Nena (album)#"Nur geträumt"

{{About|the band's debut album|the band's international album released as Nena in some countries|99 Luftballons (album)}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Nena

| type = studio

| artist = Nena

| cover = Nena - Nena Album - Cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1983|1|14|df=yes}}

| recorded = 1982

| studio = Spliff Studio, West Berlin

| genre = Neue Deutsche Welle, pop rock, new wave

| length = {{duration|m=41|s=23}}

| language = German

| label = CBS

| producer = Reinhold Heil, Manfred Praeker

| next_title = ?

| next_year = 1984

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Nena

| type = studio

| single1 = Nur geträumt

| single1date = 1982

| single2 = 99 Luftballons

| single2date = 1983

| single3 = Leuchtturm

| single3date = 1983

}}

{{Album reviews

|rev1=Allmusic

|rev1score={{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Severa|first=Alan|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/nena-mw0000545839|title=Review of Nena by Nena|website=Allmusic|accessdate=28 June 2013}}

}}

Nena is the first album by German pop rock band Nena and the second studio album of its singer, Gabriele "Nena" Kerner. Released on 14 January 1983, it is part of the music genre called Neue Deutsche Welle (meaning "New German Wave") in German music.

The album was a great success in West Germany and the second single "99 Luftballons" reached {{nobr|No.{{space|hair}}1}} in the music charts worldwide including Australia, Austria, Canada, the Irish Singles Chart, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom Singles Chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Nena&titel=99+Luftballons&cat=s|title=Chart positions for "99 Luftballons" by Nena|website=AustrianCharts.at|date=26 June 2013}} The single is considered a "one-hit wonder" by many in the US,{{cite web|url=http://afrokayo.web.fc2.com/mdata_vh1_greatest_onehit_wonders.html |title=100 Greatest one-hit wonders |website=AfroKayo.web.fc2.com |accessdate=26 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203021629/http://afrokayo.web.fc2.com/mdata_vh1_greatest_onehit_wonders.html |archivedate=3 February 2014 }} despite the fact that the band's other singles repeatedly topped European charts.{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-893 |title=Nur geträumt Chartplatzierung Deutschland |author=GfK Entertainment |access-date=10 July 2021}}{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-01-22.pdf |title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |magazine=Music & Media |volume=17 |issue=4 |date=22 January 2000 |page=27 |issn=0006-2510 |via=World Radio History}}{{cite web|title=Nena & Kim Wilde – Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime|periodical=Austriancharts.at|publisher=|url=https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Nena+%26+Kim+Wilde&titel=Anyplace%2C+Anywhere%2C+Anytime&cat=s|format=|access-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}} It was produced by Manfred Praeker and Reinhold Heil of the German band Spliff.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/nena-mw0000545839/credits|title=Credits for Nena by Nena|website=Allmusic|accessdate=26 June 2013}}

The album has been initially released as a vinyl LP, cassette and CD.

The first single from the album, "Nur geträumt", was released a year earlier, in 1982. "99 Luftballons" was the second single, released in 1983.

The third and final single was "Leuchtturm", released in 1983, a few months after "99 Luftballons".

Prominent tracks

The three singles released from the Nena album have enjoyed particular prominence in lead singer Nena's career. Although "99 Luftballons" is by far the most well known globally, the other two ("Nur geträumt" and "Leuchtturm") have for more than 30 years been ever-present features of the live concerts of firstly the band and then Nena in her subsequent solo career.{{cite web|title=Nena concerts and setlists|url=http://www.nena.de/gigografie|website=Nena.de|accessdate=23 November 2014}}

="Nur geträumt"=

"Nur geträumt" was released in May 1982, eight months before the release of the album. Upon release, the single sold poorly. However, after Nena performed it on the TV programme Musikladen in August 1982, it catapulted the band to fame in Germany.{{cite web|title=Biography of Nena|date=8 November 2017 |url=https://www.prosieben.de/stars/star-datenbank/nena-gabriele-susanne-kerner|accessdate=23 September 2019}} Written by Nena and her boyfriend Rolf Brendel, the band's drummer, it is about a couple longing to spend time together.{{cite web|title="Nur geträumt" lyrics and credits|url=http://www.nena.de/nur-geträumt|website=Nena.de|date=11 May 2013 |accessdate=23 November 2014}} It reached {{nobr|No.{{space|thin}}2}} in the German charts where it stayed for seven weeks from late October through early December 1982, being blocked from reaching {{nobr|No.{{space|hair}}1}} by {{nobr|F. R. David's}} "Words".{{cite web|title=German charts – "Nur geträumt"|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/charts.asp?cat=s&country=de&year=1982&date=19821129&x=31&y=10|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141123205835/http://www.officialcharts.de/charts.asp?cat=s&country=de&year=1982&date=19821129&x=31&y=10|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 November 2014|website=Officialcharts.de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|accessdate=23 November 2014}}

