NENA | 99 Red Balloons [1984] (Official HD Music Video)

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    ▶︎ Lyrics English: www.nena.de/99-red-balloons
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    Release Date: February, 1984
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  • @coralissoto4002
    @coralissoto4002 Před 2 lety +4886

    My dad loved this song. He died unexpectedly earlier this year and it feels so weird that the things he liked and were part of him are still here and he isn't. I miss him so much.

  • @budogden
    @budogden Před rokem +131

    I feel like this song is about to get VERY popular all over again...

    • @lucyhill512
      @lucyhill512 Před rokem +7

      Yep our band is FINALLY gonna do it ... been begging for years

    • @tjf589
      @tjf589 Před rokem +7

      Billboard #1! Let's go!

    • @Scrimparmy
      @Scrimparmy Před rokem +1

      I need to mosh to this

    • @Scrimparmy
      @Scrimparmy Před rokem +1

      @@tjf589 rlly?? That’s wild haha

    • @AverageBishop-
      @AverageBishop- Před 11 měsíci

      Nope...

  • @Lefty7788tinkatolli
    @Lefty7788tinkatolli Před 10 měsíci +80

    5 year old me: It's such a happy little song about letting red balloons go and watching them float up into the air!
    20 year old me: oh.

    • @florinivan6907
      @florinivan6907 Před 5 měsíci +3

      I knew what the song meant even at 13.

    • @tysonmiddlebrook500
      @tysonmiddlebrook500 Před 17 dny +2

      @@florinivan6907well that’s great but he said 5

    • @Greg-zn3xb
      @Greg-zn3xb Před 2 dny

      Always sucks when reality hits. That's why drugs and alcohol are so popular

  • @appleztooranges
    @appleztooranges Před 4 měsíci +196

    **Whose watching this in 2024

    • @glennbotes8937
      @glennbotes8937 Před 4 měsíci +9

      I'm sure a lot of us will listen to this gem of a classic again in 2024. I'm here after listening to the original German version done a year prior to this one.

    • @razvan0zzz
      @razvan0zzz Před 4 měsíci +4

      Especially who feels the Sovietic N target over their head

    • @lupitamartinez81
      @lupitamartinez81 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Me😝

    • @stanbai5263
      @stanbai5263 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Im listening in 1885 actually

    • @appleztooranges
      @appleztooranges Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@stanbai5263 wish I can go back in time

  • @sciencetroll6304
    @sciencetroll6304 Před rokem +64

    I see I'm not the only one who thought now is the time to revisit this song.

  • @GFHanks
    @GFHanks Před rokem +545

    Nena's going to be getting their biggest royalty check in 30 years.

  • @Elemental_Buttahfly_II
    @Elemental_Buttahfly_II Před 3 dny +15

    Who else is here in 2024 wishing for music to return to normal?
    The great old days when talent mattered ❤❤❤❤

    • @MrDRUID27
      @MrDRUID27 Před 3 dny +1

      Only thing that is "normal " is saline !

    • @janellemedveckyulickey
      @janellemedveckyulickey Před 3 dny

      If it were possible I'd live in a cave, the acoustics are awesome.

  • @daleeichler3993
    @daleeichler3993 Před 2 lety +158

    I remember when this song was released because we were at the height of the Cold War.
    I recall thinking that because we and the Soviets were both wound so tight that the unimaginable could happen at any time due to one side misreading the other, either through a human or technical error.
    Now here we are 38 years later with the militarys of many nations staring at one another on the land, air and sea with the use of nuclear weapons being put on the table once again.
    We're older and again looking into the abyss.
    We all should have listened to this song a little closer. 😢

    • @rebeltough7
      @rebeltough7 Před rokem

      Freaking mad Putin wants WW3

    • @8088I
      @8088I Před rokem +4

      Unfortunately, as we find out today,
      in reality, it only takes '1' "Luftballon"
      - filling with merely "1" Sociopath's,
      Putin's, 'Mad' (EMPty) Ego.
      {i.e. In many respects, we've allowed
      ourselves to come up to a point (e.g.
      Event Horizon) too..o Crazy for fiction.}
      {Or: (e.g. an imaginary Singularity)
      - for the Mathematically inclined,
      being your kids.
      ~Que 🎶 "99 Luftballons" 🎶 Music Vid~

    • @8088I
      @8088I Před rokem +3

      Ivan the Terrible's modern day
      equivalent
      is Vladimir the Treacherous -
      in league with
      our dRumpf the Treasonous.
      ---
      Ivan the Terrible's modern day
      equivalent
      is Vladimir the Treacherous
      { in league with
      our dRumpf the Treasonous }

    • @marko11kram
      @marko11kram Před rokem +2

      I was in the Army, we fully expected hoards of tanks pouring through the Fulda Gap at VERY short notice

    • @tangomoggynoengi8518
      @tangomoggynoengi8518 Před rokem +1

      Perhaps we should add Two Tribes by Frankie Goes To Hollywood to the playlist as well...! 😉👍

  • @michaeljarvis8133
    @michaeljarvis8133 Před rokem +35

    "This is what we've waited for,this is it, boys, this is war." This line gets me every time.

    • @only5186
      @only5186 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Every single time! Especially with her feminine sweet voice! Also the ' It's all over and I'm standing pretty in the dust that was a city!'

