Number one on 13 March 1984, Jonny's 19th birthday
99 Red Balloons
Nena
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- Reached number oneweek ending 3 March 1984
- Weeks at number one3
- LabelEpic
- Decade1980s
The song
"99 Luftballons" is a song by the West German band Nena from their 1983 self-titled album. An English-language version titled "99 Red Balloons", with lyrics by Kevin McAlea, was also released by Nena on the album 99 Luftballons in 1984 after widespread success of the original in Europe and Japan. The English version is not a direct translation of the German original and contains lyrics with a somewhat different meaning. In the US, the English-language version did not chart, while the German-language recording became Nena's only US hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
Nena
Nena was a West German Neue Deutsche Welle band formed in West Berlin in 1981 and active until 1987. In 1983 and 1984, their German-language song "99 Luftballons" reached number one in the singles charts of countries around the world.
This decade's look
Neon and Memphis: a dark indigo ground, cyan, hot pink and yellow, a neon-tube display face, a geometric sans and hard square shadows.