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99 Luftballoons/99 Red Balloons – Nena
Posted in: Nena by on September 24, 2008
I always loved hearing 99 Red Balloons in the original German (99 Luftballoons) so I’m posting it both ways for you. In actuality, it was the German version that reached #2 in the U.S. in 1984 while the Brits saw the English version reach the top. 99 Luftballoons was a Cold War protest song, and while both the English and German versions carry the same message, the actual words are different. To see for yourself, check out the side-by-side translation put together by Siobhan Silke.