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词条 99 Luftballons
释义

  1. Lyrics

  2. English version and other re-recordings

  3. Reception

  4. Music video

  5. Chart positions

     German version  Weekly charts  Year-end charts  Certifications and sales  English version  Weekly charts  Year-end charts  Certifications and sales  2002 re-release 

  6. See also

  7. References

  8. External links

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| type = single
| artist = Nena
| album = Nena and 99 Luftballons
| released = {{unbulleted list|1983 {{small|(West Germany)}}|1984 {{small|(United Kingdom)}}}}
| format = {{hlist|7-inch single|12-inch single}}
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| venue =
| genre = Neue Deutsche Welle
| length = 3:53
| label = Epic
| writer = {{unbulleted list|Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen {{small|(music)}}|Carlo Karges {{small|(German lyrics)}}|Kevin McAlea {{small|(English lyrics)}}}}
| producer =
| prev_title = Nur geträumt
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Leuchtturm
| next_year = 1983
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"99 Luftballons" ({{lang-de|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 different meaning.[1]

Lyrics

While at a June 1982 concert by the Rolling Stones in West Berlin, Nena's guitarist Carlo Karges noticed that balloons were being released. As he watched them move toward the horizon, he noticed them shifting and changing shapes, where they looked like strange spacecraft (referred to in the German lyrics as a "UFO"). He thought about what might happen if they floated over the Berlin Wall to the Soviet sector.[2]

Also cited by the band was a newspaper article from the Las Vegas Review-Journal about five local high school students in 1973 who played a prank to simulate a UFO by launching 99 (one was lost from the original 100) aluminized Mylar balloons attached with ribbons to a traffic flare. The red flame from the flare reflected by the balloons gave the appearance of a large pulsating red object floating over Red Rock Canyon outside the Las Vegas Valley in Nevada.[3]

A direct translation of the title is sometimes given as "Ninety-Nine Air Balloons", but the song became known in English as "Ninety-Nine Red Balloons".[4][5] The title "99 Red Balloons" almost scans correctly with the syllables falling in the right places within the rhythm of the first line of lyrics, although Neunundneunzig (99) has one syllable more than "ninety-nine".

The lyrics of the original German version tell a story: 99 balloons set free by a couple of friends are mistaken for UFOs, causing a general to send pilots to investigate. Finding nothing but children's balloons, the pilots decide to put on a show and shoot them down. The display of force worries the nations along the borders and the defense ministers on each side bang the drums of conflict to grab power for themselves. In the end, a 99-year war results from the otherwise harmless flight of balloons, causing devastation on all sides without a victor. At the end, the singer walks through the devastated ruins with a balloon. Thinking of someone, they let it loose and watch it fly away.[6]

English version and other re-recordings

The English version retains the spirit of the original narrative, but many of the lyrics are translated poetically rather than directly translated: red helium balloons are casually released by the civilian singer (narrator) with her unnamed friend into the sky and are registered as missiles by a faulty early warning system; the balloons are mistaken for military aircraft which results in panic and eventually nuclear war, with the end of the song near-identical to the end of the original German version.[6]

From the outset Nena and other members of the band expressed disapproval for the English version of the song, "99 Red Balloons". In March 1984, the band's keyboardist and song co-writer Uwe Fahrenkrog Petersen said, "We made a mistake there. I think the song loses something in translation and even sounds silly."[7] In another interview that month the band including Nena herself were quoted as being "not completely satisfied" with the English version since it was "too blatant" for a group not wishing to be seen as a protest band.[8] Despite having given in excess of 500 concerts over a period of more than 30 years, Nena has never sung "99 Red Balloons" live, even at her rare concerts in England, always performing the German version instead.[9]{{failed verification|date=June 2015}}

There have been two re-recordings of the original German version of the song that have been released by Nena: a modern version in 2002, which was included on Nena feat. Nena (2002),[10] and a retro version in 2009,[11] which included some verses in French.

Live recordings of the song are included on all seven of Nena's live albums, dating from 1995 to 2018.[12][13][14]

A special edit that combined the English and German versions of the song was played on American Top 40 with Casey Kasem for the week of 24 March 1984 (Program #814-12).[15]

A version of this song with Spanish lyrics, Mi Globo Azul (English: 'My Blue Balloon'), was recorded by the Mexican band, Timbiriche in 1985.

Reception

American and Australian audiences preferred the original German version, which became a very successful non-English-language song, topping charts in both countries, reaching {{nobr|No.{{space|hair}}1}} on the Cash Box chart, Kent Music Report, and {{nobr|No.{{space|thin}}2}} on the Billboard Hot 100, behind "Jump" by Van Halen.[16] It was certified Gold by the RIAA. The later-released English translation, "99 Red Balloons", topped the charts in the UK, Canada and Ireland.

