Song · Seven Seconds
“99 Red Balloons” by Seven Seconds
From the album Walk Together, Rock Together (1985)
“99 Red Balloons” by Seven Seconds appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2002. It was first released in 1985 on the album Walk Together, Rock Together. Its best result is #1891 on the Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,364 alternative song of all time.
A hardcore band grabbing hold of a pop song is half the fun of "99 Red Balloons", which 7 Seconds put on Walk Together, Rock Together in 1985. It isn't one of theirs: the music is Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen's and the words are Carlo Karges', on a record where Kevin Seconds wrote most everything else.
Walk Together, Rock Together started out as an EP and grew into a full-length in 1986, when live songs were added to fill out its second side. Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat produced the studio tracks and sang backing vocals, and Bad Religion's Brett Gurewitz mixed them. Trouser Press heard a band starting to ease off the tempo and tune up along Clash and Pistols lines, and AllMusic later called the record an essential chapter of early hardcore.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1891 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
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