99 Red Balloons (English)

[IBeElla]

Nuclear mistiles? What?

[verstraetenw]

how to molest a perfectly good song part 1

just leave it at 99 luftballons

[apt95]

I can see it now: Dear Santa, this year I was a good little girl, except I let some balloons go and it sort of caused a global nuclear war and millions died. But I didn't directly kill them, so i was still good.

[MrJustinification]

yes, the original is better, but this is still good.

[naomi10lol]

14 people dint have enough money 2 buy Balloons

[beta0blaster]

99 nuclear missiles

[MrSilvestris]

Thanks for the nice recording upload. It's incredible all the overloaded and distorted uploads or the ones that were uploaded without being checked carefully first. I had to hunt for this one. Thanks again

[twointahoe]

This is how it was released in the US...at a time that was perilously close to Nuclear war...

Matthew 24:3,7,8;

[GregQzag]

@twointahoe Mathew 24:34 Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened.

Whoops. Looks like those who he was talking to all died and nothing happened. Nice book of myths.

[kayleighcolfer]

I love this in German. I translated the German to English, and the German one makes waaaaaaaaaaaay more sense.

[SuperEvilmonkey88]

It's good song in English but way better in Deutch. The song is about war which you don't fully get in the English version. The lyrics have been drasticly changed.

[MrKillaBilla]

@TOPxBANANA99 yep...you're definately 12...

[TOPxBANANA99]

99 words for boobs. Lol.

[636sophie]

meine deutch teacher said the real song is about war between russia and usa and shes the only eins left. sie changed alot. sorry for my spotty german im only in first one :)

[mramericanwolfman]

sorry about the negativity, but could you try to use a different font, make it easier to read along.

[CJPrime931]

I actually thought the band was from London when I first heard this song. XD

[Zoffifie]

Oh I like the german version better:) Although I have no idea what she is talking about :)

[MariposaGirl1981]

the original german version "luft" baloons- luft simply means air or to lift

[MariposaGirl1981]

"Luft" in Luftbaloons means "to lift, or air"

[genrocks92]

The german version is way better

[pikapwn345]

@genrocks92 I prefer the english one myself but the german one is good too.

[MRCORNERHOUSE]

Halt den Mund 

[catguru10]

basically, blablablablabla captain kirk

[catguru10]

comment from another vid ( german version )

[catguru10]

it was never a sweet song about balloons. It's a song from the cold war when nuclear tension was high, about how some balloons are released, mistaken for ufo's triggering military response from both sides leading to nuclear war and how narrow the tripwire of escalation was at the time. This was during a decade which started with the risk of global nuclear destruction and finished with the fall of the Berlin wall, perestroika and the end of European Communism

[TheNathanNS]

Isn't that the font from GTA Vice City?

[mrmatasian]

german version owns the english

[Moosic1337]

Im prolly mistaken. But i think it's about the cold war. Im an idiot, and im usually wrong, dont get mad at me :P

[wlorimac]

@Moosic1337 yea its about a collection of balloons being let out and floating over the soviet sector and them thinking its weaponry and shooting them down.

[Darkaero199]

Its a song about a Red (soviet) invasion/war...

[borlandwymiata]

@Darkaero199 ]: No it is not man. It's against military and stupidity od politicians

[Darkaero199]

Its a song about a Red (soviet) invasion/war...

[Vuarra]

Argue all you want, but English or Deutch, the message was heard well across North America... if we mess up, we will blow up the world.

[killerbeefighter]

nice try but old is and stay gold

[ScreamingLordRocky]

so she /was/ saying 'captain kirk'

[CallOfJaKeY76]

i frickin love this song!!!

[lindasuekristen]

Call me a "Bimbo" but, I love the melody over the contesting of the lyrics.

[superchlo100]

uhh....isn't it meant to be air balloons? not red balloons....?

[KrashKrashizKarz]

it sounds better in german, but the english words are WAAAY more profound and obviously written by a professional lyricist since nena sings the song phonetically, does she speak english? or did she?

[epicfreakshow]

@hollidusti decisions? lol fail.

[Williammcgarrie]

I love this! ;-)

[liorlolobobo]

this song is so much more epic in German..

[carlosuno2tres]

@moviemaker1986 that is what the text said on this video before they were fixed.

[carlosuno2tres]

I could listen and re(a)d this 99 times. Sorry verry bad pun. :)

[moviemaker1986]

@hollidusti Pretty sure she sings "99 Decision Street" plus that makes more sense as an address in context. :)

[MagHope]

CAPTIAN KIRTK IS CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN WHY IS HE CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN?

thumbs up if you were there.

[xRSx09]

I could listen to this song 99 time

[Killenwolf]

Am I the only one that finds this incredibly sad?

