874
      @gellertgulyas1874 2 года назад +5

      Literally 1984

    • @sillyone52062
      @sillyone52062 2 года назад +2

      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
      @Nommicus 2 года назад +2

      Yup

  • @AlexMartelli
    @AlexMartelli 2 месяца назад +7

    40+ years old and still an AWESOME song!

  • @Adri03650
    @Adri03650 2 дня назад +23

    Who is here in 2024?🤝🤙

  • @BusinessPuggo
    @BusinessPuggo Год назад +153

    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

  • @williamdobbs6740
    @williamdobbs6740 Год назад +30

    99 Chinese balloons floating in the Montana sky 🎈🎈

    • @Josh-fp2qn
      @Josh-fp2qn Год назад +2

      Lol. Exactly why I am here!

    • @escapegrl1
      @escapegrl1 Год назад +1

      Over our nukes too!

  • @sergetchouandong1331
    @sergetchouandong1331 4 дня назад +4

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

  • @rustymason3860
    @rustymason3860 Месяц назад +9

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

  • @lau9894
    @lau9894 Год назад +46

    Only 95 Luftballons left...

  • @perpetualnegativity9862
    @perpetualnegativity9862 Год назад +141

    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
      @OrthoKarter 10 месяцев назад +9

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

    • @jarn4657
      @jarn4657 10 месяцев назад +7

      @@OrthoKarter what

    • @OrthoKarter
      @OrthoKarter 10 месяцев назад

      @@jarn4657 Can you read?

    • @Peace_Guard
      @Peace_Guard 9 месяцев назад +3

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

    • @Shnitzel_Affe
      @Shnitzel_Affe 7 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@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

  • @nexustheninja1927
    @nexustheninja1927 2 месяца назад +8

    Als Person momentan lernen Deutsch, ich liebe dein Musik!

  • @Prometheus-2000
    @Prometheus-2000 Месяц назад +6

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

  • @roddbroward9876
    @roddbroward9876 Год назад +32

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

  • @lonewolf0281
    @lonewolf0281 Год назад +217

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

    • @carlosdanger1521
      @carlosdanger1521 Год назад +26

      Actually we just didn’t speak da German

    • @danibullo
      @danibullo 9 месяцев назад +2

      UFO's incoming

  • @Lu20243
    @Lu20243 Месяц назад +6

    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❤

  • @boxbreaker2011
    @boxbreaker2011 Год назад +66

    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.

  • @scorpiondragon007
    @scorpiondragon007 Год назад +62

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

  • @niklasclips2354
    @niklasclips2354 Месяц назад +24

    2024 wer hier ?

  • @randysollars5350
    @randysollars5350 26 дней назад +11

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

  • @mayaram2411
    @mayaram2411 Год назад +25

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

  • @joyful_tanya
    @joyful_tanya Год назад +96

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

    • @julianw1010
      @julianw1010 Год назад +9

      1984 you say?

    • @DaynaE65
      @DaynaE65 Год назад +3

      @@julianw1010 Exactly!!! Wasn’t lost on me, lol.

    • @joyful_tanya
      @joyful_tanya Год назад +8

      @@julianw1010 in the USA it was released in 84. Recorded in 83.

    • @cyan-ida4206
      @cyan-ida4206 Год назад +3

      Literally 1984

  • @HudaAlhuda-rf7wf
    @HudaAlhuda-rf7wf Месяц назад +13

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

  • @luzendadutoit7209
    @luzendadutoit7209 2 месяца назад +10

    Praying for Germany 🇩🇪 🙏🏽 from South Africa ❤🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🇿🇦❤️

  • @mrmatt7602
    @mrmatt7602 2 года назад +40

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

  • @burntcamel3800
    @burntcamel3800 3 года назад +301

    Not german but this is still one of my favourite songs

    • @usafvet100
      @usafvet100 3 года назад +15

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

    • @piotrpastuszko7514
      @piotrpastuszko7514 3 года назад +5

      @@usafvet100 100%

    • @VVfanXXLx3
      @VVfanXXLx3 3 года назад

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

    • @usafvet100
      @usafvet100 3 года назад +2

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

    • @Babochka1528
      @Babochka1528 3 года назад +3

      @@usafvet100 the leaders

  • @gunter-philipplellau8461
    @gunter-philipplellau8461 10 дней назад +9

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

    • @DanTony68
      @DanTony68 8 дней назад +1

      Why in 2040 especially?

  • @mustafabiskin932
    @mustafabiskin932 2 месяца назад +9

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

  • @bobhoffman9848
    @bobhoffman9848 Год назад +54

    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
      @STOCKHOLM07 Год назад +1

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

    • @Algox
      @Algox Год назад

      ​@@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
      @tobi-mn1qr Год назад

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

  • @kevinrayclements
    @kevinrayclements 4 месяца назад +59

    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!