    • @only5186
      @only5186 Před 4 měsíci

      Also the way she says "sparks" is something special lol

  • @SidneyHurcombe
    @SidneyHurcombe Před 6 měsíci +22

    My dad loved this song, unfortunately he died at 99 earlier this year. God rest dad, up there with the red balloons.

  • @ronjon6512
    @ronjon6512 Před 10 měsíci +24

    I have a feeling this song may be popular again real soon.

  • @carlhicksjr8401
    @carlhicksjr8401 Před 2 lety +135

    I was in Germany as a US Army soldier when this song came out. It was like our theme song!
    Naturally, the song was widely identified with the Greens Party [and we didn't appreciate their picketing at our gates] but you can hardly call not wanting to be nuked into oblivion while two superpowers duked it out in your front yard a character defect...

    • @marklamont8736
      @marklamont8736 Před 2 lety +3

      Excellent post! Fulda Gap '85.

    • @carlhicksjr8401
      @carlhicksjr8401 Před 2 lety +2

      @@marklamont8736 I was just earlier than you. 2/11th '82-'84

    • @arundhatichakraborty2073
      @arundhatichakraborty2073 Před 2 lety +2

      Were you for West Germany or East Germany?

    • @carlhicksjr8401
      @carlhicksjr8401 Před 2 lety +5

      @@arundhatichakraborty2073 I served in the US Army, so I was stationed in the BRD, or West Germany

    • @muffinman2889
      @muffinman2889 Před 2 lety +1

      @@arundhatichakraborty2073 scotchland

  • @glloyd1987
    @glloyd1987 Před rokem +55

    This song is very appropriate for the days we live in !

    • @mr_benn_escapes_lockdown1780
      @mr_benn_escapes_lockdown1780 Před rokem

      although Nena's arm pits are more frightening than China's sabre rattling we've had since the shoot-down.

    • @sl4983
      @sl4983 Před rokem +3

      It was appropriate in the 80's too.

    • @sl4983
      @sl4983 Před rokem

      @@mr_benn_escapes_lockdown1780 Get over ittle guy.

  • @russberg900
    @russberg900 Před 27 dny +14

    More relevant today than ever!

  • @Deadmanundertaker100
    @Deadmanundertaker100 Před 3 měsíci +21

    My mum just died she was 62 and died unexpectedly we’ve chosen this song to be the last one played at the conclusion of her service because it represents her happy upbeat vibrant nature and she loved 1980’s music. This is one of her all time favourites. I’ll miss you mum I love you xx

    • @caroljoelucy
      @caroljoelucy Před 3 měsíci +4

      Sorry for your loss. This was such a tune back then. I'm sure she'll be looking down smiling. 🙏

  • @therealhotshot70
    @therealhotshot70 Před rokem +26

    She warned us back in 84!

  • @gorduk1000
    @gorduk1000 Před 10 měsíci +16

    “ I think of you and let it go”… 🥲… I first heard this in 83 as a 14 year old now in my 50’s and life experiences behind me it holds such resonance

  • @lanapearce9968
    @lanapearce9968 Před 2 lety +291

    I remember being an 80's kid, terrified of nuclear war and this was the anti war anthem. I love this song in it's original German language and this translation so much. Just mindblowing how powerful this was to me as an 80's child. Much Love to Nena & band!

    • @caseykelso1
      @caseykelso1 Před 2 lety +6

      Yeah I was at 80 kids too but the world is so fucked up nowadays it's ridiculous. The only thing we had to worry about was if your rubber broke

    • @HDilk
      @HDilk Před 2 lety +3

      @@caseykelso1 as a teenager i think i prefer the possibility of nuclear war

    • @caseykelso1
      @caseykelso1 Před 2 lety +6

      @@HDilk as a teenager you have to realize that if "they" destroy the world 🌎 .... there's no one left to control ,there's nobody to be enslaved as worker bees(so to speak) ,there's no money to be had ,and there's no materials to be made. After the so-called Elite emerge from their bunkers there will be nothing left. So everybody loses, therefore there will be no nuclear war ever. It's like the vaccine, everybody says the vaccine is bad, but why would the government kill off all of their subjects, they're giving it to the military who's going to defends their country ? 🤔, I used to be trained in grammar school to "duck and cover" , the alarm would go off and we would leave our classrooms and sit in the hallways with their heads between our knees sitting on the floor. And that was very bad for Children's mental health. And they're bitching about masks.... kids wearing masks in school. What about us kids in the 60s that had to hide under our desks for air raid drills. All's I can tell you is common sense and knowing right from wrong is all the Tools you need to stay in front of the curve. 🍸🎓 thanks for sharing your thoughts.

    • @WOranos
      @WOranos Před 2 lety +4

      Funny how things have changed. Back then, we worried about being immolated in nuclear fire. Today, they worry about being called by the wrong pronoun. And despite that, we were still a happier bunch by far.

    • @grinnifer
      @grinnifer Před 2 lety +1

      it's actually already going on. Information war, and the Truth is losing in the corporate media completely. Good thing many of us have known this was coming....the technocracy

  • @jufrirayyan2584
    @jufrirayyan2584 Před 4 měsíci +13

    40 years ago this song was released and now echoes harder than ever before.

