Nena (band)

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Nena
General information
Genre (s) NDW , Pop
founding 1982
resolution 1987
Website www.nena.de
Last occupation
Nena
Rolf Brendel
Carlo Karges († 2002)
Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen
Jürgen Dehmel

Nena was a German music group of the Neue Deutsche Welle , which existed from 1982 to 1987. Her greatest global success was 99 balloons . The singer and front woman Gabriele Susanne Kerner then released other musical projects under the same name .

history

Label of the first LP

Through a part-time job in Jim Rakete's office as the person responsible for fan mail for the Spliff group , its members Reinhold Heil and Manfred Praeker became aware of Nena , whose real name is Gabriele Susanne Kerner, and decided to produce a record with her.

In 1982 the title Nur Traum was recorded in the Berlin Spliff studio . This was also published in May 1982. However, the single and the band only became known to a wide audience through an appearance on the ARD broadcast Musikladen on August 17, 1982. As a result, the song became a big hit in German-speaking countries and helped the band to achieve a commercial breakthrough.

In January 1983 the group released their second single, 99 Luftballons , which quickly climbed to number 1 in the German charts , lasted a total of 23 weeks and was awarded platinum. The title also made it into the charts in other, initially only European countries. The first album Nena , from which 99 balloons and the hit Leuchtturm was released, also received gold and platinum awards in several countries. Parallel to the release of the second album ? (Question mark) At the beginning of 1984 the title 99 Balloons met with worldwide interest. He became known in the USA when Christiane F. played a cassette with her favorite songs in an interview on the promotion tour for the film adaptation of her autobiography Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo and the reporter recognized the hit potential. The title sold over 600,000 times in a short time and rose to number two in the US charts. The title reached number 1 on the sales charts in Japan, Mexico, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, among others. The English version 99 Red Balloons , which was subsequently submitted, climbed to the top in Great Britain at the beginning of 1984 .

Keyboardist Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen composed many of the group's hits . Most of the lyrics were written by the guitarist Carlo Karges . For Nena's comeback in 2002 u. a. Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen the album.

Carlo Karges died on January 30, 2002 in Hamburg .

From 2001 to 2011 several compilation albums were released, including a. Tanz auf dem Vulkan , Definitive Collection (digitally remastered) , Alles Gute - The Singles 1982–002 , Once Is No Time and The Collection . In 2003, for the 20th anniversary of the group, the album 20 Jahre-Nena feat. Nena released, with new recordings of all hits, some of which differ greatly from the originals. It is a live recording of a concert on October 11, 2002 in the Jahrhunderthalle in Frankfurt am Main , which was also released as a DVD box. Kim Wilde , Udo Lindenberg , Hartmut Engler , Markus and Joachim Witt contributed as duet partners .

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1983 Nena DE1
platinum
platinum

(42 weeks)DE 		AT1 (32 weeks)
AT 		- UK31 (5 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: Jan 4th 1983
Sales: + 500,000
1984 ? (Question mark) DE1
platinum
platinum

(34 weeks)DE 		AT1 (18 weeks)
AT 		CH1 (29 weeks)
CH 		- -
First published: Jan 27, 1984
Sales: + 500,000
99 balloons DE23 (10 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
First published: April 8, 1984
1985 Fire and Flame /
It's All in the Game 		DE2
gold
gold

(18 weeks)DE 		AT16 (8 weeks)
AT 		CH5 (8 weeks)
CH 		- -
First published: June 24, 1985
Sales: + 250,000
1986 Icebreaker DE45 (2 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
First published: November 24, 1986
1991 Nena - the band - - - - -
First published: September 17, 1991

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1982 Just dreamed / Just a Dream
Nena 		DE2
gold
gold

(32 weeks)DE 		AT9 (18 weeks)
AT 		CH5 (5 weeks)
CH 		UK70 (4 weeks)
UK 		-
First published: May 1982
Sales: + 250,000
1983 99 balloons / 99 red balloons
Nena 		DE1
gold
gold

(23 weeks)DE 		AT1 (14 weeks)
AT 		CH1 (11 weeks)
CH 		UK1
gold
gold

(12 weeks)UK 		US2
gold
gold

(46 weeks)US
First published: January 1983
Sales: + 1,150,000
Nena lighthouse
 DE2 (17 weeks)
DE 		AT3 (10 weeks)
AT 		- - -
First published: April 25, 1983
? (Question mark)
? (Question mark) 		DE3 (21 weeks)
DE 		AT4 (14 weeks)
AT 		CH1 (14 weeks)
CH 		- -
First published: December 5, 1983
1984 Save me
? (Question mark) 		DE11 (13 weeks)
DE 		AT17 (4 weeks)
AT 		CH14 (6 weeks)
CH 		- -
First published: March 5, 1984
Let me be your pirate
? (Question mark) 		DE53 (4 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
First published: June 11, 1984
Somehow, somewhere, someday
fire and flame 		DE3 (20 weeks)
DE 		AT7 (12 weeks)
AT 		CH2 (12 weeks)
CH 		- -
First published: September 10, 1984
1985 Fire and Flame
Fire and Flame 		DE8 (11 weeks)
DE 		AT18 (10 weeks)
AT 		CH14 (7 weeks)
CH 		- -
First published: May 13, 1985
House of the three suns
fire and flame 		DE43 (7 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
First published: July 29, 1985
1986 Moon song
icebreaker 		DE37 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - - -
First published: November 24, 1986

More singles

  • 1985: Jung wie Du (Fire and Flame; first published November 1985)
  • 1986: You don't know love (Fire and Flame; first published: March 1986)
  • 1987: Angel of the Night (Eisbrecher; first published March 1987)
  • 1991: Let Me Be Your Pirate (Remix '91) (Nena - Die Band; First published: 1991)

Filmography

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b chart sources: