99 Luftballons (1984)

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Title: 99 Luftballons
Artist: Nena
Genre: Pop
Released: 1984

Tracks:
1 - 99 Red Balloons - 4:45 -
2 - ? (Fragezeichen) - 4:31
3 - Hangin' on You - 4:15
4 - Just a Dream - 3:31
5 - Let Me Be Your Pirate - 4:53
6 - Kino - 2:42
7 - Das Land der Elefanten - 3:42
8 - Leuchtturm - 3:13
9 - Rette mich - 3:19
10 - Unerkannt durch's Märchenland - 3:22
11 - 99 Luftballons - 3:53

Overview:
The well-known title track is included here twice (in English and German versions), and the rest of the album, also split down the middle between English and German lyrics, is rounded out by lightweight new wave pop confections like "?" and "Hangin' on You." Although the record's dated production is clearly a souvenir of the early '80s, Nena's bouncy synth pop is likable just the same.
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Music information in first post provided by The AudioDB
So Balloons was never part of an album? It was just a single on its own?
 
Linda Ann said:
So Balloons was never part of an album? It was just a single on its own?
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I’m sorry that I missed this. Not sure why I didn’t see it sooner. To answer your question it wasn’t just a standalone single! 99 Luftballons was part of an album. Actually it was part of two of them.The original German version appeared on Nena’s 1983 album called Nena (same as the band’s name). Then in 1984 they released an English language album called 99 Luftballons that included the English version 99 Red Balloons plus a few other translated tracks.

So yeah, it was def part of albums. It just blew up as a huge single worldwide.
 
Oh that’s so cool. I had no idea that there was a German version.
 
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