“The lyrics came first,” says Nena, currently in the middle of a solo European tour. She was with Carlo at the Stones concert ...

“99 Luftballons” was the iconic—and, it turns out, accidental—Cold War protest song that rang out on both sides of the Berlin Wall in 1983, and would become forever associated with the hair-trigger ...

There’s a great pair of parallel scenes in the brilliant German television show Deutschland 83, where Martin (aka Moritz), the young East German spy, attends a party on his first day in the West and ...

Despite the recording company's initial doubts about the song's potential, "99 Red Balloons" topped charts worldwide. In January 1983, shallow pop music dominated the international charts. Phil ...

Nena — the German artist who sang the ’84 hit single “99 Luftballons” — never toured the States even after the track became a smash hit, peaking at #2 and losing first place to Van Halen’s “Jump.” ...

In January 1983, shallow pop music dominated the international charts. Phil Collins was No. 1 in the United Kingdom with "You Can't Hurry Love." In the USA, Hall & Oates' "Maneater" and Men at Work's ...