Nena may refer to three things. It’s the name of a German new wave band, the title of their 1983 debut album and the nickname for the group’s frontwoman. Gabriele Susanne Kerner had earned the moniker ...

VH1 Classic will present a full hour of the English and German music videos for the 1984 hit “99 Luftballons,” aka “99 Red Balloons,” by German rock group Nena. The music video presentation, to air ...

“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 ...