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

Because people have short memories. War is MADNESS,

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.

@@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.

@@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.

@@dhtsoaedsdhtnadi9575 thanks for nothing Joe Biden

Same 🥶

cause it's a masterpiece

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

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

and 1% non-luftballons 💥

Have you ever tried to ingest copious amounts of fent?

ofc the german one is better

Ja

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

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

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

😂

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

​@@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.

@@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.

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

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

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!.

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.

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

Yeah !

very well said😊

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

"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.

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. ✨

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.

Thank you for all’ tue précisions

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

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 :)

Thanks a lot for your translation!

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

Não!, eu digo. Repita comigo: não.

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

Me. From Germany...🫣

Me too

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.

Rock on my good sir

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

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

All wars represent a failure of diplomacy,

History doesn’t repeat itself. It often rhymes.

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

@@societyofjesus5943 My confirmation priest was a Jesuit.

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

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

yes sirrr

@@Selenaq-hr6cxwhere are you from lol

Cyprus

Yes, war is coming...

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

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

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

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

Keep up the good work Bruder

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

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

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

I'm learning German for the same reason.

rip

Oh rip an ihn😅

Mein Beileid und rip an ihn!

R.I.P

Das stimmt

Ja man

die Franzosen sind auch da 🇨🇵

i'm 17 years old from japan

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

Jawohl!

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

🤣

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

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

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

;-;

and it's scary af

🤔

Remember No Russian

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

Ouch. It came out my senior year in high school. :(

Yup. Think of it this way. Songs from 1942 seemed ancient to people in 1983 Teens from 1942 were old in 1983 and teens thought they were lame. So anyone who has kids today they definitely think of the early 80s like the teens of the early 80s felt about the early 1940s. The 80s are ancient times now. Real ancient.

​@@bodiless99yup. So you're in your 60d now?

@@danceswithcomicbooks7733 I turned 17 in '83, I turn 58 this year.

@@bodiless99 oh that's not too bad.

Of course, the original version is almost always better!

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

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.

No not really

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

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 :(

Ich

Ich

Ich

Hauch von Vergangenheit

Ich

🖐️

✋

6 hours ago ✋

✋

✋🏻

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

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’

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

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

@@alanwoodall7174 😂😂 Like those?

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!

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

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

@@st.jimmy0244 for what reason?

@@florianj6490 It's anti-war.

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

@@bobbymay8618 Because record company wanted to go vrrrummm.

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

Ich auch😂🎉

LOL

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

@@OrthoKarter what

@@jarn4657 Can you read?

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

​@@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

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

👋👋👋 from Poland 😃

from Germany🙂

From Finland 🇫🇮

from Indonesia 🇮🇩

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

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

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

Cool ta vie chacal

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

Gut gemacht 🤗

DES PRODUITS?

Thank you !

Спасибо за текст

Same here bud 🇺🇸🤘🏻

well written.

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

Wouldn't you prefer a nice game of chess?

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.

@@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.

Ahahahahaha

@@Omar-nj5yl cool like your story

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

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

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.

:D

Thank you for yalls service 🇺🇸

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

@@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.

@@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.

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

I agree

Ja

Fax😂

Another era of despair and fear of nuclear war 😢

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

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,

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

@@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..

@@stellina113 Thats nice

She really does

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

much much better

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

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

i have vice city still

She’s a babe! SHWING!!!!

unfortunatelly

Idk why I’m also here 💀

I saw a video of Hitler singing this song so I searched​@@Kaij07

@@AhmedMmdouh-id4rmWut?

At over 44 million views over 4 years, about 30.000 people per day.

@@Arasoratzzz a video with AI of Hitler singing this song

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

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

Literally 1984

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

Yup

If you say so , hell yeah!!!!

Let's put Nena back in the top 100

Why in 2040 especially?

Nein

Me

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

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

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

I speak German and the German version is way better

You’re such a dork. Lol.

Africo

Oha was?

@@nicolemunko5513 was oha ????

Proud to be german

me too, and my family too 👀

Yep but did you catch the female mullet? Those were….well they were.

Even the main idea of song and the dance don't fit it's pretty good

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

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 !

$450 in today's money....

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

"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. 👍

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

Yes I prefer this version better than English version❤

English is the only language I speak, but sometimes listen to songs in other languages, usually French or German. I love this even though I can't understand a single word. The English version is nowhere near as good and I don't listen to it now. Does she always sing in German? I assume so and I don't think she was comfortable singing in English.

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

​@@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.

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

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

@@usafvet100 100%

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

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

@@usafvet100 the leaders

there are captions in english avalible for the video

Me either but I love it

@@izek1207 About how politicians started a nuclear war over 99 baby balloons.

Same here. I loved it in the 80s and had no idea what it was about. I loved Nena.

What a great statement. Not being facetious! Seriously.

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

Ich😎

Me bud 🤘🏻🇺🇸

Shit.

Yup hello to all Cold War kids

Oha nice ja schönen Geburtstag Nena

körperlich dorthin gehen, wo noch nie ein Mensch gewesen ist Don’t blame me for missed translation, I used goggle.

I'm sure there's someone in Washington and in Moscow saying "This is it boys, this is war. This is what we've been waiting for" right now. I know, that's just the English version, but still.

Lots of us. I’m like fuuuuuuuk 🤦‍♂️

Actually we just didn’t speak da German

UFO's incoming

syes

Mate I couldn't stop watching her sing😁

I didn’t know they were talking about the ufos that came to the war.. ordered to attack and all killed

ich bin ein mann auf 2024

Ich auch 😊

Ja🎉

Ich

Jo

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

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

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

Yeah, over the border of both Korea's...