Nena is the stage name of German singer and actress Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born 24 March 1960 in Hagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany). Nena was also the name of the band with whom she released the 1984 English recording of her most well-known song "99 Red Balloons" (orginally released in Germany in 1983 as "99 Luftballons")
Nena acquired her nickname, which means "baby girl" in Spanish, at the age of 3 during a vacation to Spain. Her first band was called The Stripes (1979).
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
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 til one by one they were gone Back at base bugs in the software Flash the message something's out there Floating in the summer sky Ninety-nine red balloons go by
Ninety-nine 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 Where ninety-nine red balloons go by
Ninety-nine decision street Ninety-nine 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 ninety-nine red balloons go by
Ninety-nine 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 Ninety-nine red balloons go by
As ninety-nine red balloons go by
Ninety-nine 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