[tzeentch14]

@Killenwolf NO in english this song is really sad, in german not so much, maybe thats because i dunno what they are saying

[Burnz2much]

@ExperimentalVids Idiot.

[N1G4th3K1LL3R]

Damn, this is really bout Arizona and aliens....

I love this song, first time heard it in the vice city, long time ago XD

But i guess it was in German..

[123Teleah]

:)

[fatadi100]

is this real? Is this a real song?

[hpf12345678910]

@fatadi100 Yes idiot :L

[fatadi100]

@hpf12345678910 don't call me an idiot, your self one. It's a stuppid answer, there are only stuppid answers ghum like yours ghum but there aren't any stuppid questions.



[hpf12345678910]

@fatadi100 Well you are an idiot seen as you can even spell stupid, theres a spell checker on this for gods sake. But back to the subject you are you asked if it was a real song of course it is someone is singing it and it has a beat of course it is a song.

[Shikamaru00009]

@fatadi100 I would say that there is no such thing as a fake song, the only possible alternative to a real one. There are no fake songs, but there ARE bad songs. In the event one could possibly think a song is fake, they are merely mistaking it for a "bad" song.

This is also a legitimate song. Not fan-made, not a parody, not cover. (Not to say those are non-legitimate.) It was sung by the original artist, Nena. It was merely translated.

"There are no stupid questions. Only stupid answers."

[100hollowed]

isnt this song just aout germany sending balloons into the air..then russia being stupid,thought they were something tht was suppose to be used as an attack force against them?

[cherrydroptears]

No offence but I really hate how it types the lyrics as it goes along. It's totally hard to sing like that. :/

[IndyBearFan88]

song is about nucleur war, 99 luftballoons are ICBMs flying through the sky. Have to remember this was written and released during the cold war. Not a cheery happy song by anyones standards if you know what it's really about.

[gtravcool15]

@IndyBearFan88 It's about balloons going over the Berlin wall and the radars picking them up thinking they were missiles and starting WWIII, but the balloons themselves aren't supposed to represent ICBMs.

[BOBTHEGAS24]

good song better in German. 

[lydiafoxx]

i love this song, but it's better sung in german.

[mcjester321]

This song talks about a third world war

[TRuble510]

"ride super-hightech jet fighters"

[shaytardsrule1]

I LOVGE THIS SONG I HAEV TO SING IT IN CLASS !!

[TF141Afterburner]

lol 99 Likes hahah WIN

[EasyWayParodys]

fake and gay XD

[Joypadjunkginger]

@EasyWayParodys nah more like misleading and bicurious XD

[09badbry]

i love this song, some people dont understand it but, im german so...haha, anywho, its a good in German too ♥♥

[Dragonspirit999]

i like the goldfinger ver better by a bit

[WishedForWishes]

Lryics are pretty much changed lol

[Konata101]

<3 I love this but um, luft doesn't mean red lol. But I heard they changed the lyrics so..I'm not sure.

[Blankhank1]

luft doesnt mean red dumbasses it means air i know cause i take german

[bratchild4806]

@Blankhank1

no shit sherlock. I took four years of german and still speak it. Nena and company changed the lyrics in the English version. 

[DontOrderTheSoup]

@bratchild4806 i play guitar and speack german and it sdosn't get me famous ...... maby because i'm say hale hitler

[moviemaker1986]

@bratchild4806 Wow, you two are agreeing with each other and you both are still uncivil. Why?

[LectroidPlatypus144]

@moviemaker1986 <---- laughing in agreement with you here... reminds me of two kids seperated by a common language. My moderately informed opinion leads me to believe stuff too (or at least find items useful for hypothetical modeling/ wargaming situations/ informative labelling)

Thank you for enhancing the Entertainment Value of the comments section. Love your craft, LP

[XDKericaXD]

@Blankhank1 just becasue you atke it doesnt mean they teach you everything right DUMBASSS!

[amathus7]

@Blankhank1 your right it is air

[creamsoda178]

@Blankhank1 haha you're a dumb fat cunt, cyber fight!!!!!

[irephouston]

@Blankhank1 do you take french aswell :P

[VocalIntuition]

@Blankhank1 Wow... You take ignorance to a new level...

[LocosJopos1]

@Blankhank1 You Mongol, of course thats not the translation, by the way, its Nena who sings it, and shes German, so sit on that you BITCH

[grokumblug]

@Blankhank1 Quit being a noodle -__-

[Draedr]

If your going to troll, do the research you fucking cunt. This is an awesome song and doesn't need your negative feedback.