  • @thomassimon6490
    @thomassimon6490 Před měsícem +13

    Current situation brought me to listen to this again.

  • @Priest_Of_Zebak
    @Priest_Of_Zebak Před rokem +23

    R.I.P little China balloon, you had such a great short life up there in the sky!
    You seemed so happy.

  • @michaelblair5566
    @michaelblair5566 Před rokem +98

    Suddenly this song is rocketing UP the Top 40 again!

  • @scotts6698
    @scotts6698 Před 22 dny +13

    People today don't understand the fears that many felt in the 80's. It is not as prevalent as it is today, close, but not quite.

    • @joes6527
      @joes6527 Před 20 dny +2

      That's for sure. Red Dawn felt like it could really happen.

    • @jusepdavid6177
      @jusepdavid6177 Před 19 dny +1

      Cold war

    • @dthomas9230
      @dthomas9230 Před 17 dny

      Moscow mules had not penetrated Congress yet.

    • @dthomas9230
      @dthomas9230 Před 17 dny

      Mules are a cross of horses and donkeys, so they are always half ass, but smarter than either parent and sterile.

  • @haggis525
    @haggis525 Před 2 měsíci +9

    I was stationed in West Germany (Lahr) during the Cold War... I love Germany, I love this song! I was there.. in '89 when it all came down.

  • @tomg7071
    @tomg7071 Před rokem +20

    Nothing like predicting the future forty years ago.

  • @theastonvillaseal585
    @theastonvillaseal585 Před rokem +35

    This hits harder than the shot on that Chinese balloon 🎈

  • @yankees29
    @yankees29 Před 5 měsíci +16

    I was only 7 years old watching this video on MTV. So many great memories of the 80’s.

    • @daverichardson7994
      @daverichardson7994 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Nena is so eexy in this video

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@daverichardson7994 yes she is. What an awesome era for music,tv and movies. I think the 80’s were the peak as far as entertainment is concerned.

    • @daverichardson7994
      @daverichardson7994 Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@yankees29 those leather pants on her!

    • @yankees29
      @yankees29 Před 5 měsíci

      @@daverichardson7994 🤣 indeed

    • @nickseibert1263
      @nickseibert1263 Před 5 měsíci

      Those leather pants on her

  • @giostisskylas
    @giostisskylas Před 20 dny +24

    Who would have thought that Nena's song about the Cold War would be so relevant in 2024 :/

    • @jamesbush7509
      @jamesbush7509 Před 19 dny +2

      Looking towards a new cold war, revolutionary War, ww3. Something is going to happen. Another great depression on its way. History repeats itself.

    • @shadowsoulless6227
      @shadowsoulless6227 Před 11 dny

      The original song literally wasn't about the Cold war, somebody who did the translation for it twisted the song because they didn't figure it would be good in English if it just stayed true to the original..... Even the original band said they didn't like the English version because it was changed so much.

  • @lawk7826
    @lawk7826 Před rokem +33

    98 balloons to go. Start the countdown.

  • @sukottora
    @sukottora Před 2 lety +35

    Hey, Gen-Xers here we are again...
    I'm no wilting flower, but I must admit I burst into tears when I played this today, the first time in many years. My reaction really took me by surprise.

    • @PsiChoCybia
      @PsiChoCybia Před 2 lety +6

      Not alone!

    • @Gopipriya660
      @Gopipriya660 Před 2 lety +4

      I feel it too

    • @j.ishirofinney1517
      @j.ishirofinney1517 Před 2 lety +3

      All my life the Boomers told us WWIII was the only future we had to look forward to. Seems like they're doing their best to deliver on that promise. Putin, Biden, Boris Johnson, Steinmeier...they're all still living in 1974.

    • @waltersobchak7275
      @waltersobchak7275 Před 2 lety +1

      @@j.ishirofinney1517 people actually think Biden is doing a good job if we get nuked because of him I’m gonna be like a road warrior you know Mad Max will be scrounging off the land and will find every liberal that I can find not this politician I mean every day person I’m gonna purge them from the earth like big stakes like Vlad the Impaler gonna be fun no it won’t be actually but that’s what I’m gonna do

    • @ct92404
      @ct92404 Před 2 lety +1

      @@waltersobchak7275 I HIGHLY doubt you're even a Gen Xer. You sound more like a Millennial trying to be "edgy."

  • @51501
    @51501 Před 3 měsíci +11

    Heard this on the radio today and i had to get home and play it LOUD. Hahaha. I was 13 or 14 when this charted in the UK and i liked it then and still do today.
    Good song. In many ways this song is still relevant today.

  • @mariliaandaluz5238
    @mariliaandaluz5238 Před 2 měsíci +13

    Happy 64th Birthday Nena!

    • @martinoneal316
      @martinoneal316 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I had no idea Nina was such a seasoned treasure..thank you for your awareness...man we are all getting old ..beats not getting old...

  • @tjf589
    @tjf589 Před rokem +96

    Let's make this song hit the Billboard Top 100!

    • @jasonmatthews7829
      @jasonmatthews7829 Před rokem +3

      China is on it

    • @smokinhalf
      @smokinhalf Před rokem +4

      It may if we keep finding objects

    • @tjf589
      @tjf589 Před rokem +3

      @@WBG-du1cz let's make it number 1 again!

