After Nena entered the charts again in collaboration with German DJ WestBam ("Oldschool, Baby"), "99 Luftballons" made it's entry on #28 in the German Single Top 100 this week.

"99 Luftballons" is the advance single from Nenas forthcoming album "20 Jahre Nena - Nena feat. Nena" which is soon available in Germany.
All tracks on this album are completely new versions, some of them in collaboration with other artists like Udo Lindenberg, Joachim Witt, Tok Tok and Kim Wilde (!).

Tracklist Album:

1. 99 Luftballons (Album Version)
2. Anyplace, anywhere, anytime (feat. Kim Wilde)
3. Nur geträumt
4. Leuchtturm
5. Fragezeichen
6. Wunder geschehen (feat. Joachim Witt)
7. Jetzt bist du weg (feat.Udo Lindenberg)
8. Lass mich dein Pirat sein
9. Es regnet
10. Lichtarbeiter
11. Vollmond
12. Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann
13. Ich häng immer noch an dir (feat. Tok Tok)

Order No. WEA CD 6233751

Tracklist Single:

1. 99 Luftballons (New Version) (Westbam Remix) 04:05
2. 99 Luftballons (New Version) (Clean Radio Mix) 03:19
3. 99 Luftballons (New Version) (Album Version) 05:19
4. 99 Luftballons (Old Version) (Live Version) 05:00
5. 99 Luftballons (New Version) (Westbam Remix) 06:29

Order No. WSM (WEA) CDM 6088569

The record that knocked "Relax" off of the top of the UK charts originally!!!!

RESPECT!!!!

Speaking of Nena's best known hit, could someone help clarify something that is confusing me a bit? Based on my observations, there appears to be four different recordings of the same song, with the following titles.

99 Luftballons (German)
99 Luftballons (English)
99 Red Balloons (German)
99 Red Balloons (English)

The only one of those I have in my music collection is the German 99 Luftballons. "Weird Al" Yankovic used a sample of the German 99 Red Balloons for his "Hooked on Polkas" song, and that sounds very much the same to me. Are those four different songs I just listed, or are they really just two in which they go by two different titles? Thanks.

RockBoy83

Originally posted by RockBoy83
Speaking of Nena's best known hit, could someone help clarify something that is confusing me a bit? Based on my observations, there appears to be four different recordings of the same song, with the following titles.

99 Luftballons (German)
99 Luftballons (English)
99 Red Balloons (German)
99 Red Balloons (English)

The only one of those I have in my music collection is the German 99 Luftballons. "Weird Al" Yankovic used a sample of the German 99 Red Balloons for his "Hooked on Polkas" song, and that sounds very much the same to me. Are those four different songs I just listed, or are they really just two in which they go by two different titles? Thanks.

RockBoy83

Strictly said, there are only two versions apart from the 2002 reworks/remixes - the German one (99 Luftballons) and the English one (99 Red Balloons) which features different lyrics - the music is the same.

Thanks for the info, Wavemaster.

RockBoy83

Originally posted by wavemaster
Strictly said, there are only two versions apart from the 2002 reworks/remixes - the German one (99 Luftballons) and the English one (99 Red Balloons) which features different lyrics - the music is the same.

I've heard both the English- and German-language versions--but no remixes--of "99 Luftballoons"/"99 Red Balloons."

Don't forget the 12"! The one from the 80s, not 2002. I have the English one but I don't know if there's a German one.

Originally posted by wavemaster


Strictly said, there are only two versions apart from the 2002 reworks/remixes - the German one (99 Luftballons) and the English one (99 Red Balloons) which features different lyrics - the music is the same.

I don't want to sound ignorant, but I thought they were the same lyrics just different languages. :confused:

Originally posted by jen*


I don't want to sound ignorant, but I thought they were the same lyrics just different languages. :confused:

I don't want to sound like a smart ass, but they are different...just a little bit, admittedly. :D

Basically, the subject is the same.