99 red ballons - Nena

[TrueMe6616]

i hope not to offend anyone when i say this but the german version is just....better. i cant put my finger on why the lyrics just work in german in english they sound s little awkward. the song is still amazing though

[alvaskins]

I was eight, I remember this coming out and thinking 'there has to be better music than this'.

[HeySayTurtles]

This is called PROPER MUSIC

[RCPDfilms]

they look german xD

[HeySayTurtles]

@RCPDfilms they are german.... :) lol

[RCPDfilms]

@HeySayTurtles exactly my point :)

[MegaMelis09]

yeah esta rola esta bien reto pero tiene un ritmo sabrozon

[mjjdj88]

30 rock sent me here

[TheCuboOne]

@moester75 , bua hahahahhahahahaa!!!!

[Kazuha159]

For all those who want the German (original) version: The name is "99 Luftballons" ^^

[powerghost216]

Damn good hit!!

[ImmortalKnight485]

saw the german version translated before watching this.....

and the lyrics have been changed completly.

I AM SAD FACE!

[kopidol12]

i bet yer this birds fannys hairier than bilbo baggins foot!

[CookieOnMyShoulder]

so luft balloons is original?

[cjphoto23]

I heard this theme in

Bubble bash the mobile game

[carloss1960]

Has du etwas zeit fur mich, singe ich ein lied fur dich. the German version is far superior.

[MrRayman217]

i heard vh1 played this for a hour stright because some guy donated 35g to them?

[moester75]

@WildWe5....She has hair under her arms. Thats what i meant. I don't know what kinda silly shit the Hun women do but in The States, that is taboo. Nena is still beautiful and she mesmerized my young, just starting to experience lust, little ass.

[euroman32589]

remember this tune and the commodore 64. them were the days!

[chodler77]

Hast du etwas Zeit für mich

Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich

Von 99 Luftballons

Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont

Denkst du vielleicht g'rad an mich

Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich

Von 99 Luftballons

Und dass so was von so was kommt

[TheShyguy109]

I like how, at 2.37, the keyboardist and the singer were hugging each other. It was done because of the explosions. It was safe...but still. I actually admire that.

[LelouchXxX1]

wuuuuuuuuuuu!! red ballons!

[gmanbody]

"99 Luftballons" (German for "99 balloons") is a protest song by the German pop-rock band Nena from their 1983 self-titled album. Originally sung in German, it was later re-recorded in English as "99 Red Balloons" for their album 99 Luftballons in 1984. Later Nena (without band) recorded a new version of the song.

[murdochmonkey1]

If a nuclear attack ever does happen, for the last few minuets i have left i will blast this on loudspeakers :-D

[cathalena1]

Brings back memories of MTUSA and the never forgotten Vincent Hanley

[asia911]

The lyric to this song is such beautiful.

[controlusplease1]

This song would be so much better if the Soviet Union had not collapsed but attacked the West in 1989, with the West German Army, Americans, and British fighting the East Germans and Russians in bombed out Berlin with this being played on loudspeakers everywhere.

What...? Don't look at me like that! That's what this song is about!

[pbrzombie562]

i want to learn how to speak german and some other languages besides english and spanish hmmm now i want to hear the german version anyone know if its on here?

[ausfuhrpramienjagar]

@pbrzombie562 ... I have it in my fav's.. go to my page and I will have it in my featured video for you......"Jagar"

[Zutaaaable]

War is so fucking twisted and wrong. 

[TechLinkOnline]

Auf Deutsche! Von 99 Luftballons, English version just not the same

[quidda1]

must commend this as the best translated song that is not part of Les Miserables

at least it kept the same spirit, floated some balloons and the whole planet died. Better than most translations of Eastern European songs

[barjan1]

The cold war never sounded so good.....Ahhh the memories!

[bethanygarrettt]

all i could think about was "you and i in a little toy shop, buy a bunch of games and a new xbox"

[cg0825]

The German version does not translate exactly to the English version...it seems that they changed the English version around to fit the beat better.

[animalcrackers1721]

Oh goodness that was painful to watch.

[AndrewCl42]

Question, why are they red ballons in the english version but just balloons in the german one?

[cammza9989]

@AndrewCl42 Red balloons fit the beat better

[OramAndy]

If you think the German version is better, why are you watching this one?

