The Songs canon

Sourced and sung.

Every song chosen by hand, with the recording to play it.
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3 songs
SortEditorial Year Title
Subject·The Cold War✕clear
99 LuftballonsNena
New wave · Rock

99 Luftballons

Nena
1983

Karges saw balloons released at a 1982 Rolling Stones show in Berlin and imagined them crossing the Wall.

★ 5.8
Hard rock · Rock

Burning Heart

Survivor
1985

Stallone commissioned it for Rocky IV, and Peterik and Sullivan answered with East-versus-West dread over a marching riff.

★ 2.8