    • @scottwalker9766
      @scottwalker9766 Před rokem

      99 of them to be exact.

    • @20thCY
      @20thCY Před 10 měsíci +1

      If we were able to, it would most likely be the German version

  • @flufflepuffle6229
    @flufflepuffle6229 Před rokem +20

    99 Red balloons, floating in the US sky

    • @GreyPon3
      @GreyPon3 Před rokem +1

      😆😅🤣😂🤣😅😆

  • @gabrielpowers766
    @gabrielpowers766 Před 4 měsíci +12

    Did we know we were in the golden age back then? I don't think we realized it. I think we thought it would never end.

    • @moxie_ST
      @moxie_ST Před 4 měsíci +1

      Yeahh brother you and me to ;-( but what can we do, time will not stop for you or me .

    • @fowleheidi482
      @fowleheidi482 Před 4 měsíci

      Listen to Carly Simon "These are the Good Old Days! I think I thought so!
      What I didn't know was this song was about someting simple causing WW3.
      Look where we are now!

  • @beans_avi9382
    @beans_avi9382 Před 26 dny +39

    who's here in 2024

  • @HermitagePrepper
    @HermitagePrepper Před rokem +34

    This song is prophetic

  • @robblaettler4589
    @robblaettler4589 Před rokem +20

    I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought of this during current events haha.

    • @boycottjews
      @boycottjews Před rokem

      One Chad White balloon floats by. ... Instead of just grabbing it the antiWhites use a million dollar missile

  • @teambammotorsport7249
    @teambammotorsport7249 Před 4 měsíci +9

    40 years on this song still holds up as one of the greatest from 80's if not all time brings back so many good memories

  • @aprilrouge3640
    @aprilrouge3640 Před 2 měsíci +40

    Who's here in April 2024.
    Super dooper song and lyrics ❤❤❤

    • @evanportman2514
      @evanportman2514 Před 2 měsíci

      Me

    • @martinoneal316
      @martinoneal316 Před 2 měsíci

      When I was stationed in West Germany in 1974 this song was 10 years away..but the balloons meant the same thing...

  • @WaybackRewind
    @WaybackRewind Před rokem +43

    current events brought me here in 2023

    • @chrisorlando6162
      @chrisorlando6162 Před rokem +4

      and very fitting that this video originally came out in 1984.

    • @akidotaco
      @akidotaco Před rokem +4

      Same. Great song. Very poignant right now

  • @HappyTrekkers
    @HappyTrekkers Před rokem +67

    OMG I thought of this song as soon as the Chinese balloon started hitting the news. This situation is exactly what she is talking about. Plus it gives me a chance to watch Nena again.. SIGH.. I was 14 in 1984 and she took up a lot of my teenage dreams.

    • @drewping2002
      @drewping2002 Před rokem +10

      I wonder if the pilots who downed the balloon thought they were Captain Kirk...

    • @HappyTrekkers
      @HappyTrekkers Před rokem +1

      @@drewping2002 lol.

    • @mysticaloha
      @mysticaloha Před rokem

      Same here... :)

  • @lexion2772
    @lexion2772 Před 7 měsíci +13

    This is it Boys, this is war. So prophetic.

  • @TheRaiderman1
    @TheRaiderman1 Před 7 měsíci +14

    Back when music was good.

  • @fairland5
    @fairland5 Před 2 lety +490

    The whole world can sense this song becoming more relevant by the second.

    • @thedutchessofdragonshyre4630
      @thedutchessofdragonshyre4630 Před 2 lety +27

      Yes and us cold war kids have been singing this song in our heads for months now

    • @ct92404
      @ct92404 Před 2 lety +8

      @@thedutchessofdragonshyre4630 And "Russians" by Sting.
      "How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's deadly toy?" 😔

    • @johnsullivan5525
      @johnsullivan5525 Před 2 lety +3

      Well...Putin is doing everything he can to make it outright reality...every time he allows his soldiers to go apeshit on civillians...leaving bodies of 4year olds in the open air..to rot. And leaving hard evidence of "recruiting" women of 16 - 30years old...to "please" the senses of the soldiers. Pressure is RAPIDLY GROWING..to mobilize the USARMY 3RD ARMOR BRIGADE, backed by 200-400 Appache birds , and 100,000 infantrymen..Right on into Ukraine.

    • @richardescobar9406
      @richardescobar9406 Před 2 lety

      😢😢😢😢😢 Putin stop this war or 99 red balloons going to fly and super high octane jet fighters

    • @harryballsacky
      @harryballsacky Před 2 lety

      NO IT CAN'T....YOUR A RED BALLOONITE

  • @VegasTigger
    @VegasTigger Před 4 měsíci +19

    Nena was the reason I took German in High School...just in case we ever met.

  • @carlosstagliano7678
    @carlosstagliano7678 Před 2 měsíci +12

    Great Cold War song. She nailed it.

  • @Vajrnakha
    @Vajrnakha Před rokem +22

    Thank you Mr Burry

  • @mistylucas1502
    @mistylucas1502 Před rokem +16

    And here we are all for the same reason, because when life doesn't make sense, music is therapy. The irony of this song and current events cannot be lost..

