99 Red Balloons, an anti-war song that we all danced to back in 1983 highlighted the tensions of the times and the desire for freedom from the Berlin wall that came down 6 years later. German singer Nena recounts, in her lyrics, the innocent action of releasing balloons into the air, an action mistaken by war crazed government officials as a nuclear attack. At the time, with the cold war at its feverish pick, Hugo thought the events were true as anything was indeed possible.