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Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born March 25, 1960), better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer. She is best known for her 1983 hit song "99 Luftballons" ("99 Red Balloons" in English).

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Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born March 25, 24, 1960), better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer. She is best known for her 1983 hit song "99 Luftballons" ("99 Red Balloons" in English).
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* ShoutOut: In both the original and English versions of "99 Luftballons", the gung-ho jet fighter pilots think/act like they're [[Franchise/StarTrek Captain Kirk]], with tragic consequences.

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->''"Hast du etwas Zeit für mich?''\\
''Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich..."'' [[labelnote:Translation]]"Do you have some time for me? / Then I'll sing a song for you ..."[[/labelnote]]

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\n->''"Hast du etwas Zeit für mich?''\\
''Dann
mich?\\
Dann
singe ich ein Lied für dich..."'' [[labelnote:Translation]]"Do "''[[labelnote:Translation]]"Do you have some time for me? / Then I'll sing a song for you ...you..."[[/labelnote]]
-->-- "99 Luftballons"






* BookEnds: ''99 Luftballons'' opens with the English version of the TitleTrack and ends with the German version.

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* BookEnds: ''99 Luftballons'' ApocalypseHow: Class 2. "99 Luftballons" tells the story of two kids who buy 99 red balloons from a party store, inflate them, and set them free to the wind. Government radars proceed to misread them as international spy drones, and accusations are thrown from country to country over whose they belong to, resulting in a war that ends up wiping out most of humanity and ruins nearly every city in the world.
* {{Bookends}}: "99 Luftballons"
opens with the English version of the TitleTrack and ends with the German version.
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* CoverSong: ''Cover Me'' is an entire album of her covering various other artists, including Music/TheRollingStones, Music/BobDylan, Music/DavidBowie, and Music/{{The Cure|Band}}.

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* CoverSong: ''Cover Me'' is an entire album of her covering various other artists, including Music/TheRollingStones, Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}, Music/BobDylan, Music/DavidBowie, and Music/{{The Cure|Band}}.
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* CoverSong: ''Cover Me'' is an entire album of her covering various other artists, including Music/TheRollingStones, Music/BobDylan, Music/DavidBowie, and Music/TheCure.

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* CoverSong: ''Cover Me'' is an entire album of her covering various other artists, including Music/TheRollingStones, Music/BobDylan, Music/DavidBowie, and Music/TheCure.Music/{{The Cure|Band}}.
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''Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich..."''[[labelnote:Translation]]"Do you have some time for me? / Then I'll sing a song for you ..."[[/labelnote]]

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''Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich..."''[[labelnote:Translation]]"Do "'' [[labelnote:Translation]]"Do you have some time for me? / Then I'll sing a song for you ..."[[/labelnote]]
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->''Hast du etwas Zeit für mich?''\\
''Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich...''

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->''Hast ->''"Hast du etwas Zeit für mich?''\\
''Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich...''
"''[[labelnote:Translation]]"Do you have some time for me? / Then I'll sing a song for you ..."[[/labelnote]]
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* TheMovieBuff: The song "Kino" is essentially about one's love of going to the movies.

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* ''99 Luftballons'' (1984)

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* ''99 Luftballons'' (1984)(1984)[[note]]An international-oriented remix of ''Nena''.[[/note]]



* BookEnds: ''99 Luftballons'' opens with the English version of the TitleTrack and ends with the German version.



* CoverSong: ''Cover Me'' is an entire album of her covering various other artists, including Music/TheRollingStones, Music/BobDylan, Music/DavidBowie, and The Cure.

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* CoverSong: ''Cover Me'' is an entire album of her covering various other artists, including Music/TheRollingStones, Music/BobDylan, Music/DavidBowie, and The Cure.Music/TheCure.
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* LetsDuet: Performed one with Kim Wilde on the song "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime".

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* LetsDuet: Performed one with Kim Wilde Music/KimWilde on the song "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime".
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Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born March 25, 1960), better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer. She is best known for her 1983 hit song "99 Luftballons" ("99 Red Balloons" in English). Trivia/{{Nena}}

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Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born March 25, 1960), better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer. She is best known for her 1983 hit song "99 Luftballons" ("99 Red Balloons" in English). Trivia/{{Nena}}
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* UsefulNotes/ColdWar: The government paranoia and their finger hovering over the button of nuclear annihilation by the slightest incentive are reflected in "99 Luftballons."

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* UsefulNotes/ColdWar: The government paranoia and their finger hovering over the button of nuclear annihilation by the slightest incentive are reflected in "99 Luftballons."Luftballons".



* LyricalDissonance: "99 Luftballons" is a catchy, dancable PostPunk song about the military bombing a small town after mistaking some balloons for bogies. Kerner jokes that this was why the English version she recorded wasn't as successful.

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* LyricalDissonance: "99 Luftballons" is a catchy, dancable danceable PostPunk song about the military bombing a small town after mistaking some balloons for bogies. Kerner jokes that this was why the English version she recorded wasn't as successful.