  • @veiga1000
    @veiga1000 Před 8 měsíci +9

    The tension of this era is captured well in this song

    • @jafr99999
      @jafr99999 Před 8 měsíci +1

      We were literally eyeball to eyeball with our fingers on the button during these days. Graduated High School in 1980...we figured we would all be drafted in a moments notice and sent to Europe. Kind of a miracle that it didn't happen.

  • @sebaspepper
    @sebaspepper Před 3 měsíci +14

    Am I really in love with a girl from the 80s who has the cutest voice singing in English? Yes, ABSOLUTELY

  • @GregoryDeese
    @GregoryDeese Před 3 lety +208

    I served in the US Army Europe (USAEUR), 1986-89, FIre Direction Control for 8 inch howitzers. Nuclear. In April, 86 we were on alert with active weapons, someone played 99 Luft Balloons over the clear admin radio channel, the German version. We sat at our fire control computers as the song came over our headsets, hopefully the East Germans and Soviets would intercept the transmission and get the hint, that we shouldn't be too reflexive and want a war. We received stand down orders two hours later and we went back to base from our LOD positions. Stowed our gear and vehicles, they trucked the nukes back to the bunker. No nuclear war today. Got silly drunk that night, replayed the song in a happy mode. The song had a real effect.

    • @wcatholic1
      @wcatholic1 Před 3 lety +4

      16S Stingers 83-86.

    • @shevetlevi2821
      @shevetlevi2821 Před 3 lety +7

      You lived this song. Had to be a defining moment in your life.

    • @bobthebuilder3772
      @bobthebuilder3772 Před 3 lety +1

      Ronald Reagan didn't blink !

    • @getawaydriver5363
      @getawaydriver5363 Před 3 lety +1

      Nukes are fake.

    • @NibsNiven
      @NibsNiven Před 3 lety +1

      @@gp. It's sad that the USA is filled with people like you who parrot lies without thinking.

  • @davidjsauder9569
    @davidjsauder9569 Před rokem +21

    Sunday, February 5, 2023 - loved this song and now it is so relavant

    • @deadpanbarry5442
      @deadpanbarry5442 Před rokem +5

      😅 I've been singing it for the last two days since that Chinese balloon was spotted in American airspace..... How fitting really. 😉😏

  • @mjolnir3580
    @mjolnir3580 Před 6 měsíci +10

    Crazy to see there's still a lot of people comment and listen to this song

  • @Keepingupwiththecarper
    @Keepingupwiththecarper Před 7 měsíci +10

    Loved this song when it came out. Reminds me of the time as a child of the 80’s. The Cold War and threat of nuclear war which seems real.

  • @Alexxxxander
    @Alexxxxander Před rokem +23

    This song is in fashion and in any weather. Greetings from Russia.

  • @KRAFTWERK2K6
    @KRAFTWERK2K6 Před rokem +125

    It's 2023 and we literally live in a Nena song from 40 years ago... What a time to be alive.

    • @user-xr5gu1rq6f
      @user-xr5gu1rq6f Před rokem

      🙏🙏❤❤

    • @maiks.2618
      @maiks.2618 Před rokem +2

      Yup as i say, its time to renew it sadly

    • @KarakTo
      @KarakTo Před rokem

      They lived the original version in the forties

    • @raverbaby551
      @raverbaby551 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Bet we don't get the the good music tho 😢

    • @gmcg923
      @gmcg923 Před 10 měsíci +2

      I've been saying the US has been living in a Dead Kennedys album since 2016.

  • @West_Wolf_Esq
    @West_Wolf_Esq Před 2 měsíci +8

    More relevant at this moment in time than ever

    • @PervertGenius
      @PervertGenius Před 2 měsíci

      I need some context to understand that comment

    • @West_Wolf_Esq
      @West_Wolf_Esq Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@PervertGenius Do you understand fully the message behind the song 99 Red Ballons? If so it's more relevant than ever right now because NATO/US/The "Collective West" & the Russian Federation are on the edge of a cliff where one mistake, one misinterpretation of the others intentions or actions one misidentification of a radar intercept (the proverbial red ballon) and everything goes to hell in a handbasket.
      Cross your fingers, your toes and anything else you got that Russians complete there investigation into to Moscow terror attack and find no indication at all that any western government or intelligence agency had any knowledge or involvement and Ukraine acted completely independently.

  • @jeanc819
    @jeanc819 Před 4 měsíci +8

    Hard to believe that it's been 40 years since this song was released. That said, this song has aged much better than me.

  • @S3MMY345
    @S3MMY345 Před rokem +19

    This is it boys this is what we've waited for.

    • @ReptilianLepton
      @ReptilianLepton Před rokem +2

      Gen Z and at least half of Millennials want nothing more than to die in a war, so...

    • @MadDogW1
      @MadDogW1 Před rokem +1

      @@ReptilianLepton gotta stand for something or you'll fall for anything. You don't have to comply or give up just bc big brother says so. You can be a wolf or you can be a sheep...your choice.

  • @Wolfspiderxl
    @Wolfspiderxl Před 2 lety +24

    The threat of total annihilation hangs over all of our heads like some huge damoclean sword

    • @rexcaradog6687
      @rexcaradog6687 Před 2 lety +1

      Don't you know that I don't have a gun. Hahaha hahaha
      Bring down the government's of the world.