File:Label LP Nena.JPGIf the track was the one which launched Nena's career in Germany, where its release preceded "99 Luftballons", it had the opposite effect in the Anglophone world where an English version ("Just a Dream") failed as a follow-up, only scraping into the low reaches of the UK charts ({{nobr|No.{{space|thin}}70}}).{{cite web|title=Official UK charts - Nena|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/nena/|website=Officialcharts.com|publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=23 November 2014}}

In 2002, when Nena rekindled her solo career by releasing the triple platinum album Nena feat. Nena comprising re-worked versions of her 1980s greatest hits, "Nur geträumt" was among them. The album spawned three Top 10 hits in Germany but not the new version of "Nur geträumt", which only made {{nobr|No.{{space|thin}}79}}. Given the huge success of the album, by 2010 Nena had reverted to performing the original versions of most of the album's songs, including "Nur geträumt".See 2010 DVD "Made in Germany Live"

="Leuchtturm"=

"Leuchtturm" is a love song, its lyrics, written by Nena herself, describing how she and her "Kapitän" (captain) set off alone in a "U-Boot" (submarine) to see the world from a "Leuchtturm" (Lighthouse). They enjoy themselves so much that by the time the submarine surfaces, the lighthouse is no longer in view.{{cite web|title="Leuchtturm" lyrics and credits|url=http://www.nena.de/leuchtturm|website=Nena.de|date=11 May 2013 |accessdate=23 November 2014}} Released as the follow-up to "99 Luftballons", it reached {{nobr|No.{{space|thin}}2}} in the German charts in 1983.{{cite web|title=Official German charts|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=nena&page=1&country=de&bereich=&chart=no&music=no&interpret=&titel=&release=&peak=&einstieg=&wochen=&kategorie=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105234118/http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=nena&page=1&country=de&bereich=&chart=no&music=no&interpret=&titel=&release=&peak=&einstieg=&wochen=&kategorie=|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 November 2014|website=Officialcharts.de|publisher=GfK Entertainment|accessdate=23 November 2014}}

In 2001, a reggae-style version of "Leuchtturm" for Nena's solo album Chokmah proved to be the precursor of the following year's Nena feat. Nena album, which was made up of updates of her 1980s greatest hits. Another version of "Leuchtturm" appeared on this 2002 album, this makeover both more fundamental and more enduring. The tempo of the song quickened and the lyrics were overhauled. With all mentions of captains and "U-Boots" removed, the song's message became a more generic affirmation of loyalty ("I'll go with you wherever you want... I won't ever leave you").{{cite web|title="Leuchtturm (2002)" lyrics and credits|url=http://www.nena.de/leuchtturm-2002|website=Nena.de|date=11 May 2013 |accessdate=23 November 2014}} The drift from the song's original meaning is best illustrated by the fact that the song's title "Leuchtturm" doesn't even appear in the new lyrics and the revised theme of unquestioning devotion led to it being adopted as a football chant by fans of Borussia Dortmund.{{cite web|title=Fan chants|url=http://nl.fanchants.de/football-songs/borussia-dortmund-chants/leuchtturm/|website=nl.fanchants.de|accessdate=23 November 2014}}

The changes worked: "Leuchtturm (2002)", as it was officially titled, returned to the Top 10 of the German charts 19 years after its first appearance, this time peaking at {{nobr|No.{{space|thin}}7}}. Furthermore, despite the huge success of Nena feat. Nena, "Leuchtturm" is the only re-work from the album which Nena hasn't completely discarded in favour of the original version, instead during live concerts, the original version is first performed, then the 2002 version follows, which has been the case ever since.