In his 2010 book What Happened?, critic and musician Scott Miller declared that the song possesses "one of the best hooks of the eighties" and listed it among his top song picks for 1984. Nonetheless, he cautioned: "It must be admitted that this song suffers from an embarrassingly out-of-place disco funk interlude, and the word kriegsminister."[17]

Music video

The promotional video, which was originally made for the Dutch music programme TopPop and broadcast on 13 March 1983, was shot in a Dutch military training camp, the band performing the song on a stage in front of a backdrop of fires and explosions provided by the Dutch Army. Towards the end of the video, the band are seen taking cover and abandoning the stage, which was unplanned and genuine since they believed the explosive blasts were getting out of control.[18]

VH1 Classic, an American cable television station, ran a charity event for Hurricane Katrina relief in 2006. Viewers who made donations were allowed to choose which music videos the station would play. One viewer donated $35,000 for the right to program an entire hour and requested continuous play of "99 Luftballons" and "99 Red Balloons" videos. The station broadcast the videos as requested from 2:00 to 3:00 pm EST on 26 March 2006.[19][20]

Chart positions

German version

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1983–1984)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[21]1
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[22]1
Japan (Oricon International Chart)[23]1
Japan (Oricon Singles Chart)[23]16
Spain (AFYVE)[24]10
Poland (LP3)[25]23
US Billboard Dance Club Play[26]22
US Cash Box[27]1
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Year-end charts

Chart (1983)Rank
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[28]17
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[29]27
Germany (Official German Charts)[30]2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[31]14
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[32]5
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[33]6
Chart (1984)Rank
Australia (Kent Music Report)[34]18
France (IFOP)[35]16
US Billboard Hot 100[36]28
US Cash Box[37]31

Certifications and sales

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English version

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1984)Peak
position
South Africa (Springbok Radio)[40]3

Year-end charts

Chart (1984)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[41]13
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Certifications and sales

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2002 re-release

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Chart (2002)Peak
position
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[42]82

See also

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  • Stanislav Petrov, a Soviet early-warning system operator who in 1983 disregarded a false nuclear attack alarm (from shining clouds, rather than balloons) and may have prevented a nuclear war.
  • List of anti-war songs
  • Lists of number-one singles (Austria)
  • List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1980s
  • List of number-one singles of 1984 (Canada)
  • List of Cash Box Top 100 number-one singles of 1984
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  • List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1983
  • List of European number-one hits of 1983
  • List of number-one hits of 1983 (Germany)
  • List of number-one singles of 1984 (Ireland)
  • List of number-one singles from the 1980s (New Zealand)
  • List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden
  • List of number-one singles of the 1980s (Switzerland)
  • List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 1980s
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References