    • @mridlon1634
      @mridlon1634 Před 2 lety +1

      That’s what John F. Kennedy said.

    • @ct92404
      @ct92404 Před 2 lety

      Yup. It's deja vu all over again :/

  • @MikeGladden
    @MikeGladden Před 4 měsíci +5

    Takes me right back to 1983-84, I was playing drums and singing some with my brother's street fairs band "silver wings ✈️ test flight" and carrying a big crush on NENA, watching this video on MTV.

  • @michaelramsey82
    @michaelramsey82 Před 8 měsíci +9

    Only in the '80s could such a jaunty, groovy song be written about a nuclear apocalypse.

  • @GFHanks
    @GFHanks Před rokem +27

    Can anyone else remember when this was a cutesy cool 80's song, and not a prophecy ?

  • @jasonmilner8609
    @jasonmilner8609 Před rokem +21

    Viewed 7.1 million times 6 million of those views in last week.

  • @ZeroFoxtrotGolf
    @ZeroFoxtrotGolf Před 2 měsíci +7

    Your father was clearly a man of taste. A great song, and despite its upbeat tempo, one of meaning for us children of the Cold War. Holds a special today, as people seem to forget just how close we came to a terminal, no win, situation.

    • @dixonhill1108
      @dixonhill1108 Před 2 měsíci

      Yeah my generation can't relate, Russia using Nukes seems unrealistic at this point. I mean Putin is threatening to do so daily, but we all know he's not as hard as those USSR guys.

  • @johncooner8957
    @johncooner8957 Před 7 měsíci +6

    I was stationed in Germany in 84 loved this song. If I could go back in time I would have never left Germany, it just felt like home and I miss it sooo much.

  • @IntelligentEating
    @IntelligentEating Před rokem +18

    Michael Burry brought me here, a timeless classic both poetic and prophetic

  • @nero5896
    @nero5896 Před rokem +17

    Who would have ever thought this song would become prophetic?

    • @nuclearcatbaby1131
      @nuclearcatbaby1131 Před rokem +1

      Not only that - the balloons are distracting from that chemical mess burning in the background

    • @357MagnumBob
      @357MagnumBob Před rokem

      The Almighty was mocking the Biden-meister's so-called administration long before it came to be.

  • @melonmalone6307
    @melonmalone6307 Před 7 měsíci +11

    Songs are just like bookmarks in life❤🌎✌️

  • @manuelcervantes5866
    @manuelcervantes5866 Před 2 měsíci +11

    Takes me back to elementary school in california when life was simple

    • @dixonhill1108
      @dixonhill1108 Před 2 měsíci

      Yeah really simple especially if you were German and half your country was under the tyranny of communism. Good old days of Germany, a full generation removed from the holocaust.

  • @docjoe86
    @docjoe86 Před rokem +22

    Nearly 40 years later in Montana…one white balloon goes by.

    • @skovner
      @skovner Před rokem +2

      The balloon from Red China - a RED balloon - where are the other 98?
      Ninety-nine red balloons
      Floating o'er the US they spy
      Now go to the last verse of the English original...

    • @RANS87IROCZ
      @RANS87IROCZ Před rokem +2

      China only need 1 lone white balloon to get the position too drop the boom

    • @TheZachary86
      @TheZachary86 Před rokem +2

      @@RANS87IROCZ only needed 1 white balloon to freak out an entire nation

    • @norman6492
      @norman6492 Před rokem +1

      It was over Kansas City this morning

  • @Miles-To-Go
    @Miles-To-Go Před rokem +20

    From this day forward, this shall be the F-22 pilot walk-up song.

    • @icantcomeupwithnames469
      @icantcomeupwithnames469 Před rokem

      Do you think the pilots are the good guys in this song?

    • @Miles-To-Go
      @Miles-To-Go Před rokem +1

      @@icantcomeupwithnames469 I think WOPR got it right when it said "What a strange game. The only way to win is not to play." I also think sarcasm is the best humor.

  • @thedeadzone9236
    @thedeadzone9236 Před 2 měsíci +7

    Can't believe this song is 40 years old, I remember hearing the remix that came out in the late 90s on the radio and thought it was awesome, several years later I found out about the original song...

    • @sharkreaper42069
      @sharkreaper42069 Před 2 měsíci

      I grew up with this and the german verison 99 luftballons. very talented people.

  • @Paula-uh4pn
    @Paula-uh4pn Před 2 měsíci +11

    I miss the 80s so much

    • @ValiZidaru
      @ValiZidaru Před 2 měsíci +2

      Depends on the side of the Wall

    • @christianhohenstein1422
      @christianhohenstein1422 Před 2 měsíci

      @@ValiZidaru Considering the topic of the song, it doesn't really matter wich side of the wall you were on. And the fact, that she published it in 1983, maybe the most dangerous year in the whole cold war. I was six back than. For me it was just a fun song playing in the radio. When I finally understood, what it was all about, I started shivering and crying. Didn't really match my self-image as a cool teenage boy back than.

    • @dixonhill1108
      @dixonhill1108 Před 2 měsíci

      @@christianhohenstein1422 Lol it mattered, 80s in the east was awful.