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Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born March 25, 1960), better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer. She is best known for her 1983 hit song "99 Luftballons" ("99 Red Balloons" in English).

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Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born March 25, 1960), better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer. She is best known for her 1983 hit song "99 Luftballons" ("99 Red Balloons" in English).
English). Trivia/{{Nena}}



* EnforcedMethodActing: Mixed with ThrowItIn, for the video for "99 Luftballons", according to the old ''Pop-up Video'' show on VH-1. Apparently, the explosions in the video were set off a bit too close to the stage, genuinely scaring Nena. Her [[CoolDownHug being held by one of her bandmates]] near the end was therefore not intended by the director, but was a genuine attempt to comfort her.
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Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born March 25, 1960, in the city of Hagen), better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer. She is best known for her 1983 hit song "99 Luftballons" ("99 Red Balloons" in English).

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Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born March 25, 1960, in the city of Hagen), 1960), better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer. She is best known for her 1983 hit song "99 Luftballons" ("99 Red Balloons" in English).
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* AfterTheEnd: The final verse of "99 Luftballons" has a survivor exploring a ruined city after "ninety-nine years of war" has destroyed civilization as we know it.
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* CoverSong: ''Cover Me'' is an entire album of her covering various other artists, including Music/TheRollingStones, Music/BobDylan, Music/DavidBowie, and The Cure.
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'''As the solo artist Nena:'''
* ''Wunder gescheh'n'' (1989)
* ''Bongo Girl'' (1992)
* ''Und alles dreht sich'' (1994)
* ''Jamma nich'' (1997)
* ''Wenn alles richtig ist, dann stimmt was nich'' (1998)
* ''Chokmah'' (2001)
* ''Nena feat. Nena'' (2002)
* ''Willst du mit mir gehn'' (2005)
* ''Cover Me'' (2007)
* ''Made in Germany'' (2009)
* ''Du bist gut'' (2012)
* ''Oldschool'' (2015)

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* ''99 Luftballons'' (1983)

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'''As the band Nena:'''
* ''Nena'' (1983)
* ''99 Luftballons'' (1983)(1984)



* ''Feuer und Flamme'' (1984)

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* ''Feuer und Flamme'' (1984)(1985)
* ''It's All in the Game'' (1985)
* ''Eisbrecher'' (1986)
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* LetsDuet: Performed one with Kim Wilde on the song "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime".
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* MyNameIsQuestionMarks: One of her songs is simply titled "?".
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Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born March 25, 1960 in Hagen), better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer. She is best known for her 1983 hit song "99 Luftballons" ("99 Red Balloons" in English).

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Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born March 25, 1960 1960, in the city of Hagen), better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer. She is best known for her 1983 hit song "99 Luftballons" ("99 Red Balloons" in English).

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Gabriele Susanne Kerner, better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer. She is best known for her 1983 hit song "99 Luftballons" ("99 Red Balloons" in English).

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Gabriele Susanne Kerner, Kerner (born March 25, 1960 in Hagen), better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer. She is best known for her 1983 hit song "99 Luftballons" ("99 Red Balloons" in English).



!!99 Lufttropes

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!!99 Lufttropes!!''99 Lufttropes''!



* ShootEverythingThatMoves: What "99 Luftballons" is about: "Something showing up on the radar? No time to figure out what it is! [[NukeEm Nuke it]]!"

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* ShootEverythingThatMoves: What "99 Luftballons" is about: "Something showing up on the radar? No time to figure out what it is! [[NukeEm Nuke it]]!"it]]!"
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* EnforcedMethodActing: Mixed with ThrowItIn, for the video for "99 Luftballons", according to the old ''Pop-up Video'' show on VH-1. Apparently, the explosions in the video were set off a bit too close to the stage, genuinely scaring Nena. Her [[CoolDownHug being held by one of her bandmates]] near the end was therefore not intended by the director, but was a genuine attempt to comfort her.
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->''Hast du etwas Zeit für mich?''\\
''Dann singe ich ein Lied für dich...''
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* ''Feuer und Flamme'' (1984)

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* ''Feuer und Flamme'' (1984)(1984)
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!!99 Lufttropes
* UsefulNotes/ColdWar: The government paranoia and their finger hovering over the button of nuclear annihilation by the slightest incentive are reflected in "99 Luftballons."
* LyricalDissonance: "99 Luftballons" is a catchy, dancable PostPunk song about the military bombing a small town after mistaking some balloons for bogies. Kerner jokes that this was why the English version she recorded wasn't as successful.
* ShootEverythingThatMoves: What "99 Luftballons" is about: "Something showing up on the radar? No time to figure out what it is! [[NukeEm Nuke it]]!"
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Gabriele Susanne Kerner, better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer. She is best known for her 1983 hit song "99 Luftballons" ("99 Red Balloons" in English).

!!Discography
* ''99 Luftballons'' (1983)
* ''? (Fragezeichen)'' (1983)
* ''Feuer und Flamme'' (1984)

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