1. ^{{cite web|title= 99 Red Balloons – interview with the writer, Kevin McAlea |publisher= Eighty-eightynine |url= http://www.eightyeightynine.com/music/99luftballoons-english.html |accessdate= 17 July 2014}}
2. ^Rolling Stone, 15 March 1984
3. ^{{cite news|title= Strange flying object sighted over Red Rock |date= 9 September 1973 |newspaper= Las Vegas Review-Journal}}
4. ^{{cite web|title= The New English-German Dictionary: "Luftballon" |accessdate= 2 June 2007 |url= http://www.iee.et.tu-dresden.de/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/wernerr/search.sh?string=luftballon&nocase=on&hits=50 |quote= balloon -- der Luftballon}} {{dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
5. ^{{cite web|title= The New English-German Dictionary: "Balloon" |accessdate= 2 June 2007 |url= http://www.iee.et.tu-dresden.de/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/wernerr/search.sh?string=balloon&nocase=on&hits=50 |quote= balloon -- der Ballon, balloon -- der Luftballon}} {{dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
6. ^1 {{cite web|title= 99 Luftballons, Side by Side Comparison |website= In the 80s |accessdate= 29 October 2014|url= http://www.inthe80s.com/redger3.shtml}}
7. ^{{cite magazine|title= A very good group from Germany |magazine= No.1 |date= 17 March 1984 |page= 38}}
8. ^{{cite magazine|first= Andy |last= Strike |title= 99 Red Herrings |magazine= Record Mirror |date= 10 March 1984 |page= 14}}
9. ^{{cite web|title= Nena tours and setlists |url= http://www.nena.de/gigografie |publisher= Nena.de |accessdate= 10 June 2015}}
10. ^{{cite web|title= Nena feat. Nena – 20 Jahre by Nena |url= https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/nena-feat.-nena-20-jahre/id79336560?l=en |publisher= iTunes DE. Apple Inc. |accessdate= 27 June 2013}}
11. ^{{cite web|title= 99 Luftballons – Single by Nena |url= https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/99-luftballons-single/id587139487 |publisher= iTunes US. Apple Inc. |accessdate= 27 June 2013}}
12. ^{{cite web|title= 99 Luftballons |url= http://www.nena.de/de/99-luftballons |website= Nena.de |accessdate= 8 March 2016}}
13. ^{{cite web|title= Live at SO36 |url= http://www.nena.de/de/discografie/live-so36 |website= Nena.de |accessdate= 8 March 2016}}
14. ^{{cite web|title= Nichts Versäumt Live |website= Nena.de |accessdate= 9 November 2018 |url= https://www.nena.de/en/node/2505}}
15. ^{{cite book|first= Pete |last= Battistini |year= 2010 |title= American Top 40 with Casey Kasem (the 1980s) |publisher= AuthorHouse |page= 224 |isbn= 978-1-45205-038-6}}
16. ^{{cite magazine|title= March 3, 1984 – The Hot 100 |url= http://www.billboard.com/charts/1984-03-03/hot-100 |magazine= Billboard |date= 3 March 1984 |accessdate= 17 July 2014}}
17. ^{{cite book|first= Scott |last= Miller |authorlink= Scott Miller (pop musician) |title= Music: What Happened? |year= 2010 |page= 120 |publisher= 125 Books |location= Alameda, CA |isbn= 978-0-61538-196-1}}
18. ^{{cite book|first= Rolf |last= Brendel |year= 2014 |title= Nena – Geschichte einer Band |publisher= Aufbau Verlag GmbH & Co |location= Berlin |pages= 131–5 |isbn= 978-3-35105-015-3}}
19. ^{{cite press release|title= VH1 Classic to Air the Classic 80s Music Video '99 Luftballons' for an Entire Hour on Sunday, 26 March |date= 22 March 2006 |publisher= VH1 Classic. PR Newswire |accessdate= 28 March 2014 |url= http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vh1-classic-to-air-the-classic-80s-music-video-99-luftballons-for-an-entire-hour-on-sunday-march-26-55496712.html}}
20. ^{{cite news|title= VH1 Classic to air '99 Red Balloons' music video for a full hour |newspaper= USA Today |agency= Associated Press |date= 24 March 2006 |accessdate= 11 October 2017 |url= https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2006-03-24-vh1-classic-fundraiser_x.htm}}
21. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.worldcharts.co.uk/chartfeatures/aus/aus80.htm |title= Australia No. 1 hits -- 1980's |website= World Charts |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170109053925/http://www.worldcharts.co.uk/chartfeatures/aus/aus80.htm |archivedate= 9 January 2017}}
22. ^{{cite web|title= MusicSeek.info – UK, Eurochart, Billboard & Cashbox No.1 Hits |website= MusicSeek.info |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060614052149/http://musicseek.info/no1hits/1983.htm |archivedate= 14 June 2006 |url= http://musicseek.info/no1hits/1983.htm}}
23. ^1 {{jp}} {{cite web|title= Japan #1 IMPORT DISKS by Oricon Hot Singles |publisher= Hbr3.sakura.ne.jp |url= http://www.hbr3.sakura.ne.jp/JPP1_e.htm |accessdate= 17 July 2014}}
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25. ^{{cite web|title= 99 LUFTBALLONS – Nena |publisher= LP3 |accessdate= 22 December 2014 |url= http://lp3.polskieradio.pl/utwor/artykul4759,178_99_luftballons.aspx |language= pl}}
26. ^{{cite web|title= Nena – Awards |website= AllMusic |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/nena-mn0000395187/awards |archivedate= 28 May 2016 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160528051608/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/nena-mn0000395187/awards}}
27. ^{{cite magazine|title= CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending MARCH 10, 1984 |magazine= Cash Box |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19840310.html |archivedate= 30 September 2012 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120930235101/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19840310.html}}
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30. ^{{de icon}} {{cite web|title= Jahrescharts – 1983 |magazine= Cash Box |url= https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1983 |archivedate= 9 May 2015 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150509000529/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1983}}
31. ^{{cite web|title= Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1983 |publisher= Dutch Top 40 |accessdate= 17 July 2014 |url= http://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1983 |language= nl}}
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37. ^{{cite magazine|url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1984YESP.html |title= The CASH BOX Year-End Charts: 1984 |deadurl= yes |magazine= Cash Box |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120930234839/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1984YESP.html |archivedate= 30 September 2012}}
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39. ^{{cite web|title= Les Meilleures Ventes "Tout Temps" de 45 T. / Singles / Téléchargement |url= http://www.infodisc.fr/Ventes_Chansons_Tout_Temps.php?debut=200 |publisher= InfoDisc |accessdate= 13 May 2016 |language= fr}}
40. ^{{cite web|title= South African Rock Lists Website SA Charts 1969 – 1989 Acts (N) |website= Rock.co.za |url= http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(N).html |accessdate= 21 June 2013}}
41. ^{{cite magazine|title= Top 100 Singles of 1984 |magazine= RPM |volume= 41 |issue= 17 |date= 5 January 1985 |accessdate= 17 July 2014 |url= http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9638&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9638.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9638}}
42. ^{{cite web|title= Dutchcharts.nl – Nena – 99 Luftballons |publisher= Single Top 100 |language= nl |url= http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Nena&titel=99+Luftballons+%5B2002%5D&cat=s |accessdate= 17 July 2014}}

External links

  • {{MetroLyrics song|nena|99-luftballons-german}}
  • {{YouTube|id=La4Dcd1aUcE|title="99 Luftballons"}}
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