in 1984, "99 luftballons" by the group nena reached number two on the billboard hot 100, ousting lolita's "seemann" as the highest charting us hit sung in german. coincidentally in 2008 the former vocalist of that group who pursued a solo career as nena recorded "seemann" as "seemann, lass das träumen" for a multi-artist album of nautical-themed songs entitled "captains club - bis ans ende der welt".