XxXDemiseXxX (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Haha. This song is amazingly funny. :]

sfdoc21 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Goldfinger sucks

theformat29 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

its not, its fun to try and sing this song

beepbeepimajeep11 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Goldfinger's version is better :P

deb74pv (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Ich liebe dieses lied!

ForRome92 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

When they wrote the song in english they had to think of another adjective to use because if she just said balon in german it would mean blimp, luftbalon means balloon. Since they didnt have to do that in english they used red to keep the rythem of the song. And the english version isnt a direct translation because words that might rhyme in german might not rhyme in english and vice versa.

beautycontrol101 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

the german version i think is so much better than the english one even though both of them are fantastic!

Masokinski (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

Both the English and German versions of the song tell a story of ninety-nine balloons floating into the air, triggering an apocalyptic overreaction by military forces. The music was composed by Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, the keyboardist of Nena's band, while Karges wrote the original German lyrics. Kevin McAlea wrote the English version, titled "99 Red Balloons". The English version is not a direct translation of the German but contains a somewhat different set of lyrics.

BetePete (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

ever notice the last explosion is sorta the same shape as the spruce tree on the left when they dissolve out of the shot, of the explosion?

sarahaudrey03 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm)

red and air are both single syllable words though...it had to be some other reason.