  • @Karabiner792
    @Karabiner792 Месяц назад +17

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

  • @jacquelinefickis1734
    @jacquelinefickis1734 18 дней назад +8

    NENA Love from Canada 🇨🇦 and USA 🇺🇸

  • @alexmarginean9131
    @alexmarginean9131 Год назад +112

    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

  • @keiththomas3141
    @keiththomas3141 3 года назад +527

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

    • @williamschneider5004
      @williamschneider5004 3 года назад +16

      She really does

    • @JohnLnyc
      @JohnLnyc 3 года назад +11

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

    • @petraleopold2713
      @petraleopold2713 3 года назад +3

      much much better

    • @jim6235
      @jim6235 3 года назад +4

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

    • @petraleopold2713
      @petraleopold2713 3 года назад +25

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

  • @ryanzrealm7854
    @ryanzrealm7854 2 месяца назад +8

    Das ist ein sehr gutes Lied, ein absoluter Knaller

  • @jacquelinevelazquez617
    @jacquelinevelazquez617 2 месяца назад +4

    Excelente!!! Re descubrí este tema viendo la peli de Netflix Muy lejos de aquí... enseguida tuve una reminiscencia a mi niñez... Ahora lo escucho varias veces al día y a mi hijo de 13 años le copó!!! No recordaba el nombre de la banda ni el nombre del tema, entonces mi hijo me dijo tarareala ma en RUclips!... Y acá estamos 👏👏👏💪🎶💞🎸🇺🇾

  • @michaelulbricht9438
    @michaelulbricht9438 2 года назад +60

    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
      @Oliviacaptain 2 года назад +5

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

    • @blackforest_fairy
      @blackforest_fairy Год назад +3

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

    • @joachimniebling5034
      @joachimniebling5034 Год назад

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

  • @emmalehmann9809
    @emmalehmann9809 2 года назад +2780

    Wer ist hier in 2021

  • @mikehawk8984
    @mikehawk8984 10 дней назад +10

    Definitely one of my favorite 80's songs, even though I don't speak German at all I definitely prefer the original 😂

  • @alagaffeuse
    @alagaffeuse 2 месяца назад +11

    Superbe chanson, toujours en 2024😀✨

  • @Googledeservestodie
    @Googledeservestodie 2 года назад +44

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

    • @ohplease587
      @ohplease587 2 года назад +4

      What a great statement. Not being facetious! Seriously.

  • @MrKaywyn
    @MrKaywyn 2 года назад +42

    The original German version is such a special treat.

  • @PINTO911
    @PINTO911 3 дня назад +8

    Berlin 83. Still love you.

  • @ashkhenmkhitaryan3654
    @ashkhenmkhitaryan3654 2 месяца назад +19

    Why did everyone suddenly remember this song today? 😃❤️

    • @MichelBiesot
      @MichelBiesot 2 месяца назад +1

      Well it's in my Playlist. ❤😂

    • @wrenster34
      @wrenster34 2 месяца назад +1

      Because Putin is threatening nuclear war

    • @Tenzin-ds2cj
      @Tenzin-ds2cj 2 месяца назад +1

      Vice City

    • @joeeljalapeno1816
      @joeeljalapeno1816 2 месяца назад +1

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

    • @ytgfy
      @ytgfy 2 месяца назад +1

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

  • @hillbrothersarcade7630
    @hillbrothersarcade7630 Год назад +28

    She knew the whole time....

    • @helenbrooks4787
      @helenbrooks4787 Год назад +1

      She is Illuminati.If you join them, they promise you a fortune, but, in return, you must do whatever they tell you to do for life.Illuminati, and the Elites are all Satanists, and their religion requires them to warn people of their curses, and what will happen to them from their curses, or evil deeds.

    • @joshjones6072
      @joshjones6072 Год назад +1

      Those are military alert smokes to get a helicopter retrieval pick up. Good stuff for a music video.

  • @lonl123
    @lonl123 2 года назад +369

    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
      @azteca8037 2 года назад +7

      Me too

    • @GhostRanger5060
      @GhostRanger5060 2 года назад +11

      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
      @sorynsilpram8081 2 года назад +3

      Rock on my good sir

    • @groovynelson1575
      @groovynelson1575 2 года назад +5

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

    • @usafvet100
      @usafvet100 2 года назад +6

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

  • @TimCoolidge-tl4mo
    @TimCoolidge-tl4mo Месяц назад +13

    This song reflects the here and now in 2024,who would have thought?😢

    • @KaushikAdhikari
      @KaushikAdhikari Месяц назад +3

      Another era of despair and fear of nuclear war 😢

  • @cosmin.182
    @cosmin.182 Месяц назад +2

    Most respect from Romania! Thank You very much for the last 40 years of music!

  • @stellina113
    @stellina113 2 года назад +284

    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
      @davidtalbot2545 2 года назад +30

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

    • @hankhinklin1011
      @hankhinklin1011 2 года назад +19

      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
      @triforcelp131 2 года назад +1

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

    • @stellina113
      @stellina113 2 года назад +4

      @@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
      @triforcelp131 2 года назад +2

      @@stellina113 Thats nice