[imtheangeliza]

i luv this song

[TheZeldagirl10]

Havent heard this since I was like 6 :O omg good times when my dad would burn me and my sister CD's xD And my mom liked it too. Although my mom and dad are divorsed xP D: Thanks for uploading! :DD

[saki784]

@hollidusti Learn how to spell first!

[Account1297]

Because I was Curious. I went on Google Translater And This was what I found in english version. Probulay Not right, But hey It's what it got.

[sadydevil]

LAME... its got nothing to do with the original version Except the music...

[AirPiracy]

No...I still don't like this song even after all these years.

[sexonthebeach003]

If i could find a souvenier, just to prove the world was here...

[lsnows]

99 Fort Collins Luftballoons!

[AxTheRockFreak]

one for sure thing that doesn't change in the lyrics is the mention of Captain Kirk, its in both versions. Maybe different in what is mentioned but the name appears in both xD thats the only english word in the german one and it sticks out =3 this would be a good song to use for a star trek vid i think

[yamron420]

Thanks for the Vid.. P.S in English or In German Both are good....

[mileykamelia]

did nena sing that?

[euno17]

the german version is bad comapred to this. The German one 'sounds' better but the lyrics actually suck.

[xSLAMx18]

99 red ballons

[halofable574]

this song (the german version at least) was on the watchmen soundtrack for the movie. its kind of fitting when you consider what story the lyrics of the song are telling and the context of that movie.

[halofable574]

do the lyrics directly translate into english? meaning is this exactly what the lyrics are in german?

[buell5890]

no they dont the german version is better

[jennjjuli]

@halofable574 Not really. The meaning is more or less the same, but the words are completly diffrent.

[ausserweltliche]

no, the lyrics in german are very different, and better.

[halofable574]

ok ok, I wonder if there is anyplace I could get a direct translation from German to English?

[reecester2k8]

this one is by blondie lol

[reecester2k8]

yep the war started over the U.S and Soviet Union stocking up on nuclear weapons and the U.S started a project called Project Death star which shot missiles out of the sky with a laser or ballistic missile and russia diid'nt like it so they had an arguement

[reecester2k8]

this is a cold war song about if the nukes went off

[deanfangirl3]

I loved it when they used this song in Watchmen!!! Awesome. Thanks for uploading!

[QuikVidGuy]

holy shit... They start a war just because of some balloons?

[GodsBabyGirl93]

no suposeddly the 'balloons' are like red missles or something well thats what i have heard

[reecester2k8]

no the real thing that happened was a group of pigeons eading north for the winter from china & india  the russians thourght it was an attack and was ready to press the red button and get the troops ready

[mosaicglass]

I have always loved this song

[bruceamour90]

everyone`s a superhero everyone`s a captian kirk!!!

[urulesimply07]

isnt part of this song in the wedding singer

i thought is was but i was just wondering if any of you guys would know

[ssheth12]

ya it is, drew barry more sings it while listening it to it on her headphones.....then glenn proposes to her

[xdeathknight72x]

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[shaistem]

whoa. this is tripy

[Element4eva100]

haha. 0:40 gave me the micheal jackson feeling.

[hellsyes32]

No its back at base bugs in the software... Why would it be sparks? first off that doesn't even make sense.... and the "bugs" mean that the balloons are messing up the "software" and 99 decesion street.... does "99 Disisions treat" even make sense? and its Decisions

[bffmorgash]

You're right

[bratchild4806]

Not a problem ^_^'

[Geo1AR]

i like this song but i can't quite make out some of the words she singin

[peelingthepear]

there's just something that sounds so much better about the german version

[fountain16969]

completely agree, the German sounds way better

[hallrscott97]

i love this a song

[cocobean4ever]

this song uis so beautiful it makes me cry!

[JJkul1917]

This is still good, but does anybody else like the german version better?

[ichiruki4eve]

i love this song! when i die i want this to b playing at my funeral!

[bratzdirector]

man this is pretty

[RAR724]

i have a feeling that's actually going to happen one day.

[berriesrbest]

wow. what a pretty song.

[KokoroInuzuka2]

yyayyyy

[jessdapunk]

Me and my mtes are gunna make a punk rock version of this song. will be immense =D. Ohh yeshh. <3 this song so much =]

x

[lin88888]

it will be immense!!! you need to upload a video of that! this sung would be great in punk rock--the lyrics are pretty punk for as far as im concerned. Nena rocks!

[AdventureQuestIsFun]

yea thanks dude, keep it up  amigo

[bratchild4806]

Glad you guys are enjoying the vid. I hadn't seen many of these for this song, so I uploaded it ^_^'

[AndrogynLover94]

wow im your first comment!!!!!

i love this song!!!

[DurchDenMonsun24]

lolz

heyyy:D

and this is immense!!!!

luv it