[post_page_title]99 Red Balloons – Nuclear war[/post_page_title]
99 Red Balloons was originally recorded in singer Nena’s native language, German. The song was later translated into English, and with that translation, it lost some of its meaning.
The song is about 99 balloons that were mistaken for UFOs which causes a military general to send in the bombs. Bombing the balloons is seen as an aggressive act and starts a 99-year war with the bordering countries. The balloons turn out to belong to children, and the song was a political protest against NATO deployments of nuclear weapons.