In 2002 the single "Leuchtturm" was released with the additional title "Ich häng immer noch an dir" and with a remix by DJ Tomekk.{{cite web|title=Single "Leuchtturm", 2002 on Nenas Website|date=11 May 2013 |url=https://www.nena.de/de/discografie/leuchtturm-2002|accessdate=28 May 2020}}

Track listing

Side A contains tracks 1 to 6 and Side B contains tracks 7 to 12.

{{Track listing

| headline = Vinyl LP, cassette and CD{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Nena-Nena/master/52223|title=Nena by Nena|website=Discogs|year=1983 |accessdate=26 June 2013}}

| title1 = Kino

| note1 = Cinema, aka At the Movies

| writer1 = Rolf Brendel

| length1 = 2:42

| title2 = Indianer

| note2 = Indians

| writer2 = Carlo Karges

| length2 = 3:16

| title3 = Vollmond

| note3 = Full Moon

| writer3 = Karges

| length3 = 3:04

| title4 = Nur geträumt

| note4 = Just dreamed, aka Just a Dream

| writer4 = Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Nena Kerner, Brendel

| length4 = 3:41

| title5 = Tanz auf dem Vulkan

| note5 = Dance on the Volcano, aka Living on the Edge

| writer5 = Karges, Jürgen Dehmel, Kerner

| length5 = 3:18

| title6 = 99 Luftballons

| note6 = 99 Balloons, aka 99 Red Balloons

| writer6 = Karges, Fahrenkrog

| length6 = 3:53

| title7 = Zaubertrick

| note7 = Magic Trick

| writer7 = Fahrenkrog, Brendel

| length7 = 4:15

| title8 = Einmal ist keinmal

| note8 = Once is Not at All

| writer8 = Manfred Praeker

| length8 = 2:45

| title9 = Leuchtturm

| note9 = Lighthouse

| writer9 = Fahrenkrog, Kerner

| length9 = 3:16

| title10 = Ich bleib' im Bett

| note10 = I Stay in Bed

| writer10 = Karges

| length10 = 2:42

| title11 = Noch einmal

| note11 = Once Again

| writer11 = Karges

| length11 = 3:56

| title12 = Satellitenstadt

| note12 = Satellite Town

| writer12 = Karges, Dehmel

| length12 = 4:31

}}

Personnel

Credits adapted from Allmusic and Discogs.

=Nena=

Nena Kerner – lead vocals
Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen – keyboards
Carlo Karges – guitars
Jürgen Dehmel – bass guitar
Rolf Brendel – drums

=Technical personnel=

Udo Arndt – mixer
Manfred "Manne" Praeker – production
Reinhold Heil – production
Imre Sereg – recorder
Jim Rakete – cover design

Charts

=Weekly charts=

scope="col"\| Chart (1983–1984) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
{{album chart\|Austria\|1\|artist=Nena\|album=Nena\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=11 May 2021}}
{{album chart\|Netherlands\|2\|artist=Nena\|album=Nena\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=11 May 2021}}
{{album chart\|Germany4\|1\|id=6017\|artist=Nena\|album=Nena\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=11 May 2021}}
{{album chart\|UK2\|31\|date=19840325\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=11 May 2021}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (1983)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1983|title=Jahreshitparade Alben 1983|website=austriancharts.at|accessdate=11 May 2021}}

| 2

scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1983&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1983|website=dutchcharts.nl|accessdate=11 May 2021}}

| 7

scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1983|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|language=German|work=GfK Entertainment|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|accessdate=11 May 2021}}

| 1

Certifications and sales

{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=France|artist=Nena|title=Nena|award=Gold|source=infodisc|certyear=1984|relyear=1983|access-date=November 19, 2021}}

{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Germany|artist=Nena|title=Nena|award=Platinum|certyear=1983|relyear=1983|accessdate=26 June 2019}}

{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Japan|artist=Nena|title=Nena|award=Platinum|certyear=1983|relyear=1984|certref={{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-11-24.pdf|title=99 LUFTBALLOONS IN THE ORIENT|magazine=Cash Box|via=World Radio History|page=25|date=November 24, 1984|access-date= December 8, 2021}}}}

{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Netherlands|artist=Nena|title=Nena|award=Platinum|certyear=1983|relyear=1983|accessdate=26 June 2019}}