1984 99 Luftballons - Nena (a #1 record--stereo 45)

While this two-sided, two-language international hit by the German group was shown on UK record charts as the English language “99 Red Balloons" side    • 1984 99 Red Balloons - Nena (a #1 record--...   , in the U.S it was this posted German language “99 Luftballons” side which was listed in both Billboard and Cash Box (the “Red Balloons” version is what I remember hearing here in Maryland). See Wikipedia for more explanatory background on the song and its recordings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Luft... (debuted late ’83) 1984 Pop Chart Peaks: Cash Box 1, Billboard 2 - A/C Peak: 42 - UK Chart Peak of “99 Red Balloons”: 1 (Gallup, NME, MM) Transferred from stereo 45 single Epic 04108 - 99 Luftballons (Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Karges) by Nena, produced by Reinhold Heil & Manne Praeker ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1979. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here:    / @anotherprof3408   ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music! The45Prof The78Prof AnotherProf