Nena (band)

Nena
1983 promotional photograph depicting the band Nena
Background information
Origin	West Berlin, West Germany
Genres	Neue Deutsche Welle
Years active	1981 (1981)–1987 (1987)
Labels	CBS Epic
Past members	Nena Carlo Karges Jürgen Dehmel Rolf Brendel Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen
Website	www.nena.de/en

Nena was a West German Neue Deutsche Welle band formed in West Berlin in 1981. In 1983 and 1984, their German-language song "99 Luftballons" (and its English version, "99 Red Balloons") reached number one in the singles charts of countries around the world.