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The song lyrics told a dark humorous Cold War story. 99 red balloons filled the air, people panic over a faulty anti-missile reading and it starts World War 3.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Luftballons
"99 Luftballons" (German: Neunundneunzig Luftballons, "99 balloons") is a song by the German band Nena from their 1983 self-titled album. An English-language version titled "99 Red Balloons", with lyrics by Kevin McAlea, was also released on the album 99 Luftballons in 1984 after widespread success of the original in Europe and Japan. The English version is not a direct translation of the German original and contains lyrics with a somewhat...
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<3 Have always love this song in German- just doesn't sound right to me in English
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