[screus69]

Man I use to rock this song all time and do risky business type stuff in my room!!! LOL

[alexandraluv1]

Ur I mean

[alexandraluv1]

@ gusfoogle it right. But this song has like five words

[chitalop]

Zee Captain brought me here xD

[Electricfox]

@chitalop Why can't I 'like' this more than once?! XD

[99strange]

oh yeah 99

[moester75]

I still remember being a little shit mesmerized by Nena's beauty on MTV, until she lifted her arms up...that was a real "oh shit" situation.

[GusFogle]

@moester75 What's the big deal? So hair growing where it's supposed to makes her not pretty anymore? Americans and Brits should step outside of their close-minded boxes and think about what unshaved armpits meant from a cultural perspective for a young woman in Germany at that time. Personally, I don't think it looks either good or bad, it's just there. Doesn't bother me a bit.

[shasta12ish]

@GusFogle good, then shut up!!!

[ironminisa1]

@moester75 bahahaha true dat :)

[savezelda]

@moester75 dude, i just laughed out loud

[CullTheLivingFlower]

@moester75 ZOMG You're telling me women have hair under their arms? THIS IS NEWS TO ME!!!!

[YourDarkAccomplice]

@CullTheLivingFlower - Is that what he was trying to say? Oh noes! I thought women were some kind form of Gods or something... certainly not human in that they grow hair or grow old... No no no... They're Gods. They must always be young. Hairless and barbie doll plastic perfect. :D

If they're human, all the wee-wees will deflate. A tragedy to all heterosexual males worldwide. :-(

[YourDarkAccomplice]

@moester75 I don't get the "oh shit" situation. Is that supposed to be a "German armpits" joke? She's wearing a leather jacket.... Don't get it.

[kensou8895]

@YourDarkAccomplice Nena didnt shave her pits, I believe it was a feminist protest.

[YourDarkAccomplice]

@kensou8895 ohhhh i get it. a statement of the radical statement "I'm human, too!" or "I don't exist just to please your winky." lol

I get it.

[WildWe5]

@moester75 until she lifted up her arms.. can you explain that?

[dann8287]

LOVE IT!!!!!

[MrAerorey]

classic!

[FemalPedoMexicanSens]

man the 80's haha

[craiga822]

I enjoy this song....I remember when this fist came out it was quite a deal they had to be quiet at first because of persecution from their home country. Your watching history

[therandyj]

I had 99 luftbaloons..then I took an arrow to the knee.... :-(

[GunZEntertainmentZ]

@therandyj Fuck off and kill yourself you fucking queer cunt

[therandyj]

@GunZEntertainmentZ Lick my dooky! :-)

[justkevy]

He has prettier lips than she does.

[babsooo]

o christ been awhile since i seen those leather truosers!!! hotttttt biatch!!

[blargation]

Yay for songs about Nuclear war!

[kojakbangbang7]

I WANT THE german version, WHERE I DON'T UNDERSTAND A WORD except for 'CAPTAIN KIRK"

[KennyBare]

@kojakbangbang7 opie and anthony brought you here too huh

[sluggoII]

@kojakbangbang7 "Schnitzen gruben superhero. Schnitzen gruben CAPTAIN KIRK."

[iggynacio100]

you would say it was fabulous FAG!!!!!!!!!!

[jamesdelaney1000]

Fabulous...

[hardcoredance4]

she has nasty arm pit hair

[GusFogle]

@hardcoredance4 Fuck yourself

[gypsiecat1]

@GusFogle I was about to say the same thing!!!

[garywayneporter]

a suvianer

[garywayneporter]

red alert

[garywayneporter]

a suvanior bye

[garywayneporter]

this shit rocks

[bloodknite46]

don't make fun of my mom like that

[steventupac]

MILF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



[JacquesBeard]

I used to fancy her when I was nine until she appeared on top of the pops sporting honking great hairy armpits.

[GusFogle]

@JacquesBeard They don't detract from her in the slightest. Hair is supposed to grow there.

[krierp8]

Sorry, I love the English version better!!

[djpep94]

Nichlas Bendtner has taken up drumming? :S

[lifeingreyscale2410]

really? nazi arguments on a pop song video?

[WImob420]

the German version sounds sexy :D, this version is ok

[Dodotiko1]

germen is better.

[sirronald69]

* * * * *

[ironmancwb]

1:07 hairy armpits , thats hot!