    • @christianhohenstein1422
      @christianhohenstein1422 Před 2 měsíci

      @@dixonhill1108 No doubt, but if the bombs would have fallen it wouldn't have mattered, would it?

  • @SpitFiresMods
    @SpitFiresMods Před 2 lety +20

    Uh, i've been listening to this song a few days before the war. Now this song is actual af.

  • @smokinhalf
    @smokinhalf Před rokem +20

    If nena is getting royalties she is racking up

  • @IamDefinetlyaBagel
    @IamDefinetlyaBagel Před 4 měsíci +8

    This was my favourite song when I was younger..
    I didn't know this song was about war

  • @dtz1000
    @dtz1000 Před 2 měsíci +7

    One of the best songs of the 1980s.

  • @francinearcieri8439
    @francinearcieri8439 Před 2 lety +38

    This song hits differently in these times

    • @jeffreykeffer4352
      @jeffreykeffer4352 Před 2 lety +5

      I don't know it hits the same for me as when it came out .... but then again we haven't been this close to nuclear war since then.

    • @chrisnorcross4652
      @chrisnorcross4652 Před 2 lety +5

      @@jeffreykeffer4352 Same. I was 13 when this came out, the Cold War was on and the threat of nuclear war was ever present. I'd hoped that was behind us but here we are again it seems.

    • @Jdo4031
      @Jdo4031 Před 2 lety +3

      @@chrisnorcross4652 I just wish I had my amazing nuke resistent school desk to hide under, that training has got to come into play somtime.

  • @chrisklus7316
    @chrisklus7316 Před 3 lety +126

    The song like a time warp. Hearing it now in 2021 take me back decades I feel like I’m 17 again. The music is fresh everything is beautiful. 99 balloons are still floating by, Except I am no longer the beginning of my life but I’m nearing the end of it.

    • @ThomasLips
      @ThomasLips Před 3 lety +1

      I hear you...

    • @mleonard4628
      @mleonard4628 Před 3 lety +2

      99 red condoms sounds better

    • @jamiegagnon6390
      @jamiegagnon6390 Před 3 lety +5

      @@mleonard4628 Get your diaper changed, infant.

    • @davidlowe-donaghey969
      @davidlowe-donaghey969 Před 3 lety +3

      Enjoy everything and never think about time be timeless be yourself be young be old be everything in between

    • @xisburnttoast5372
      @xisburnttoast5372 Před 2 lety +1

      indeed...only GenX had bands that revealed the fears of the Cold War....and make it sound pop and happy

  • @woreoutdrummer1861
    @woreoutdrummer1861 Před 3 měsíci +15

    House parties, weed, beer, women...and MuchMusic on in the living room. Playing the shit out of this...and ZZ Top, Def Leppard, Men Without Hats, Dire Sraits, a-ha, Van Halen. The list goes on and on. I want to go back.

    • @mydiscovery-te2xx
      @mydiscovery-te2xx Před 3 měsíci

      Me too

    • @nickseibert1263
      @nickseibert1263 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Eric Carmen also had some good songs , I heard he passed away

    • @deliveryguyrx
      @deliveryguyrx Před 3 měsíci +1

      The '70s was my prime time, but I dated a girl 8 years younger than me in 1983. I would TOTALLY like to go back to those times!! (Hi, Dyanna!!)

  • @thegreenmanofnorwich
    @thegreenmanofnorwich Před 5 měsíci +13

    It's odd for an apocalyptic song to be so incredibly catchy.

  • @smugbasterd
    @smugbasterd Před 2 lety +32

    Just as potent and perfect today as it was in 84, it's like a time warp and suddenly this song fits perfect with the time. As a Gen-Xer this is a scary flash back in real time. I would really like to see this released. I think it would chart all over again.

  • @jackjarvisesq4876
    @jackjarvisesq4876 Před 2 lety +24

    GIAKOUMAKIS
    COMES FROM GREECE
    AND WHEN HE PLAYS HE SCORES WITH EASE
    HE LEADS THE LINE HE PLAYS UP TOP
    OUR NUMBER 7 GIFT FROM GOD

  • @user-ow6cy5bt6y
    @user-ow6cy5bt6y Před měsícem +5

    I seen her do this in West Berlin, 1983😊when i was in the Army there then. Was a great show & will never forget! ps. but I got to admit i seen a whole lot of great shows there back then

  • @proxymatik
    @proxymatik Před měsícem +26

    Who is here in 2024? Hit the LIKE Button.

    • @jamela6357
      @jamela6357 Před měsícem +1

      That's crazy you just asked this not to long ago😂

    • @proxymatik
      @proxymatik Před měsícem

      @@jamela6357 It’s A Classic 😎👌🏾

    • @user-om4mh3tu9y
      @user-om4mh3tu9y Před měsícem

      Love this song! Always think of it at Eurovision time. I was 17 at the time it was released.

    • @ChiSam_521
      @ChiSam_521 Před měsícem

      ​@@jamela6357Should you ever decide to smarten-up and add the word 'too' to your vocabulary, it should prove to be a fairly easy task...by your use of the word 'to', you have demonstrated your absolute mastery of all the required letters.

