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Rhythm 8.5
Melody 8.7
Instruments 8.3
Lyrics 8.7
Vocal 8.2
This song has been reviewed 12 times. Overall score for this song, 8.5.
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Nena - 99 Red Balloons Lyrics

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Title99 Red Balloons
ArtistNena
Album99 Luftballons (1984) , Track 1
GenrePop, Rock
Rank7,061 (+1,858) history
Referring urlstop 10

Song lyrics
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
'Till one by one they were gone
Back at base bugs in the software
Flash the message "somethings out there"
Floating in the summer sky
99 red balloons go by

99 red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells it's red alert
There's something here from somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky as 99 red balloons go by

99 Decision Street
99 ministers meet
To worry, worry, super scurry
Call the troops out in a hurry
This is what we've waited for
This is it boys, this is war
The president is on the line
As 99 red balloons go by

99 knights of the air
Ride super high tech jet fighters
Everyone's a super hero Everyone's a Captain Kirk
With orders to identify
To clarify, and classify
Scramble in the summer sky
99 red balloons go by
99 red balloons go by

99 dreams I have had In every one a red balloon
It's all over and I'm standing pretty
In this dust that was a city
If I could find a souvenir
Just to prove the world was here
And here is a red balloon
I think of you, and let it go
lyrics submitted by Kayla
lyrics corrected by Chris on 28-08-2009




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10-09-2004 20:32Venomous_Poison is offline Venomous_Poison 

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Oh please it's already been covered too many times
26-10-2004 16:56bamluva is offline bamluva 

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this was the original but they're all good xx xx
26-12-2004 22:05MuskipperMoose is offline MuskipperMoose 

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I love this song. It is so deep and true. Even in German you can tell she is singing about the war.
26-12-2004 22:08emoburtonrider is offline emoburtonrider 

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y doesnt she just make it 100?
09-04-2005 06:43magdalena_b_m is offline magdalena_b_m 

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cus she doesnt want to
09-04-2005 06:53Sorayaaa is offline Sorayaaa 

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pff I hate that song
maybe because it's german
09-05-2005 03:53butterflyalmond is offline butterflyalmond 


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You buy 100 balloons in a bag so at the end of the song she says she lets the last one go. That is why the song isn't 100 red balloons...hope that helps!!
10-05-2005 01:14xoparisxo617 is offline xoparisxo617 


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Great song. I like that its really unique and nothing like what you hear on the radio today.
25-09-2005 17:28gustavo_uuff is offline gustavo_uuff 

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even in german is a catchy and cool song, it sounds really eightiely :cheers:
20-02-2006 11:43TiffontheMoon is offline TiffontheMoon 

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What else can you say about this song? It's catchy... but it makes no sense
13-03-2006 23:22Pippin247 is offline Pippin247 


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this is one of my favorite songs ever

the german version is pretty amazing too.
26-04-2006 21:20babs85 is offline babs85 

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i don't know how you can't like this song. It is about all those paranoid people who will start a war for any reason. They see a bunch of ballons and think the "enemy" is attacking and then no more world. The only thing that is left is one red balloon. It is a deep social concious song
12-07-2006 17:24kav_is_da_best is offline kav_is_da_best 

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this is an AMAZING song! i will never get sick of it. ever!
22-11-2006 19:46MaryIna is offline MaryIna 

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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
Till one by one, they were gone
Back at base sparks in the software
Flash the message, somethings out there
Floating in the summer sky
99 red balloons go by

99 red balloons
Floating in the summer sky
Panic bells it's red alert
There's something here from somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky as 99 red balloons go by

99 decisions treat
99 ministers meet
To worry, worry, super scurry
Call the troops out in a hurry
This is what we've waited for
This is it boys, this is war
The president is on the line
As 99 red balloons go by

99 knights of the air
Ride super high tech jet fighters
Everyone's a super hero Everyone's a Captain Kirk
With orders to identify
To clarify, and classify
Scramble in the summer sky
99 red balloons go by
99 red balloons go by

99 dreams I have had In every one a red balloon
It's all over and I'm standing pretty
In this dust that was a city
If I could find a souvenir
Just to prove the world was here
And here is a red balloon
I think of you, and let it go


GREAT SONG I COULD LISTEN TO IT ALL DAY [offtopic] SONG IS TOTALLY DEFINATELY ABOUT WAR AND IF U CANT C THT THE UMM IDK DUR DURR DURR compliments of Carlos Mencia lol


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