[plfrofr004]

german is better and i'm jewish

[yxrcbszg]

@plfrofr004 I get it XD

[Sicvicious]

@plfrofr004 that wouldn't matter. I can say this because I am of German and Jewish background, not all Germans are/were Nazi, just like not all Jewish were Polish, there were German Jews in the holocaust.

[roadrashsuxass]

@plfrofr004 Most Jews are propaganda, money seeking whores. Straight from Deutschland. Love ya though. 

[ridgeback69z]

@roadrashsuxass Agreed. I see alot of Jews in the ER. Cheap type of tourist always trying to manipulate simple facts. Die Massenvernichtung ist eine Lüge.

[GirlsOnTV1]

@plfrofr004 So am I, but just because someone's Jewish doesn't mean they can't like Germany. My dad's a Jew and he is almost fluent in German, and quite a few Israelis drive German-made cars.

[wdmoyer505]

I prefer the goldfinger version 

[SpookMouse]

Speaking both languages, I can never decide if I like the German or English version better!

[TheBookWorm1718]

@SpookMouse I prefer English because I can actually understand it.

[MrZambrony]

does anyone else turn this song on, go into garrys mod, and spam the balloon tool

[MrJoel397]

That awkward moment when... Wait a minute, there's already enough of those.

[antennaz]

the awkward moment when you're trying to write the german name of the song but you fail.

[OuranLoverFabio]

HOLY SHIT THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS!!!!! I NEVER KNEW IT WAS DEPRESSING IN GERMAN!!!!!

[Tomeczek64]

Ciota jesteś i tyle..

[Brinkles101]

That awkward moment when the two top comments say the same thing...

[2hagen]

Watchmen me trajo aquí :D

[clasicrockmusicfreak]

99ftig lught balons is German and better XD srry for bad German and inglish :P

[x009rbc1]

shit



[corneel25]

I think the german version is better...

[Fatpapa247]

@corneel25 i would like the German one better if i new what she was saying. :P

[DaSuperTacos]

@corneel25 dont you mean the original version?

[guitarist0418]

@corneel25 Yeah the original is better, but none are worse than the 09 version... D:

[Mr5106]

check out my parody

[suntbelgae]

@Mr5106 no XD

[FangnclawXD]

Ohh! Cute drummer!

[FangnclawXD]

I used to have fun happy thoughts when I heard this song, now that I've seen Billy's Balloon rejected commercial by Don Herdtzfeldt I can only picture that. O__0

[devilman1976]

anyone who know's anything about nuclear war knows that due to mutually assured destruction it was unlikely ever to happen. Without nuclear weapons there would have been war......

[hosedomin]

Wyczesany utworek :)

[burnina2]

DAAAMN i wish i lived in germany during the 80s....

[texfroggygirl]

why is it that the keyboard players puffy lips seem sexy as hell to me

[IBx27]

R.I.P. headphone users... 0:10

[JoelThedude4u]

I would like to hear this song by Slipknot, or some heavy metal band....

[jacharyjeggers911]

Thumbs up if you smoked crack and masturbated listening to this song while looking at a poster of rick james

[gypsiecat1]

@jacharyjeggers911 I wish I could thumbs up. OH HOW I WISH I COULD THUMBS UP!!!!!

[jacharyjeggers911]

@gypsiecat1 u can do it just get the rocks and the poster!

[megahozer13]

@jacharyjeggers911 that ! is specific

[jacharyjeggers911]

@megahozer13 amen to that! specific is the key to life.. as long as your not a jew..lol jk jews smoke rocks just like i do. and admire rick james..thanks for the repy dude! at least a few peopleunderstand lol

[1942PANTHERV]

THERE WERE A FEW SONGS IN THE 80'S....GREAT SONGS..BUT DEF ANTI REAGAN....PROMOTING PEACE..BUT THE RUSSIANS WEREN'T LISTENING.....THANK GOD FOR REAGAN

[FreedumbFighter28]

@1942PANTHERV Russia was kinda like us NOW....so we got about 5 more years until we bankrupt the country. Gee, that sounds swell..=D

[1942PANTHERV]

@FreedumbFighter28 ......yep socialism really works doesn't it...if i were hitler......i'd be laughing my head off now!!!!

[joshd9124]

@1942PANTHERV Just to let you know one of the main reasons our economy is collapsing is because of Mr. Reagans policies.

