"Black Balloon" is the fifth and final single by indie rock duo The Kills from their third studio album, Midnight Boom (2008).

[1] The single features two B-sides, "Weedkiller", and a cover of the blues standard "Forty Four", originally written by Roosevelt Sykes.

A music video for the song was directed by Kenneth Capello.

[2] In February 2011, "Black Balloon" was featured in an episode of the American TV series, The Good Wife.

[3] In 2014, "Black Balloon" was also featured in the movie "Asthma (film)".