  • @Paranoidtimes
    @Paranoidtimes Před rokem +18

    She tried to warn us… she tried

  • @RiverHolySitesGoBRRRRRRR
    @RiverHolySitesGoBRRRRRRR Před rokem +21

    Suddenly relevant again.

    • @alfdom51
      @alfdom51 Před rokem

      I started thinking about this song last year.

  • @regulardadhere8832
    @regulardadhere8832 Před 10 měsíci +21

    Who’s here because they like the song?

    • @flamegotgame2667
      @flamegotgame2667 Před 10 měsíci

      GTFO what are you here for umm buddy. THIS SONG IS AMZING. Go tickle your pickle somewhere else.

  • @originalmetalhead73
    @originalmetalhead73 Před 2 měsíci +7

    99th day of the year is April 8th, eclipse day. So this is the best song for that day

    • @jacklyn6253
      @jacklyn6253 Před 2 měsíci +1

      I would say that is an uncanny coincidence if that is what I actually thought but nonetheless there was an uncanny planetary alignment going on today. One that is virtually unseen on any typical day and all the more extraordinary when at the same time some devil comet was out there heading our ways. I personally picture a schoolyard bully approaching the little guy (earth) and all the kids on the playground stepping out and facing the bully as if to say; 'want a piece of me?'

  • @connorr.1763
    @connorr.1763 Před rokem +28

    99 Chinese balloons floating in the Winter sky…

    • @violet.senderhauf2187
      @violet.senderhauf2187 Před rokem +1

      red for communism.

    • @h.f6364
      @h.f6364 Před rokem +1

      @@violet.senderhauf2187 do you also pay someone to chew food for you?

    • @violet.senderhauf2187
      @violet.senderhauf2187 Před rokem

      @@h.f6364 Red Commie! I'm libertarian not a rich capital extremist like you described.

  • @oldbenkenobi9212
    @oldbenkenobi9212 Před rokem +29

    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 left no room for victors." 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."

    • @brent7202
      @brent7202 Před rokem +5

      I prefer the Deutsch version myself. It is what the song was supposed to be as it was from a scary time in the Cold War.

  • @heronpage3883
    @heronpage3883 Před rokem +35

    Would be funny if this song re-entered the charts because of all the UFOs lately!

    • @raynekraven
      @raynekraven Před rokem +2

      LOLL

    • @danielcamacho1913
      @danielcamacho1913 Před rokem +4

      It's in a meme now.
      "German woman claims she tried to warn the USA about Chinese balloons 40 years ago" 😄

    • @princessbabibear4794
      @princessbabibear4794 Před rokem

      THE PRESIDENT IS ON THE PHONE WHILE 99 RED BALLOONS GO BY WELL... 97 LEFT TO GO.

    • @harbyarby1347
      @harbyarby1347 Před rokem +1

      That’s why I’m here! Lol! 99 red balloons floating in the summer sky…

    • @Lupi33z
      @Lupi33z Před rokem

      you mean all the balloons

  • @craigsully9661
    @craigsully9661 Před 5 měsíci +12

    Crazy 40 yrs later this song couldn't be more truer and if you don't know meaning of the song look it up its scary

  • @frankscalzo7048
    @frankscalzo7048 Před 3 měsíci +14

    Now we've got Chinese Spy Balloons!

    • @jimb9063
      @jimb9063 Před 3 měsíci

      99 balloons = nearly 20 aces apparently.

    • @73firebird11
      @73firebird11 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Well we have a traitor president and corrupt government and sadly a woke military that let's men dress up in women's uniforms

  • @gibran0
    @gibran0 Před rokem +18

    Let's make it top hit 2023

  • @skippy3029
    @skippy3029 Před 3 lety +272

    My High School Girlfriend and I loved this song. During the summer between our Jr and Senior year she died in a car accident. We were going to be married and have children together. It has been 30 years and I have not forgotten her for even a day. Her parents are really old now. I check in on them from time to time. Her Father is still shattered. He cries every time I stop by.

    • @TopSecretVid
      @TopSecretVid Před 3 lety +12

      dang..crazy..so sad.

    • @milotorres6894
      @milotorres6894 Před 3 lety +14

      Truly devastating and sad bro hurts my heart to hear this loss of love ,😢💪✌️💙🙏😔 my deepest condolences to all hurt by this tragedy ,keep the good times together in heart always Godspeed healing especially pops a angel doesn't want him to feel heartbreak of loss.,🙏😔💙💪

    • @petercollum1423
      @petercollum1423 Před 3 lety +12

      Well done you. And long may the visits continue in these horrible times. Greeting from Ireland

    • @dr.yolo3343
      @dr.yolo3343 Před 3 lety +7

      bro, listen to the german version, it's 200000000 times better in german

    • @skippy3029
      @skippy3029 Před 3 lety +18

      @@milotorres6894 I married a beautiful girl that we were both very good friends with. I have experienced incredible love and good times with my Jenny. We had 6 beautiful children together. All but one is grown up and thriving in the world. Our 14 year old is still at home doing great. She's sassy, but great.

  • @jameshuman1753
    @jameshuman1753 Před 7 měsíci +7

    This is what we waited for, this is it boys this is war!

  • @Sci_fi_and_cars
    @Sci_fi_and_cars Před 2 měsíci +6

    It’s funny how such an up beat song makes cry every single time. 💜