[1942PANTHERV]

@joshd9124 wow a libby liberal socialist!!!!.......bet you're a barry obama supporter too!!.....23 yrs of economic growth because of reagan......while with barry...hmmm is there even a usa left?????

[ralphy329]

i only know this song from sfdebris tng reviews

[musclecarluvr1]

What would the 80's be without 99 Red Balloons?

[TehUndeadCpt]

@musclecarluvr1 They'd be puttin' on the ritz

[musclecarluvr1]

@TehUndeadCpt lol, i just heard that song today.

[horselips]

The music of the Reagan Presidency will be played forever!

[evelin118]

QUE TALENTO

[skinmomz88]

1:08 Cocainne nose wipe

[cruella180]

along with safety dance this song made the eighties bearable

[MatthewCVR]

@cruella180 The eighties were awesome how can you say they were almost unbearable?

[hellyes144]

thumbs up if this has ever happend to you

[QemeH]

The translation is SO wrong °_° You gotta listen to the original (german) version, if you understand at least a bit of it!

[BLAK0KROSS]

@QemeH Well apparently, it was not translated, Nena decided to make an english version with a different message. I read that in another video named 99luft balons, in the comments not the description. However, I think Goldfinger did the english translated song of 99 Luft Balons.

[QemeH]

@BLAK0KROSS Well... The message of this song is somehow comparable, but in german it's not that direct. The german lyrics are kinda like a fairy tale, the meaning is hidden in metaphors and the like. In english, the only explanation you need is: Red balloons = nuclear weapon.

[BLAK0KROSS]

@QemeH Well... if red balloons DOES equal nuclear weapons then, I will be busy in the toy store.

[tryithere]

@QemeH Red balloons = mistaken nuclear weapon.

[QemeH]

@tryithere Right. Sorry about that.

[moron6123]

@QemeH No, both are about East Germany mistaking balloons for nukes. As such the world goes into a death spiral and a nuclear war breaks out.

I guess its about how high the tension was back in the 80s where a single mistake would f*ck the world over ten-fold.

[jocs21]

@moron6123 songs maybe an other way around to make the world a happy place to live-in..though they know but still giving hope to mankind..

[SCommanderThorOTAF]

It's better in German, but still good.

[reeceeooo]

I'd rather have have 97 red baloons, just to be different, that's me clashing with the establishment.

[tryithere]

@reeceeooo You crazy son of a bitch.

[ggaazzlleegg]

cool

[Toddog45Plays]

Like for romantically apocolyptic :D

[FredrickVonWinkle457]

romantically apocolyptic, nuff said...

[CaptainShitMcgilli]

99 Red balloons made in china

[296newton]

noooooooo!!! not death by 99 red balloons!

[leopoldvs]

Nena was sooooooo sexy and yummy!...I'd like to lick her ballons :)

[nycwiseguy91]

So that's how the world ends because of 99 red balloons

[MiketheMadness]

Romantically Apocalyptic!

[wiz2194]

@MiketheMadness yay a fellow fan <3 though this song was still badass before it XD

[kojakbangbang7]

DAS INGLES

[bhnga]

717 people has only 98 red ballons

[godaddict]

....red, that is.

[godaddict]

all these years I thought it meant "Red"... as in, "boy is my face"

[eRZumaKeRo]

A red balloon scaped in the sky from 717 people...

[Bananasuit420]

The song sucks but she's classic sexy

[Fastronald]

She's HOT and has a great ass

[willardpatrick2000]

dats my girl , song kicks ass!

[alexwilsonNC]

@Kpoplover881 luftballons means Air balloons in German. It does not mean atomic weapons... She was saying how silly our MAD defenses are. 99 balloons tricked us into launching a preemptive nuclear strike....

[UndertheRadarTM]

The leather pants she wears in the english version are much sexier than the blue jeans in the german version.

[don417]

This chick is tweekin hard.

[blackmagic29881]

The upbeat keyboarding along with the drumming is the best part. That's when I get crunk!

[Seacadetguy]

Sweeeeeet.

[Kpoplover881]

luftballons refers to the atomic bomb!! "red ballons?" it's sounds ridiculous!

[jdizzy01]

@Kpoplover881 luftballoon translated to german is just a balloon. i think this is more a satire on the paranoia of the cold war than a reference to weapons