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 ...

There’s a great pair of parallel scenes in the brilliant German television show Deutschland 83, where Martin (aka Moritz), the young East German spy, attends a party on his first day in the West and ...

In January 1983, shallow pop music dominated the international charts. Phil Collins was No. 1 in the United Kingdom with "You Can't Hurry Love." In the USA, Hall & Oates' "Maneater" and Men at Work's ...

Nena is one of the most successful German singers of all time. But what else is on her resumé? As she launches her tour of Germany, here are 10 things you probably didn't know about the pop icon ...

“99 Luftballons” by Nena is a classic from the Neue Deutsche Welle era. In fact, when I think of music associated with the Cold War, I often think of Nena. This little synth-pop New Wave outfit ...

“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 ...

“99 Luftballons” — Nena Maybe it’s because this song is in German, maybe it’s the overall composition, but “99 Luftballons” falls into that category of songs that just hit different. This song was a ...