99 Red Balloons
Nena
1984
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Related independently verified recording only. The Roy Rogers-tagged file is unresolved; neither its title nor this reference proves that the file contains Nenas performance. Keep the existing German-language recording separate. Recording version: 1984 English-language recording; exact edit not established
Release: 1984
Release: 1984Source checked
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Nena official 99 Luftballons international album page
Artist discography separately lists English 99 Red Balloons and German 99 Luftballons in the 1984 international album program, and names 99 Red Balloons as a single. It does not identify the Roy Rogers-tagged user audio.
99 Red Balloons - licensed English recording
Licensed Nena recording explicitly titled 99 Red Balloons in the 1984 program. Only year precision is used; the earlier German recording is a separate catalog identity. Exact edit is not asserted from the screenshot.
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Nena's international 1984 program includes the English-language 99 Red Balloons as well as the separately titled German 99 Luftballons. This English recording has its own destination. The screenshot's Roy Rogers credit remains unresolved and is not used to claim an audio match.
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Nena official 99 Luftballons international album page
Artist discography separately lists English 99 Red Balloons and German 99 Luftballons in the 1984 international album program, and names 99 Red Balloons as a single. It does not identify the Roy Rogers-tagged user audio. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
99 Red Balloons - licensed English recording
Licensed Nena recording explicitly titled 99 Red Balloons in the 1984 program. Only year precision is used; the earlier German recording is a separate catalog identity. Exact edit is not asserted from the screenshot. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
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1984 English-language recording; exact edit not established
Related independently verified recording only. The Roy Rogers-tagged file is unresolved; neither its title nor this reference proves that the file contains Nenas performance. Keep the existing German-language recording separate. Recording version: 1984 English-language recording; exact edit not established
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Sourced recording context; screenshot audio identity and exact master not independently verified.
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Nena official 99 Luftballons international album page
Artist discography separately lists English 99 Red Balloons and German 99 Luftballons in the 1984 international album program, and names 99 Red Balloons as a single. It does not identify the Roy Rogers-tagged user audio.
99 Red Balloons - licensed English recording
Licensed Nena recording explicitly titled 99 Red Balloons in the 1984 program. Only year precision is used; the earlier German recording is a separate catalog identity. Exact edit is not asserted from the screenshot.
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