Title of an 80's song, can you help?

Question

There was a song, I believe it was made in the 80's since I saw it on VH1, I love the 80's show. It's in German and it's sang by a woman, the german version took off in the USA but the American version didn't. I think the American version of the song was something like 99 red balloons or something? any ideas on what this song might be called or who the artist is?

YES! that's it! Nena! thank you! I have the song stuck in my head and I have no clue what the hell she is saying lol. You're the best :)

Answer 1

its Nena - 99 Luftballons
The American verison was done by Goldfinger :-]

German:
Hast Du etwas Zeit für mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied fuer Dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Denkst Du vielleicht grad' an mich
Dann singe ich ein Lied fuer Dich
Von 99 Luftballons
Und dass sowas von sowas kommt

99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Hielt man fuer UFOs aus dem All
Darum schickte ein General
Eine Fliegerstaffel hinterher
Alarm zu geben, wenn es so war
Dabei war da am Horizont
Nur 99 Luftballons

99 Duesenjaeger
Jeder war ein grosser Krieger
Hielten sich fuer Captain Kirk
Das gab ein grosses Feuerwerk
Die Nachbarn haben nichts gerafft
Und fuehlten sich gleich angemacht
Dabei schoss man am Horizont
Auf 99 Luftballons

99 Kriegsminister
Streichholz und Benzinkanister
Hielten sich fuer schlaue Leute
Witterten schon fette Beute
Riefen: Krieg und wollten Macht
Mann, wer haette das gedacht
Dass es einmal soweit kommt
Wegen 99 Luftballons

99 Jahre Krieg
Liessen keinen Platz fuer Sieger
Kriegsminister gibt es nicht mehr
Und auch keine Duesenflieger
Heute zieh ich meine Runden
Seh die Welt in Truemmern liegen
Hab' nen Luftballon gefunden
Denk' an Dich und lass' ihn fliegen


English:
You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got.
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one, they were gone.
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message, Something's out there.
Floating in the summer sky.
99 red balloons go by.

99 red balloons.
floating in the summer sky.
Panic bells, it's red alert.
There's something here from somewhere else.
The war machine springs to life.
Opens up one eager eye.
Focusing it on the sky.
Where 99 red balloons go by.

99 Decision Street.
99 ministers meet.
To worry, worry, super-scurry.
Call the troops out in a hurry.
This is what we've waited for.
This is it boys, this is war.
The president is on the line
As 99 red balloons go by

99 Knights of the air
Ride super-high-tech jet fighters
Everyone's a superhero.
Everyone's a Captain Kirk.
With orders to identify.
To clarify and classify.
Scramble in the summer sky.
As 99 red balloons go by

99 dreams I have had.
In every one a red balloon.
It's all over and I'm standing pretty.
In this dust that was a city.
If I could find a souvenier.
Just to prove the world was here.
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go.


This was one of the songs in the '80s to make a point about the brinkmanship and paranoia/hysteria surrounding the issue of war. The song talks about Nena and the listener buying 99 Balloons in a shop and letting them go, for fun. These balloons show up on the radar as unidentified objects and both sides scramble planes and go to full alert to counteract a perceived Nuclear Attack, when in fact it is the most childlike of things, a bunch of balloons.

Answer 2

99 Red Balloons by Nena

Answer 3

It's 99 Luftballons sang by Nena. It was a big hit around 1983 -84.

Answer 4

99 luftballoons by Nena in German
99 red balloons by Nena in English

Answer 5

Nena, 99 red ballons in english, also known as 99 luft ballons

Answer 6

Goldfinger:
99 Red Baloons

You and I in a little toy shop
Buy a bag of balloons with the money we got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'til one by one, they were gone
Bag of base bugs in the softwear
tap the message: something's out there
floating in the summer sky
ninety nine red balloons go by

Ninety nine red balloons
floating in the summer sky



Ninety nine desisions straight
Ninety nine manesthers made
hurry,hurry super scurry
call off the troops now in a hurry
this is what we've waited for
this is it boys, this is war
The president is on the line
as ninety nine red balloons go by

Ninety nine dreams I have had
and every one a red balloon
here I am now, standing pretty

Answer 7

the band is NENA. the german title is '99 Luftballoons'. Happy Holidays

Answer 8

It is 99 Red Ballons...and it listed under One Hit Wonders

Answer 9

Nena sings it