Nena May 6, 2019 by SMF · Published May 6, 2019 · Last modified March 7, 2022 Nena’s “99 Luftballons” Lyrics Meaning “99 Luftballons” is a German song born of the fertile imagination of Carlo Karges, the guitarist of German band Nena. The backdrop of this story was the Berlin Wall in the 1980s, a symbol...