99 Red Balloons (The Best Song of the 80s)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYQTFudrqc (German)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14IRDDnEPR4&feature=related (English)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DMcoqbU2X0&feature=related (English-extended)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRZ1RPf_d_E&feature=related (German-2002 verson)

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

No one could sing about 99 red balloons like she could. Nena was the German new-wave pop icon of the 1980s. Her 1983 hit "99 Luftballons" went on to become the first song by a German-speaking band to reach number one in the US charts. Whether in Japan, Mexico, Canada, Australia or Britain, everyone loved hearing her smoky voice sing about Cold War tension. Born Gabriele Susanne Kerner in 1960, Nena got her nickname from a holiday in Spain as a three-year-old, where the Spaniards took to calling her niña, or girl. Nena's band broke up in 1987, and she embarked on a less successful solo career and founded a family. But the new millennium marked Nena's unexpected comeback. Her 2005 album "Willst du mit mir gehen?" even went platinum. Nena's heart belongs to children though. Since 1990, she has made several children's albums and synchronized or contributed songs for children's films. She is also the founder of the organization "Wonders Exist," which supports children and teenagers living in homes and socially weak families.

(fur Bill)